*(A)rt and (R)esearch on (T)ransformations of (I)ndividuals and (S)ocieties

October 17, 2023

*Transformation

New exhibition by Kaj Osteroth

Kaj Osteroth, who works in close colaboration with Sarah Hegenbart (UOXF) for an upcoming ARTIS project, invites to an upcoming vernissage.

October 05, 2023

Research presentations at the Visual Science of Art Conference 2023

VSAC is conference connecting the communities of visual scientists and artists in order to deepen our understanding of aesthetic phenomena

October 04, 2023

**foundationClass

Paper on Ethical Conflicts in the Research Project: ARTIS. Speaking For and Over Others.

From the context of the art school weißensee kunsthochschule, Anisha Gupta Müller writes on the ethical problems of ‘including’ marginalised people in research

October 03, 2023

*Conference
*Outreach

Research presentations at the 2023 convention of the American Psychological Association

Presentations were parrt of the APA Division 10 (Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts) programme

October 02, 2023

Paper on Ethical Conflicts in the Research Project: ARTIS. Research as ‘Dirty’[1]: On Colonial Histories of Research

The ARTIS project description aims to research ‘how art impacts societies depending on their dominant ideologies’. This excerpt by Anisha Gupta Müller (KHB) hopes to turn the question around: how do dominant ideologies affect research in the first place? From the context of weißensee kunsthochschule, Anisha Gupta Müller writes on the ethical problems that foreground scientific research

August 14, 2023

*Emotion

New study on emotion communication via computer-generated art

Contrary to popular intuition, people perceive emotions and intentions when viewing art, even when they know the work was generated by a computer.

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.

May 02, 2023

*Wellbeing

Who benefits from online art viewing, and how

A new study brings us closer to understanding when and how viewing online paintings can impact our well-being.

March 23, 2023

*Situated Knowledge

Using Factography as a Means of Critique of Racism and Power

This article explores an intersection between the critique of racism and power relations in teaching and the factography developed in the Soviet Union in the 1920s.

March 21, 2023

*Creativity

New Co-Edited Book: “Art and Neurological Disorders”

"Art and Neurological Disorders" is an exposé of how different neurological disorders may influence and/or relate to the artistic process, with a particular focus on visual art and painting.

written by Alina Podschun

Joerg Fingerhut (HUB) and Aenne Brielmann participated in a panel discussion at William Paterson University.

Joerg Fingerhut (HUB) and collaborating MPI-based researcher Aenne Brielmann participated in a panel discussion hosted by William Paterson University (WPU), conversing with Laura Di Summa, professor of philosophy and co-curator of the exhibition “Fashion is a Verb: Art, Performance, and Identity” at the WPU Galleries.

They presented preliminary findings of a group of ongoing studies concerned with the transformative aspect of fashion on identity and relationship to others, as well as investigating a possible Aesthetic Self Effect for fashion. The studies were conducted in collaboration with WPU, also using exhibits from “Fashion is a Verb”, such as artworks by artists like Cindy Sherman or Mari Katayama, as stimuli.

The exhibition was on view from Jan 31st, 2022 up until May 6th, 2022. Find out more about it here.