HYBRIDATIONS

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The world we live in is one of great change. It is an era of multiculturalism, an era of cultural metamorphoses, hybridizations, and crossovers between traditions and our modern age.

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Hybridization is not a new concept, but it is currently taking on a much more important dimension in our lives and actions, a consequence of "the Anthropocene, which bears the scars of human action and where human hybrids proliferate, objects are transformed, and time, nature, and identity undergo heterogeneous mutations: a world filled with “non-humans”—plants, animals, or spirits 1".

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Globalization has encouraged the expansion of art into a global space, giving rise to atypical creations. These creations blend Western art with local knowledge, data, and creative practices.

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Artists, creators, and project leaders thus cross geographical, institutional, and disciplinary boundaries. Creations are manifold, new dialectics emerge, integrating intersecting knowledge and generating unprecedented forms.

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The hybridization we see in contemporary creation is characterized by a degree of disorganization, whether visual, formal, material, or temporal. It seems that with hybridization, we see the notion of disorder, but one that carries a certain coherence and meaning 2.

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Hybridization opens new doors in creation, paving the way for thinking oriented towards the multiple and the complex, challenging our current frameworks of approach.

 

It allows for an explosion of creativity and a mixing of forms and materials, offering new possibilities in contemporary art as well as in other forms such as dance, poetry, and photography.

 

It allows us to transcend boundaries and mix genres, opening up innovative perspectives on creativity, inventiveness, listening, and respect for others, their customs, and their knowledge.

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1- Philippe Descola, Composition of the Worlds. Interview with Pierre Charbonnier, Paris, Flammarion, 2014.

2- Michel Foucault