Extra talks!
All available recordings will be uploaded to this page. Thank you all for attending!
The organisers, Nicole Ruta and Marina Iosifian.
We, the organizers of Art in Conversation, stand with Ukraine and condemn war, acts of violence and terrorism of any form. Our thoughts go to war victims and we share the grief and sorrow of the all the people affected by the war in Ukraine. We express our solidarity with the academic community of Ukraine, as well as academics from Russia and Belarus who express their condemnation of the war in Ukraine and are under the threat of political repression.
Seminar 21: This is predictable! Predicting aesthetic experience
Wednesday 4 May 2022, 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm UK time
Why do we like or dislike certain artworks? What psychological mechanisms underlie aesthetic judgments? Can scientists develop a model to predict them?
Speakers
- Ana Clemente, PhD, Post-doctoral researcher Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona
- Aenne Brielmann, PhD, Post-doctoral researcher, Department of Computational Neuroscience, Max Plank Institute for Biological Cybernetics
Seminar 22: This is a building! The aesthetics of the built environment
Wednesday 11 May 2022, 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm UK time
Architecture is “art you can walk through”. Humans interact with the built environment daily, it affects the way they feel. What is the psychological impact of architectural design?
Speakers
- Avishag Shemesh, PhD, Architect and researcher, The national institute for brain and rehabilitation sciences
- Ute Leonards, Professor of Neuropsychology, University of Bristol
NOTE: The recording of this seminar is confidential and available via private link. Please, email the organisers Dr Nicole Ruta ([email protected]) and Dr Marina Iosifian ([email protected]) if interested and we will be happy to share it with you.
Seminar 23: This is emotional! Empathy and cinematic experience
Wednesday 18 May 2022, 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm UK time
Cinematic language evolved to affect our emotions: we feel emotional while watching movies; we empathise with movie characters, even though we know they are fictional. What are the philosophical, psychological and neural mechanisms underlying these effects?
Speakers
- Murray Smith, Professor of Film, Director of the Aesthetics Research Centre, and Divisional Deputy Director of Research & Innovation (Interdisciplinarity), University of Kent
- Katalin Eva Balint, Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Communication Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Seminar 24: This is disgusting! Art as a challenging medium
Wednesday 25 May 2022, 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm UK time
While we may associate art with beauty, disgust and the aesthetic of ugliness play an important role in it. How do we experience disgust when we engage with artworks? Do negative emotions we experience in art differ from negative emotions we experience in everyday life?
Speakers
- Filippo Contesi, PhD, Philosopher, LOGOS Research Group in Analytic Philosophy, University of Barcelona
- Valentin Wagner, PhD, Lecturer in Psychology, Helmut Schmidt University