Berlin, Germany

Exp. – Questions of Perception in Art and Science

This course is designed for undergraduate and graduate students of different fields to gain knowledge on perception through experiences in experiments on perception and demonstrations of different perceptual phenomena. The experiments on perception will be performed and discussed in relation to contemporary artworks in order to understand the intertwined history of art and psychology.

In addition to the experiments, concepts stemming from different disciplines that initiated a change in the understanding of perception in art and in its respective fields, such as philosophy, phenomenology, neuroscience, and psychology, will be discussed. The reading materials include texts by James J. Gibson, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Francisco Varela, among others, plus recent papers from scientific journals.

Participants will be encouraged to develop and present new or existing projects that are related to the topics of the class.

Course leader

Yutaka Makino

Fee info

EUR 390: Course fee

Scholarships

Available – For more information please visit our website.