New Fellow in the Winter Term: Caroline Torra-Mattenklott

21 October 2020

We welcome our new fellow Prof. Dr. Caroline Torra-Mattenklott at the CAS »Imaginaria of Force«. Her research is dedicated to German Studies and General Literature, with a special focus on forms of knowledge. During her research stay in Hamburg from mid-October 2020 to mid-March 2021, she will investigate the topics »Sciences of the Concrete – Aesthetic Abstraction« and »Forces of the Concrete as Poetic Principles of Agency and Form«.

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Photo: Ivan Kafka: Pro soukromou maxipotřebu [For Private Maxi-Need], 1979, Moravská galerie v Brně (MG 10852).

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Announcement: 24./25.09.2026 Workshop »Ethico-Aesthetics of Landscape«

Landscapes are not merely objects of aesthetic perception but also media of ethical and political order. The workshop explores landscape as image, metaphor, and imaginative construct through which ideas of nature, community, and responsibility are negotiated.

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Research report: Niklaus Largier: Symbolic Forms – Symbolic Riffs. The Energetic Charge of Symbols

Prof. Dr. Niklaus Largier was a fellow at the CAS »Imaginaria of Force« in June and July 2025. A short report on his research on the topic »Symbolic Forms – Symbolic Riffs. The Energetic Charge of Symbols« is now available online.