Prof Dr R. van de Vall

My research areas are: philosophical aesthetics, visual culture, media theory, art history.

My main topics are:

• The construction of spectatorship in contemporary visual art and culture: I am particularly interested in the phenomenology of spectatorship in interactive media art, installations and painting (see under Publications: At the Edges of Vision)
• Theory and ethics of the conservation of contemporary art: As project leader of the collaborative NWO funded research programme New strategies in the conservation of contemporary art (University of Amsterdam; Rijksdienst Cultureel Erfgoed) I develop a framework for conservation theory and ethics (see under Links)
• Processes of globalization in contemporary art and media: in this context I have written about modern and contemporary art in India.

Links:

• http://nacca.eu
• NeCCAR: Network for the Conservation of Contemporary Art
• Website of the research project New strategies in the conservation of contemporary art