New Fellow in the Winter Term: Stefania Caliandro

3 October 2022

We welcome our new fellow Prof. Dr. Stefania Caliandro at the CAS »Imaginaria of Force«. Stefania Caliandro is a tenured professor at the École supérieure d’art et de design des Pyrénées, where she teaches philosophy of art and aesthetics on the site of Tarbes. Her research adresses key issues of aesthetics from the perspective of a morphodynamic approach to complexity, which she articulates with particular attention to contemporary art and its evolution. During her research stay in Hamburg from October 2022 to February 2023, she will investigate the topic »Aesthesia and Vibration: Reflections on Plastic Dynamics in Art«.

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