Highlights Aesthetics

Sabine Hertig: Bildstücke, 2019
Sabine Hertig: Bildstücke, 2019

    «The Research Focus in Aesthetics encompasses research on the philosophical foundations of aesthetic and artistic practices, both in theoretical, historical and practical perspectives, with particular attention to contemporary conditions. This includes questions of creativity as well as artistic research and the influence of digitalisation on the production of art.»

    Prof. Dr. Dieter Mersch, former head of the Research Focus in Aesthetics

        Scientific, Artistic and Creative Output and Impact

        Conference:

        • «Hacking the Computable», Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart, 16–18 January 2020

        Publications:

        • Silvia Henke, Dieter Mersch, Nicolaj van der Meulen, Thomas Strässle, Jörg Wiesel, Manifesto of Artistic Research. A Defense Against its Advocates, Zürich (Diaphanes) 2020
        • Alex Arteaga (Ed), Architectures of Embodiment, Zürich 2020
        • Internationales Jahrbuch für Medienphilosophie, Vol. 6, Berlin 2020
        • Farnsworth, Brandon (2020): Curating Contemporary Music Festivals. A New Perspective on Music's Mediation. Music and Sound Culture, 47. Bielefeld: transcript. Online see: https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839452431.

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          Promotion of Talents and Careers

          PhD Laboratory ETH / UZH / ZHdK: «Epistemologies of aesthetic practices»

          Completed PhD theses: Katrin Stowasser, Réjane Dreifuss, Ann-Kathrin Hörrlein, Dominique Rämy, Veronika Timashkova, Ania Mauruschat

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            Cooperation and Internationality

            Bern University of the Arts, Heimatliche Sprache und Kultur Lucerne, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland Basel, University of Potsdam, University of Konstanz, Charles University Prague, University of Lisbon, University of Curitiba (Brazil)

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              External Funding

              • Actor and Avatar (in association with the Institute for Performing Arts and Film, ZHdK and Klinikum Lengg)
              • Denken mit den Händen (in association with the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich)
              • Sinergia: Practices of Aesthetic Thinking (in association with Bern, Basel and Lucerne universities of the arts)

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                Event Highlight

                Hacking the Computable. Zur ästhetischen Kritik digitaler Rationalität. Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart
, 16–18 January 2020

                The symposium was a cooperation of the German Society for Aesthetics with the State University of Music and Performing Arts and the State Academy of Fine Arts, both based in Stuttgart, Zurich University of the Arts and the Digitalisation Forum of the Society for Media Studies.

                  Reading Tip

                  Silvia Henke, Dieter Mersch, Nicolaj van der Meulen, Thomas Strässle, Jörg Wiesel, Manifesto of Artistic Research. A Defense against its Advocates, Zürich (Diaphanes) 2020