Previous Events

VSAC 2024

Held in Aberdeen, Scotland on Aug 22-24, 2024 https://www.2024.vsac.eu/

Organized by Aenne Brielmann , Claus-Christian Carbon , Rachel Elliott , Uwe Fischer , Joanna Ganczarek , Martin Giesel , Itay Goetz , Gregor Hayn-Leichsenring , Constanze Hesse , Young-Jin Hur , Anya Hurlbert , Tammy-Ann Husselman , Mauro Manassi , Jasna Martinovic , Jennifer Mc Namara , Jade McGowan , Hong Nguyen , Alexander (Sasha) Pastukhov , Marius Raab , Jurate Rimiskyte , J Brendan Ritchie , Joana Seabra , Eline Van Geert , Dhanraj Vishwanath , Maarten Wijntjes , Qasim Zaidi , Astrid Zeman , Ben van Buren

Keynote lectures:

  • BinoculART: Pictures for two eyes by Nicholas Wade (University of Dundee, Scotland, UK)
  • Wonder, Science and Magic by Irene Brown (Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK)
  • The artist’s trace / tracing the artist by Dr Rebecca Chamberlain (Goldsmiths, University Of London, England, UK)

VSAC 2023

Held in Nicosia, Cyprus on Aug 24-26, 2023 https://www.vsac2023.eu/

Organized by Aenne Brielmann , Alessandro Soranzo , Anna Miscenà , Anne Kleindienst , Ben van Buren , Claus-Christian Carbon , Heike Kiesewetter , Ian Verstegen , Itay Goetz , Kyriaki Mikellidou , Lena Kristina Pieper , Maarten Wijntjes , Marius Raab , Qasim Zaidi , Rebecca Chamberlain , Alexander (Sasha) Pastukhov , Uwe Fischer , Vera Hesslinger

Keynote lectures:

  • Experiencing art by Claus-Christian Carbon (University Bamberg, Germany)
  • Here’s the thing: On perceiving objects, grounds and backgrounds in the history of art by Jeroen Stumpel (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)

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VSAC 2022

Held in Amsterdam, Netherlands on Aug 24-27, 2022 https://vsac2022.tudelft.nl/

Organized by Maarten Wijntjes , Arjan de Koomen , Nim Goede , Catelijne van Middelkoop , Yuguang Zhao , Jeroen Stumpel , Cehao Yu , Margit Lukacs , Mitchell van Zuijlen , David Tiemstra , Rob van Lier

Keynote lectures:

  • The Emancipatory Potential of Neuroart by Nim Goede
  • Shifting Realities by Tine Melzer
  • PUK* - A Neurodiverse History of Artificial Intelligence by Floris Schönfeld
  • At Night I See the Future by Edwin Zwakman
  • Noise versus Signal by Coralie Vogelaar

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VSAC 2019

Held in Leuven, Belgium on Aug 21-24, 2019

Organized by Johan Wagemans

Keynote lectures:

  • Opposites attract: The marriage of art and science by Robert Pepperell (Cardiff Metropolitan University, U.K.)
  • Colour, Light and Time in Paintings by Anya Hurlbert (Newcastle University, U.K.)

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VSAC 2018

Held in Trieste, Italy on Aug 24-26, 2018

Organized by Rossana Actis-Grosso , Daniele Zavagno

Keynote lectures:

  • The place of contemplation in a world of arts by Michael Kubovy (University of Virginia)
  • Macchie, passages and edges lost and found by Jan Koenderink (KU Leuven, Belgium)

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VSAC 2017

Held in Berlin, Germany on Aug 25–27, 2017 https://vsac2017.org/

Organized by Claus-Christian Carbon , Joerg Fingerhut

Keynote lectures:

  • Art and Wonder by Jesse Prinz (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, City University of New York, Graduate Center, New York)
  • Aesthetics and the Brains by Irving Biederman (University of Southern California)

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VSAC 2016

Held in Barcelona, Spain on Aug 26-28, 2016

Organized by C. Alejandro Parraga

Keynote lectures:

  • Realizing Fechner’s Fantasy by Anjan Chatterjee (Pennsylvania Hospital and University of Pennsylvania, USA)

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VSAC 2015

Held in Liverpool, UK on Aug 22-23, 2015

Organized by Marco Bertamini

Keynote lectures:

  • Aesthetic Science: An Ecological Approach. by Steve Palmer (UC Berkeley)

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VSAC 2014

Held in Belgrade, Serbia on Aug 23-24, 2014

Organized by Slobodan Marković , Oliver Tošković , Ian Thornton , Dejan Todorović , Sunčica Zdravković

Keynote lectures:

  • What is missing for a proper visual science of art? by Johan Wagemans (KU Leuven, Belgium)

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VSAC 2012

Held in Alghero, Sardinia, Italy on Sep 1-2, 2012

Organized by Baingio Pinna

Keynote lectures:

  • Experimental Phenomenology: Art & Science by Jan Koenderink (KU Leuven, Belgium)

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