CIRAC Roundtable“Interoception: Artistic Explorations of Loneliness, Aging, Grief, and Death”
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 .
We look forward to seeing you!
The CIRAC Team
Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Aging and Care
This event is generously supported by the University of Graz’s Research Management and Service, the Research Network “Heterogeneity and Cohesion,” the Core Research Area “Perception: Episteme, Aesthetics, Politics,” as well as the City of Graz.