This seminar is based on our explorative research into the reception of selected examples of Polish contemporary artworks, which can be found at https://morality-and-sensation.vnlab.org/.

The scientists from the Sociology Department at the University of Lodz and Lodz Film School: Tomasz Ferenc, PhD, UŁ prof.; Kamila Biały PhD; and Dagna Kidoń, PhD (Director of Photography & Television Production Department) have attempted to apply a phenomenological and field theory-based perspective, among others, to the study of art reception.

In this seminar, they will draw from various epistemologies - socio-cultural, neuronal, and embodied - to explore the foundations of aesthetic perception with you.

They will delve into questions such as: Is the perception of works always mediated? Can we measure the immediacy of seeing? Is the experience of art a situationally variable process? 
They used a variety of methodologies in their research, ranging from cognitively oriented eye-tracking and survey research to phenomenologically inspired in-depth interviews.

If you are interested in joining us online on Saturday, May 18th, from 2pm-4pm CET (8am-10am EDT), please email directly to: kamila.bialy@gmail.com.

We hope you can help us enrich our understanding of this cross-disciplinary process, which, as it happens, also concerns psychotherapy.
Feel welcome to join us!