RESEARCH and TEACHING
Research and Teaching at Universities and Academies of Art and Design
Universität Witten-Herdecke:
2004-2006
Research assistant and cultural officer
- Seminars in philosophy and cultural reflection with a focus on art
- Seminars in the Study Fundamental of the university
Medicine
Dentistry
Economics
- Supervision of the Artist in Residence program with exhibitions at the university and studio visits:
SS 2005 Hartwig Kompa, painting;
WS 2005 Karl-Manfred Rennertz, sculpture;
SS 2006 Katharina Sieverding, photography
- Supervising of the Kunst am Bau project with acquisition of third-party funding
- Establishing of the university's own collection
(WS 2004) Seminar mit Exkursion: Genese der Abstraktion, Exkursion: Folkwangmuseum Essen
(SS 2005) Seminar mit Gastrednerin: Wahrnehmungstheorie, Gast: Dr. Angela Martini, Witten/Herdecke mit Exkursion/Vortrag Museum Ludwig, Köln: mit Vortrag von Bazon Brock
(SS 2005) Workshop mit Ausstellung: Artist in Residence: Hartwig Kompa, Oberhausen,
(07/2005) Tagesseminar mit Exkursion: Videonale 10 - Festival zur zeitgenössischen Videokunst, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Kuratorengespräch
(WS 2005) Seminar mit Exkursion: Kunstströmungen nach 1945.
Exkursionen: Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum Hagen, Gespräch mit dem Museumsdirektor Dr. Michael Fehr, Kunstmuseum Bonn
(WS 2005) Workshop: Artist in Residence: Hartwig Kompa, Oberhausen, MalereiMalerei
(11/2005) Vortrag in der Seminarreihe Kulturreflexion: Ernst Cassirer, Philosophie der Symbolischen Formen
(11/2005) Tagesseminar mit Exkursion: Sinn und Zweck von Kunstförderung durch Firmen. 25 Jahre Sammlung Deutsche Bank Frankfurt«, Kuratorengespräch
(01/2006) Tagesseminar mit David Hornemann M.A. und Prof. Dr. Michael Hutter:
Kunst = Kapital!? Joseph Beuys und der Kapitalismus
(SS 2006) Workshop mit Ausstellung: Artist in Residence: Karl Manfred Rennertz, Baden-Baden, Bildhauerei
(SS 2006) Workshop mit Exkursion: Artist in Residence: Katharina Sieverding, Berlin, Fotokunst, Exkursion ins Atelier in Düsseldorf
(SS 2006) Seminar mit Gastredner: Anselm Kiefer, Gast: Prof. Dr. Jörn Rüsen, KWI Essen, Präsident des Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut.
Sommeruniversität Villigst e.V., evangelische Studienstiftung, Meißen:
09/2007
Teaching assignment: Blockseminar mit Exkursionen: Cézanne - van Gogh - Monet. Vom Gegenständlichen zur Abstraktion. Kunst und Theorie mit Exkursion zum Kupferstichkabinett Dresden
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Fakultät Gestaltung:
2007-2009
Research assistant and PR officer
- Seminars for all courses of study:
product design
visual communication
fine arts
teaching profession for grammar schools
- Workshops on PR
- Editor of the yearbook: "Das Weimarer Modell", 2009
- Responsible for the presentation of the faculty in the university newspaper
"Der Bogen" and on the homepage
- Supervision of the Rundgang 2008 and 2009 including the supervision of 90 years Bauhaus "Alles Gute" of the Bauhaus-University together with Bill Schulz
(SS 2008) Workshop: PR from Plato to today
