Aging, disability, loneliness, grief, and death are socially and politically shaped spheres of experience. This event offers an opportunity to engage with the question of how such experiences can be made visible and critically reflected upon through artistic practices. Its point of departure is interoception—the perception of internal bodily states. In this context, perception is understood not only as a sensory experience, but also as a processual phenomenon that is epistemologically, culturally, and politically consequential. At the center is the question of how perception emerges, how it is shaped artistically, medially, and discursively, and which social functions it fulfills. On the panel, Garry Barker (Leeds Arts University), Katja Heitmann (Tilburg, NL), Iza Kavedžija (University of Cambridge), and Sonja Rinofner-Kreidl (University of Graz) will discuss their perspectives on interoception and its significance for artistic engagements with loneliness, aging, grief, and death.

The event brings together students, researchers, practitioners, and interested members of the public from various disciplines. The roundtable fosters dialogue between academia and society. The event takes place within the framework of the core research area “Perception: Episteme, Aesthetics, Politics” at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Graz.