Interoception: Artistic Explorations of Loneliness, Aging, Grief, and Death

CIRAC Roundtable

 

CIRAC cordially invites you to the roundtable which offers an opportunity to engage with the question of how aging, disability, loneliness, grief, and death can be made visible through artistic and scholarly practices. Its point of departure is interoception—the perception of internal bodily states. At the center is the question of how perception emerges and how it is shaped artistically, medially, and discursively. 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.

 

Date: Tuesday, 12 May 2026, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Location: Forum Stadtpark, Stadtpark 1, 8010 Graz

Panelists: Garry Barker (Leeds Arts University), Katja Heitmann (Tilburg, NL), Iza Kavedžija (University of Cambridge), Sonja Rinofner-Kreidl (University of Graz)

Discussion Lead: Ulla Kriebernegg (University of Graz), Nina De Bettin Padolin (University of Graz)

 

Admission is free. Please find the detailed program here.

 

(This event is generously supported by the Research Network Heterogeneity and Cohesion, the Core Research Area “Perception: Episteme, Aesthetics, Politics,” and the City of Graz.)