(SS 2008) Seminar: Sense and sensibility – positions in philosophy, art theory and the arts
(WS 2008) Seminar: War and Art
(WS 2008) Workshop: PR from Plato to today
(SS 2009) Seminar: Image and symbol. Horizons of cultural values
(SS 2009) Workshop: PR from Plato to today
Züricher Hochschule der Künste, Institute for Cultural Studies in the Arts
2012, May to September
Research project at the Institute for Cultural Studies, Prof. Dr. Sigrid Schade in cooperation with the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, Basel, University of Design and Art and the Institute of Neurosciences, Parma, Italy, Prof. Dr. Vittorio Gallese:
»Abstract.Amodal.Affective: Exploring Unconscious Aesthetic Processes in the Creation of Art/Design - A Contribution to the Question of Knowledge and Competence in the Visual Arts«
Project team:
- Applicant: Prof. Martin Wiedmer (FHNW HGK, IDK)
- Co-applicant: Prof. Dr. Sigrid Schade ZhdK, Zurich
- Project representative: Dr. Martina Sauer (FHNW HGK)
- Katrin Heimann (PhD student, Neuroscience Institute, Parma)
- Assistants: Jana Kessler (MA graduate, Fashion Institute) and Yolanda Bürgi & Elin Gonzalez (students, Institute of Art) & Silvia Bergmann (filmmaker/technology)
Cooperation partner/practice:
- FHNW HGK Basel Institute Fashion Design, Prof. Kurt Zihlmann
- FHNW HGK. Basel Institute for Scenography and Interior Design, Prof. Andreas Wenger FHNW HGK Basel Institute Art, Prof. René Pulfer
- University of Parma, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze - Section di Fisiologia, Universita' di Parma, Prof. Vittorio Gallese M.D
Cooperation partner/team of experts/theory:
- Prof. Dr. Sigrid Schade, ZHdK Zurich, Head of the Institute for Cultural Studies in the Arts
- Prof. Dr. Lambert Wiesing, Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, Chair of Image Theory and Phenomenology
- Prof. Dr. Raphael Rosenberg, University of Vienna, Institute for Art History
Cooperation partners/young scientists:
- Katrin Heimann, doctoral student with Vittorio Gallese, neuroscience
- Dr. Vlad Ionnesco, University of Leuven, Belgium, Philosophy/Art Studies
- Daniel Hug, PhD student, AD Interaction Design, Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK
Hochschule für Künste Bremen:
WS 2011/2012
Teaching assignment / seminar with Mona Schieren M.A.
Seminar mit Exkursionen: Linie zwischen Umriss und Aktion – Positionen und Theorieansätze in Philosophie, Kunsttheorie und Kunst.
Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz Basel, Institute of Art:
2010-2014
Research assistent for theory of art at the Forum Kunst BA of the Institute of Art with a focus on new media In winter term 2011 and summer term 2012 (Substitute for Prof. Dr. Melanie Franke) and lecturer for theory of art and design
- Excursions: ART Basel, 3 days in Frankfurt galleries and museums in Basel
- Lecturer for theory of art for the context courses of all study programme
(BA and MA): fine art, fashion, visual communication, interior design and scenography, teaching professions design and art
- Mentor and jury member for theory of art: BA Forum Institute of Art.
