The Philosopher
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How do we experience art and what it means to be an “observer”? And how can artworks lead us to remake ourselves? In this conversation with Michael Spicher, distinguished philosopher Alva Noë considers how we can use encounters with specific artworks to gain entry into a world of fascinating issues – like how philosophy and science are represented in film; what evolutionary biology says about art; or the role of relics, fakes, and copies in our experience of a work. Noë argues that, like philosophy, art is a sort of technology for understanding ourselves. Put simply, art is an opportunity for us to enact ourselves anew.
Alva Noë is a writer and a philosopher living in Berkeley and New York. He works on the nature of mind and human experience. He has been philosopher-in-residence with The Forsythe Company and has also collaborated creatively with dance artists Deborah Hay, Nicole Peisl, Jess Curtis, Claire Cunningham, Katye Coe, and Charlie Morrissey. His new essay collection, “Learning to Look: Dispatches from the Art World”, is published this year by Oxford University Press. alvanoe.com / twitter.com/alvanoe
Michael Spicher is a philosopher of art and aesthetics based in Boston. He works as an editor for the Leonardo Electronic Almanac published by MIT Press and for the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. He teaches at Massachusetts College of Art and Design and Boston Architectural College. aestheticsresearch.com / twitter.com/MRSpicher
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