Gesprekken afluisteren op de trein – een perfecte guilty pleasure midden in het dagelijkse leven. Toch moet je, net zoals bij andere klassieke guilty pleasures zoals reality tv of junk food, je ook bij de kunst van het luistervinken soms door heel wat rommel heen werken voor je beloond wordt door een pareltje. Dat pareltje […]
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From first looks to visual thinking: Doctoral defence Patrick Ceyssens
A visually pleasing PhD defence Working in the academic world involves going to the occasional PhD defence of friends and colleagues. Often, this involves a straightforward procedure of short presentation (20 min), questions by judges and the final decisions, gratitude expressions and receptions. Last month (21/09/2018), however, I was curious to find out whether the […]
First PhD year in psycho-aesthetics
I cannot believe it has been a year since the start of my PhD. One year ago, I dove into the field of psycho-aesthetics. It’s been an intense year: I learned a lot and took part in several projects. While I was settling into this new position, I did not have much time to share […]
A history of pictures by David Hockney & Martin Gayford
A History of Pictures. This sounds like an ambitious title of a book, doesn’t it? Especially when ‘pictures’ is used to refer to everything that depicts our three-dimensional world onto a flat surface. Ranging from the earliest cave paintings to current videogames and everything in between. Think about painting, movies, digital art, photography, games, animation, […]