Second body

One channel video, 3D and 2D elements, CGI, 1:10 min
Sound: Andrea Mikyska
Screened: MMMAD festival, Neoscience or The State of Not Knowing, Madrid, Spain, 2025
"Second Body" by Andrea Mikyska explores the sea as a primordial space of transformation and rebirth,
drawing on mythology, science, and symbolism to reflect fluidity, hybridity, and cycles of destruction and
renewal. Inspired by mythological figures like Proteus and Tiamat, the project reimagines hybrid beings that
merge the organic and synthetic through AI-driven processes. Grounded in Donna Haraway’s concept of
“making kin,” it envisions speculative futures shaped by ecological and technological change. The ocean, as
a symbol of boundlessness and coexistence, becomes a metaphor for adaptation and sur