“Nothing Human Is Alien to Us”

The exhibition “Nothing Human Is Alien to Us” offers a perspective on the human being through the lens of their relationship with animals - not those that coexist alongside them, but those subject to human will and decision-making.

The animal as the Other - a non-human antagonist, the opposite of what is human, constituted in language as cattle, beast, animal - becomes entirely dependent on human will, and thus subordinate, inferior, and less significant.

The author takes humanism as the starting point for her reflections - a movement that glorifies human nature and gives rise to anthropocentrism.

Curator: Witek Orski June 8, 7:30 p.m. - “Linguistic Portraits of Animals”

A discussion with Dr. Agata Piasecka, a linguist and author of a book on linguistic representations of animals.

During the meeting, we will examine language and its role in shaping our awareness of animals. We will discuss how metaphors, idioms, and everyday…