The
vampire
squid
inspired
the
cultural
theorist
and
philosopher
Vilém
Flusser
(
1920
-
1991
),
who
dedicated
his
book
“
Vampyroteuthis
infernalis
”
(
1987
)
to
his
(
bio
-)
artist
friend
Louis
Bec
(
1936
-
2018
).
This
philosophical
fiction
brings
us
into
the
everyday
life
of
this
animal
–
as
the
ultimate
“
other
”
from
a
human
perspective
–
and
analyses
different
phenomenological
events
of
human
life
and
the
links
between
animality
and
embodiment
.
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During
the
seminar
,
we
will
learn
about
biological
taxonomies
and
take
a
closer
look
at
the
artificial
taxonomical
system
of
the
“
Institut
Scientifique
de
Recherche
Paranaturaliste
“,
founded
by
Louis
Bec
and
devoted
to
“
studying
the
incapability
of
living
things
to
understand
their
own
existence
“.