{"id":8255,"date":"2024-12-15T00:12:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T00:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/769860653771112448-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T05:27:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T22:27:02","slug":"769860653771112448-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/769860653771112448-2\/","title":{"rendered":"769860653771112448"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><\/h1>\n<p class=\"npf_link\" data-npf=\"{\"type\":\"link\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.artspace.com\/magazine\/interviews_features\/the_big_idea\/a-guide-to-object-oriented-ontology-art-53690\",\"display_url\":\"https:\/\/www.artspace.com\/magazine\/interviews_features\/the_big_idea\/a-guide-to-object-oriented-ontology-art-53690\",\"title\":\"What Is Object-Oriented Ontology? A Quick-and-Dirty Guide to the Philosophical Movement Sweeping the Art World\",\"description\":\"If you're wondering why artists are trying to turn themselves into turtles and filling rooms with flesh-toned liquids, this is the guide for\",\"site_name\":\"Artspace\",\"poster\":[{\"media_key\":\"8612466b2fef83093ca731e86cdf948b:cbcfbf10820a6e89-59\",\"type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512}]}\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artspace.com\/magazine\/interviews_features\/the_big_idea\/a-guide-to-object-oriented-ontology-art-53690\" target=\"_blank\">What Is Object-Oriented Ontology? A Quick-and-Dirty Guide to the Philosophical Movement Sweeping the Art World<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAsk yourself: what does your toaster want? How about your dog? Or the bacteria in your gut? What about the pixels on the screen you\u2019re reading off now\u2014how is their day going? In other words, do things, animals, and other non-human entities experience their existence in a way that lies outside our own species-centric definition of consciousness? 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