OOO – Object-Oriented Ontology

Object-Oriented Ontology (OOO), developed by Graham Harman and others, posits that objects exist independently of human access or perception. It rejects correlationism by affirming that objects withdraw into their own reality, irreducible to relations or appearances. In this framework, rocks, plants, infrastructures, and artworks all share ontological dignity. For design and aesthetics, OOO destabilizes anthropocentrism, inviting attention to the agency and opacity of things. It cultivates a speculative imagination where landscapes are not passive scenery but autonomous assemblages of objects.

/ Zarja Muršič

Scientific research into animal behaviour still rests on many deeply ingrained assumptions about what is deemed to be “natural” human behaviour. For example, men—males—are assumed by nature to be more dominant and aggressive than women—females. And if men are violent, then the violent behaviour of other male animals in the wild can supposedly be explained […]

/ Gaia Radić

As part of the broader philosophical movement of speculative realism, OOO (Object-Oriented Ontology) directly challenges the long-established belief that reality is always determined solely through human perception. Instead, the father of OOO, philosopher Graham Harman, argues that all objects—human and non-human, natural and artificial—exist independently of our subjective conceptualizations. To understand the radical nature and […]

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