- BA and MA final examiner
(FS 2010) Blockseminar: 2 Theoriewochen - Bild und Symbol. Platon, Kant – Cassirer, Warburg, Böhme und Belting
(HS 2010/11) 2 Tage Mastersymposium für alle Schweizer Hochschulen für Gestaltung im Schaulager Basel, Seminarschwerpunkt: Inszenierte Fotografie
(HS 2010/11) Seminar: Wie verstehen wir Bilder? Positionen aus Philosophie und Kunsttheorie
(HS 2010) Vorlesung: Was sagen uns Bilder? Positionen aus Philosophie und Kunsttheorie
(HS 2011/12) Seminar mit Exkursionen: Grundlagen der Wahrnehmung in Philosophie und Kunsttheorie:
Exkursionen: Vitra Design Museum: Architektur; Kunstmuseum Basel: Sammlung; Shedhalle Zürich: Kurator- und Künstlergespräch zur Ausstellung: „Unter Strom. Kunst und Elektrizität“
(HS 2011/12) Seminar: Werke der Gestaltung und Kunst im Zeitalter der digitalen Medien - Walter Benjamin
(FS 2012) Seminar mit Gastrednerin: »Lust und Unlust«. Diskussion von Gestaltung und Kunst als ästhetische Erfahrung, Gast: Prof. Dr. Sigrid Schade, Zürich
(FS 2012) Vorlesung: Zwischen Reiz und Rührung: Kunst und Kitsch im Widerstreit
(HS 2012/13) Seminar mit Exkursionen: Grundlagen der Wahrnehmung in Philosophie und Kunsttheorie, Exkursionen: Vitra Design Museum: Pop-Art Design Ausstellung; Kunstmuseum Basel: Sammlung + Arte Povera Ausstellung; Haus für Elektronische Medien: Regionale-Ausstellung „Hidden/Obvious“)
(HS 2012/13) Vorlesung: Stil !? Positionen in Philosophie, Kunsttheorie und Kunst
(HS 2013/14) Seminar mit Exkursionen: Grundlagen der Wahrnehmung in Philosophie und Kunsttheorie: Exkursionen: Tinguely Museum Ausstellung: METAMATIC Reloaded, Gespräch mit dem Kurator; Kunstmuseum Basel: Sammlung + Ausstellung: Mondrian, Newmann, Flavin
Hochschule Fresenius, University of Applied Sciences
AMD, Akademie Mode & Design Hamburg and Düsseldorf:
2021 - 2024
- Lecturer / online seminars: Basics on Perception and Design I and II
- Research Project: "Affective Perception and Design" AMD Hamburg and Institute of Technology Genova/Parma, Italy
- Educational Film (intranet): Margaret and Christine Wertheim. Value and Change of Corals, Museum Frieder Burda Baden-Baden with Prof. Dr. Petra Leutner
Hamburg:
(WS 2021-22) Hamburg: in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Petra Leutner on the topic: Basics on Perception and Design: Approaches in natural science and cultural studies: differences, methods, and practice I
(SS 2022) Hamburg: online seminar, in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Petra Leutner on the topic: Basics on Perception and Design: Approaches in natural science and cultural studies: differences, methods, and practice II
(SS 2022) Hamburg: Educational film (Intranet): "Margaret und Christine Wertheim. Wert und Wandel der Korallen", Museum Frieder Burda Baden-Baden, mit Prof. Dr. Petra Leutner, AMD Hamburg
(SS 2022) Hamburg: Research Project "Affective Perception and Design" together with FB Design Prof. Dr. Petra Leutner and Institute of Technology (IIT) Genua/Parma, Italy, CONTACT lab, Dr. Giuseppe di Cesare und Phd student Giada Lombardi:
(WS 2022-23) Hamburg: in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Petra Leutner on the topic: Basics on Perception and Design I: Approaches in natural science and cultural studies: differences, methods, and practice
(SS 2024) Hamburg: online seminar in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Petra Leutner on the topic: Basics on Perception and Design: Approaches in natural science and cultural studies: differences, methods, and practice II
Düsseldorf
(WS 2021-22) Düsseldorf: on the topic: Basics on Perception and Design: Approaches in natural science and cultural studies: differences, methods, and practice I
(SS 2022) Düsseldorf: online seminar on the topic: Basics on Perception and Design: Approaches in natural science and cultural studies: differences, methods, and practice II
(WS 2022-23) Düsseldorf: on the topic: Basics on Perception and Design I: Approaches in natural science and cultural studies: differences, methods, and practice
(SS 2023) Düsseldorf: online seminar on the topic: Basics on Perception and Design: Approaches in natural science and cultural studies: differences, methods, and practice II
(WS 2023-24) Düsseldorf: online seminar on the topic: Basics on Perception and Design: Approaches in natural science and cultural studies: differences, methods, and practice II
(SS 2024) Düsseldorf: online seminar on the topic: Basics on Perception and Design: Approaches in natural science and cultural studies: differences, methods, and practice II
