Intercultural and international online-project, 2021/22, Universities of Cologne/Germany, Tokio/Japan
What Moves the Senses.
Resources of sensory experience in comparison.
Whether nature or the arts, both often touch people intensively and sustainably. Students and experts tried to investigate the hidden backgrounds of these aesthetic touches. Experience and acting out, perception and expression are the complementary components of Polyaesthetics.
Reflection from other perspectives can lead to deeper aesthetic perception. Polyaesthetics calls this phenomenon "Mehrwahrnehmung (multi-perception)".
Based on the different cultural identities the participant exchanged their experiences and impressions in an online organized dialog.
research context:
What experiences of sensual touching do students report?
Which kind of feedback do students give to the workout presented by other students?
State of reporting August 15th, 2022