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Relational Aesthetics

Kai Hammermeister, Germanic Languages and Literatures

November 30, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Knight House
(contact: Bernhard Fischer at fischer.5@osu.edu)

In the 1990s, a young generation of visual artists set out to create works which intend not only to produce a public sphere but of which this very element of the public discourse is an integral element. This presentation will examine some of these works by artists like Rirkrit Tiravanija, Thomas Hirschhorn, Pierre Huyghe, and others as well as the intellectual underpinning provided for these undertakings in the writings of Nicolas Bourriaud.

Kai Hammermeister works mainly in the field of intellectual history where he investigates questions regarding philosophical and practical aesthetics. In addition to his academic teaching and publishing he has frequently cooperated with art instutions like the Wexner Center and NYC galleries in several functions.
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Narrative and Cognition

Led by: Frederick Aldama (English) and James Phelan (English)

The aim of this working group is to explore how narrative shapes the experience of time (memory) and space (place) as well as how it informs our holographic capacity to determine our existence within time and space. The working group will grapple with how the mind and its stories inform our capacity to know and make sense of the world. The intersections among cognitive approaches to narrative with those of other approaches, both traditional and emerging, will be considered.
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