Hello Agnes?, most of your performances are related to water. Can you maybe introduce yourself in relation to this element?

My name is Agnes Questionmark (Agnes?), a name that carries the complexity of my multiple being. The question mark “?” symbolises the incongruity of my persona and the transitivity I live in. My life is nomadic, like a whale’s transoceanic trip. It’s an open question whose answer is yet to come. The acceptance of being trans is the acceptance of a never-ending process made of questions and doubts rather than answers and fixed terms. My feet do not gravitate in the ground but rather flow in a liquid mass like fins resisting any sort of friction.
I am always in transition diving into the depth of the ocean. Nothing is fixed nor firm thus, my art is constantly developing and transforming at the speed of the sea currents.

You defined yourself as a trans-species artist. Could you explain what it means?

To flow, to transition, to permeate, to fill, to melt, to fuse, to evaporate…Water allows me to take the form I need depending on my mood or intention. I am an octopus, a cuttlefish, an orca, a shark, a seaweed, a yeti crab, a signature whistle, a sperm whale’s click. I am fluidity itself, and like water, I enter into the constant flux of transformation. To transcend the human being is a practice that started since the beginning of civilisation, with the advent of mythology. To praise a Goddess, Titans, Nymphs, Heroes – they all are inhuman beings. Transhumanism aspires to a better human being, often enhanced by technology and overcoming itself.  Trans-species was a term I first heard in Barcelona by the cyborg artists. When I told them about transhumanism, they replied that they prefer to consider themselves as “trans-species” and disguise transhumanism for its eurocentric humanism view. From that moment onwards, I felt the new term fit into my transness.  To be trans-species means to physically connect with other species. The word “trans”, in between, alludes to an interconnected relationship across species, not far from what we are for dogs or cats. My ongoing research explores the interconnection between humans and sea creatures. Using technology as a medium to intercept mammals’ sounds, I am entering into conversation with them and perhaps one day understand each other.  To be trans-species means to step down the human pedestal and dive deep into the mysterious pelagic world.