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July 17, 2023

New publication on visitors’ bodily, emotional, and transformative experience with an installation artwork

Installation art, with its immersive and participatory nature, evokes and necessitates bodily engagement and awareness. A new study shows that these aspects are integral to the overall art experience, appreciation, and transformative outcomes.
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February 01, 2023

PhD Candidates Theresa Demmer & Stephanie Miller at the CoBeNe Academy 2023

written by Corinna Kühnapfel UNIVE PhD candidates Stephanie Miller and Theresa Demmer will present their research at the 2nd Annual Doctoral Conference Vienna Doctoral School CoBeNe PhD Academy on Friday, February 2nd at the University of Vienna. The two-day student-organised event brings together researchers from Psychology, Neuroscience, Behavioral/Cognitive Biology and Cognitive Humanities. Please find the […]
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October 14, 2022

ARTIS Research Presentations at IAEA 2022

written by Corinna Kühnapfel

ARTIS members participated as symposium moderators and presenters at the 2022 Biennial Congress of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics in Philadelphia

ARTIS members participated as symposium moderators and presenters at the 2022 Biennial Congress of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, which took place at the University of Pennsylvania and Barnes Foundation, and which was organized by the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics and the Barnes Foundation during August 31- September 2, 2022. The symposium was titled “Mediating the connective power of art: Exploring interventions for maximizing art’s impacts in ecologically valid gallery or real-life settings”.

The individual contributions were (moderated by Matthew Pelowski & Joerg Fingerhut):

  • Can you feel the difference? – A fNIRS study Exploring Emotional Connections and Perceived Intentionality in Actual or Presumed AI- and Human-generated Art.
    Theresa Rahel Demmer
  • Welcome to Hell – the Influence of Intentionally Designed Gallery Lighting on Aesthetic Experience of The Last Judgement by H. Bosch
    Stephanie Miller
  • Empirical Aesthetics for Installation Art: The Role of the Body in the Experience of Tomás Saraceno’s Art Installation “In Orbit.”
    Corinna Kühnapfel
  • Unlocking the Muse: Insights into if, when, and why artistic creativity might emerge and be applied in the lives of people with Parkinson’s disease.
    Matthew Pelowski

MacKenzie Trupp gave a presentation titled “Only one Monet in-person and online: How does an online art intervention compare to an in-gallery art intervention for anxiety and mood?” as part of the symposium “Digital Art Experiences: Examining Digital and In-Person Experiences and Introducing Research Tools for Understanding Virtual Art Experiences”.

For more information, please visit: https://www.iaeaphilly2022.com/

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