For general information: Research Project & International Conference. AHRB Innovation Award: Perception, Narrative Discourse and Conceptual Art: A Philosophical Investigation. King�s College, London.
Peter Goldie & Elisabeth Schellekens. The main aim of this research project is to consider some of the questions raised by conceptual art from a philosophical perspective in order to increase our understanding and knowledge of aesthetic perception. The case of conceptual art is, we believe, a particularly interesting one for three principal reasons. First, it sets out to question the boundaries, not only of the artistic, but of the aesthetic. Second, it is founded on the idea that art not only can, but should, transmit beliefs, judgements, and perceptual experiences with conceptual and cognitive content. Third, it confronts us with objects that do not obviously encourage distinctively aesthetic appreciation, a feature that puts a special kind of onus on the perceiver and on the psychology of engaging with objects aesthetically. These reasons (amongst others) seem to make conceptual art fertile ground for an exploration of the precise nature of aesthetic perception and the manner in which it is to be distinguished from other �non-straightforward� modes of perception. Other notions that will be discussed include the role of the imagination in aesthetic perception, the acquisition of (non-inferential) knowledge through aesthetic perception, the locus of the aesthetic, etc. Within the framework of this research project, a two-day international conference will be held in London in early June 2004. For any further information, please contact Elisabeth Schellekens on +44 020 7848 20 67 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------- a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] archive: http://www.mediascot.org/ambit info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and write "info ambit" in the message body -------------------------------------------------
