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

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.

March 13, 2023

*Embodiment

New Publication on Movement in Front of Art

The collaborative project objectively measured how people move in front of an artwork using a new tracking tool, and show how individual movement patterns impact art experience.

March 05, 2023

*Lecture
*Outreach

Talk by Matthew Pelowski on links between neurodegeneration & artistic activity

On March 3, Matthew Pelowski presented his research at at Bristol Vision Institute, University of Bristol.

February 22, 2023

*Book
*Transformation

Book Launch Invitation

Invitation to the public reading and discussion about Christoph Schlingensief's Opera Village Africa with Sarah Hegenbart

February 01, 2023

*Conference

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 […]

December 09, 2022

*Book
*Transformation

New Book Publication by Sarah Hegenbart (UOXF)

Sarah Hegenbart's new book "From Bayreuth to Burkina Faso: Christoph Schlingensief's Opera Village Africa as postcolonial Gesamtkunstwerk?" in which she shows how art can be transformative on the basis of Opera Village Africa, has just been published.

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.