Phenomenological Intersections in Aesthetics

Instructor: Adam Berg Date & Time: Sundays, May 27, June 3, 24, July 1, 8, 15, 29, August 5 3 PM - 5:30 EST

DESCRIPTION
In this seminar, which is structured topically as a series of probing into some fundamental concepts, methods and tasks of phenomenological research in relation to aesthetics and art, we will hone on how Husserlian and post Husserlian phenomenology intersect with contemporary aesthetic discourse. Aesthetics stands here for both a ‘radical’ conception of an underlying principle organizing perception as well as a normative (or deviant) ‘applied’ or ‘embodied’ aesthetics of art.

Our main readings and analyses will be from Husserl’s various texts but we will examine also writings by Brentano, Heidegger, Stein, Fink, Merleau-Ponty, Levinas, Deleuze and Lyotard as well as Varela and Petitot.

Key topics will focus on intersubjectivity and the lifeworld, genetic and static constitutions, empathy and the body, first person perspective and perception and the question of naturalizing phenomenology.

Image: Donald Judd, Chairs, 1984–85

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