Geologic subjects nonhuman origins, geomorphic aesthetics and the art of becoming inhuman

• Published in: Cultural geographies Vol. 22; no. 3; pp. 383 - 407
• Main Author: Yusoff, Kathryn
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE 01.07.2015; SAGE Publications; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Aesthetics; Anthropocene; Anxiety; Cave art; Cobalt oxides; Constellations; Etiology; Feminism; Fungi; Genealogy; Geology; Geomorphology; Ontology; Origins; Pigments; Rocks; Self concept; Subjectivity; Time; United Kingdom > UK; prehistory; Anthropocene; queer ecologies; inhuman; cave art; aesthetics; feminist theory

This paper addresses the formation of subjectivity in the context of rock art, focusing on two prehistoric moments that exhibit the interrelation of nonhuman and inhuman forces in the art of becoming human. The first geologic subject of the prehistoric that is discussed is the ‘Birdman’ of Lascaux a...