UdK, Universität der Künste, Berlin
WS 2024
Lecture and workshop with excursion to the Gemäldegalerie at the invitation of Prof. Dr. Susanne Hauser:
Vitality Semiotics: Methods from Art Historical Practice: Space in European Art History
MSD, Münster School of Design
WS 2025
Seminar in the newly founded master's program over 3 semesters:
Master Illustration, Theory
Guest Lectures/Seminars:
- (6/2015) Guest seminar: Prof. Dr. Roland Posner, Institut für Sprache und Kommunikation, Technische Universität Berlin: Seminarvortrag mit Diskussion: »Nicht-intentionale oder intentionale Logik? Zur Frage der Eigenlogik von Bildern (11.06.2015)
- (11/2015) Guest seminar: Prof. Dr. Roland Posner, Institut für Sprache und Kommunikation, Technische Universität Berlin: Die Rolle der Zeichen im Aufbau von Kultur: Atmosphäre, Stimmung, Aura, Milieu, Vortrag im Seminar: »Stimmung« als Modus des Erlebens von Bildern ( 26.11.2015)
- (1/2016) Lecture series ot the DGS, Deutschen Gesellschaft für Semiotik,
Universität Passau:
Grenzen. Kontakt - Kontrast - Kommunikation, with a lecture on: »Grenzen zwischen Ästhetik und Semiotik?«, (07.01.2016, 6-8 pm)
Research
Projects
Züricher Hochschule der Künste, Institute for Cultural Studies in the Arts
2012, May to September
Research project at the Institute for Cultural Studies, Prof. Dr. Sigrid Schade in cooperation with the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, Basel, Dr. Martina Sauer, FHNW HGK and the Institute of Neurosciences, Parma, Italy, Prof. Dr. Vittorio Gallese with PhD student Katrin Heimann:
»Abstract.Amodal.Affective: Exploring Unconscious Aesthetic Processes in the Creation of Art/Design - A Contribution to the Question of Knowledge and Competence in the Visual Arts«
Project team:
- Applicant: Prof. Martin Wiedmer (FHNW HGK, IDK)
- Co-applicant: Prof. Dr. Sigrid Schade (ZHdK, Zurich)
- Project representative: Dr. Martina Sauer (FHNW HGK) and Katrin Heimann (PhD student, Institute of Neuroscience, Parma)
- Assistants: Jana Kessler (MA graduate, Fashion Institute) and Yolanda Bürgi & Elin Gonzalez (students, Institute of Art) & Silvia Bergmann (filmmaker/technology)
Cooperation partner/practice:
- Prof. Kurt Zihlmann, FHNW, HGK Basel Institute Fashion Design
- Prof. Andreas Wenger, FHNW, HGK Basel, Institute for Scenography and Interior Design,
- Prof. René Pulfer, FHNW, HGK Basel, Institute of Art
- Prof. Vittorio Gallese M.D, University of Parma, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze - Section di Fisiologia, Universita' di Parma
Cooperation partner/theory:
- Prof. Dr. Sigrid Schade, ZHdK Zurich, Head of the Institute for Cultural Studies in the Arts
- Prof. Dr. Lambert Wiesing, Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, Chair of Image Theory and Phenomenology
- Prof. Dr. Raphael Rosenberg, University of Vienna, Institute for Art History
Cooperation partners/young scientists:
- Katrin Heimann, PhD student with Vittorio Gallese, Institute of Neuroscience, Parma, Italy
- Dr. Vlad Ionnesco, University of Leuven, Belgium, Philosophy/Art Studies
- Daniel Hug, PhD student, AD Interaction Design, Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK
Institute for Image and Cultural Philosophy,
Fresenius Hochschule, University of Applied Sciences
AMD Akademie Mode & Design Hamburg
and Institute of Technology Genua/Parma, Italy
Research Project in Hamburg/Germany
Summer Term 2022
Affective Perception and Design
together with AMD Hamburg / FB Design at Hochschule Fresenius: Prof. Dr. Petra Leutner and the Institute of Technology (IIT) Genoa/Parma, Italy CONTACT lab, Dr. Giuseppe Di Cesare and Giada Lombardi: https://whisperproject.eu/team-lab-robot and students from AMD Hamburg
June 13, 4 p.m. public guest lecture (hybrid) on "Affective Perception and Design" by Dr. Giuseppe di Cesare and PhD student Giada Lombardi ITT Genua/Parma, Italy, AMD / FB Design at Hochschule Fresenius, Alte Rabenstrasse 1, 20148 Hamburg, Room 1.01 (1st floor)
June, 14, lecures and workshop with students and the faculty: Giuseppe Di Cesare on "Affective Perception" and Martina Sauer on "The connection between vitals affects, vital forms and meaning formation: research backgrounds in cultural studies: Hamburg Circle 1919-1933"
German Society for Semiotics. International and interdisziplinary conference Signs.Cultures.Digitality. TU Landau, Germany
2024, September 24. -28.
