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Sonja Berthold
Talk at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition Biennale Architettura 2021
Sonja Berthold explores how the body shapes our space preferences. Guests actively engage in creating their preferred space, with their movements continuously monitored to dynamically alter displayed scenes. This raises intriguing questions about the role of the body in shaping our spatial experiences and preferences. How much is influenced by visual cues versus the sensory aspect? Can our bodies instinctively determine what makes a space appealing?
Guests: Artis Team (University of Vienna); ARTIS partners from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Prof. Dr. Joerg Fingerhut) and Vienna (Asst. Prof. Matthew Pelowski) together with art historians Prof. Jörg Trempler and Isabel Groll, architect Prof. Matthias Ballestrem, Giacomo Bignardi (PhD Student at Max Planck School of Cognition) as well as student assistants Theresa Müller, Hannah Kruft. In partnership with the Interdisciplinary Forum Neurourbanism e.V. at the Mutualities exhibition in Venice.
Photography: Artis Team
25 October 2022