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
“.