DGS Panel Image & Fashion (Martina Sauer and Petra Leutner): Metaverse - KI and New Aesthetics? hybrid, D/En,. Program
CfP
of the panel image and fashion (hybrid, Ger/En) by Martina Sauer (image) und Petra Leutner (fashion) on
Metaverse - KI and New Aesthetics?
Keynote speech
Martina Sauer (image and cultural philosophy, Germany)
Giuseppe Di Cesare (neurosciences, Italy)
Vitality forms in action, speech, and design: a powerful communication tool for social interactions
Literature:
Di Cesare, Giuseppe et al. The neuronal basis of vitality forms. In National Science Review 7 (2020), 202—13
Lombardi, Giada and Giuseppe Di Cesare. From Neuroscience to Art:
The Role of “Vitality Forms” in the Investigation of Multimodality. In Art Style 10, special issue on Multimodality, edited by Martina Sauer and Christiane Wagner, 09/2022, 11—23
Lombardi, Giada, Martina Sauer and Giuseppe di Cesare. An Affective Perception: How “Vitality Forms” Influence Our Mood? In Art Style 11, special issue on Atmosphere and Mood, edited by Martina Sauer & Zhufez Wang, 03/2023: 127—39
Sauer, Martina. Abstract — Affective — Multimodal. On the processing of moving images following Cassirer, Langer and Krois. In Bildkörper. On the relationship between image technologies and embodiment, hrsg. v. Lars Christian Grabbe, Patrick Rupert-Kruse, Norbert M. Schmitz. Büchner: Darmstadt 2016, 46—71
Sauer, Martina. Developmental Psychology / Neuroscience and Art History - A Contribution to the Discussion of Form as the Basis of Perception and Design Principles. In ejournal.net, June 2011, 1—10
Institute for Image and Cultural Philosophy and the Department of Food and Drug Sciences, University of Parma, Italy
Research Project in Parma/Italy
Summer Term 2025
Neurosciences and Humanities:
Affective Perception - Synchronization Effects - Design
Projekt Team:
Dr. Phil. Martina Sauer (Image and Cultural Philosophie)
Dr. Med. Giuseppe Di Cesare (Neurosciences)
Charlotte Engelke (B.A. Candidate Design)
Project Description:
What constitutes synchronization effects (coordination processes) of opinions, ideas, attitudes in a community? Why and how do they occur? To what extent does this also take place through images?
They are the neuroscientist Giuseppe Di Cesare from the research group form Parma in Italy on mirror neurons and vitality forms and philosopher and image scientist Martina Sauer form the Institute for Image and Cultural Philosophy from Germany and her research on vitality semiotics (VS) and her former student, the B.A. candidate in design, Charlotte Engelke, form the Fresenius University of Applied Sciences, AMD, Hamburg, who in their joint research project in Parma are specifically investigating on a neuroscientific basis how synchronization effects are stimulated through design.
Literature:
Di Cesare, Giuseppe et al. The neuronal basis of vitality forms. In National Science Review 7 (2020), 202—13
Lombardi, Giada and Giuseppe Di Cesare. From Neuroscience to Art:
The Role of “Vitality Forms” in the Investigation of Multimodality. In: Art Style 10, special issue on Multimodality, edited by Martina Sauer and Christiane Wagner, 09/2022, 11—23
Lombardi, Giada, Martina Sauer and Giuseppe di Cesare. An Affective Perception: How “Vitality Forms” Influence Our Mood? In: Art Style 11, special issue on Atmosphere and Mood, edited by Martina Sauer & Zhufez Wang, 03/2023: 127—39
Sauer, Martina. Abstract — Affective — Multimodal. On the processing of moving images following Cassirer, Langer and Krois. In: Bildkörper. On the relationship between image technologies and embodiment, hrsg. v. Lars Christian Grabbe, Patrick Rupert-Kruse, Norbert M. Schmitz. Büchner: Darmstadt 2016, 46—71
Sauer, Martina. Developmental Psychology / Neuroscience and Art History - A Contribution to the Discussion of Form as the Basis of Perception and Design Principles. In: ejournal.net, June 2011, 1—10.
Sauer, Martina.Marshall McLuhan in a new light. Old and new methods of influencing emotions in communities of the electronic age. In: Lars Grabbe, Andrew McLuhan & Tobias Held (eds.). Beyond media literacy. Marburg: Büchner 2023, 14-32.
Sauer, Martina. Vitality Semiotics (VS) and the Implications of Synchronization in Frames. Highlighted via the break caused by Katharina Sieverding's Transformers. In: Natalia Igl & Martina Sauer (eds.).
Frames and Framing: Dynamic Nature and Material Cognitive Interplays, special issue Zeitschrift für Semiotik, 3/4.
Institute for Image and Cultural Philosophy, Martina Sauer PhD Phil
and her student B.A. candidate in design, Charlotte Engelke, form the Fresenius University of Applied Sciences, AMD, Hamburg,
and the host institution: Department of Food and Drug Sciences, University of Parma, Italy, Giuseppe Di Cesare, PhD Med
Research Project
Summer Term 2025
Neurosciences and Humanities:
Affective Perception - Synchronization Effect - Design
What constitutes synchronization effects (coordination processes) of opinions, ideas, attitudes in a community? Why and how do they occur? To what extent does this also take place through images?
They are the neuroscientist Giuseppe Di Cesare from the research group form Parma in Italy on mirror neurons and vitality forms and philosopher and image scientist Martina Sauer form the Institute for Image and Cultural Philosophy from Germany and her research on vitality semiotics (VS) and her former student, the B.A. candidate in design, Charlotte Engelke, form the Fresenius University of Applied Sciences, AMD, Hamburg, who in their joint research project in Parma are specifically investigating on a neuroscientific basis how synchronization effects are stimulated through design.
Literature
Di Cesare, Giuseppe et al. The neuronal basis of vitality forms. In National Science Review 7 (2020), 202—13
Lombardi, Giada and Giuseppe Di Cesare. From Neuroscience to Art:
The Role of “Vitality Forms” in the Investigation of Multimodality. In: Art Style 10, special issue on Multimodality, edited by Martina Sauer and Christiane Wagner, 09/2022, 11—23
Lombardi, Giada, Martina Sauer and Giuseppe di Cesare. An Affective Perception: How “Vitality Forms” Influence Our Mood? In: Art Style 11, special issue on Atmosphere and Mood, edited by Martina Sauer & Zhufez Wang, 03/2023: 127—39
Sauer, Martina. Abstract — Affective — Multimodal. On the processing of moving images following Cassirer, Langer and Krois. In: Bildkörper. On the relationship between image technologies and embodiment, hrsg. v. Lars Christian Grabbe, Patrick Rupert-Kruse, Norbert M. Schmitz. Büchner: Darmstadt 2016, 46—71
Sauer, Martina. Developmental Psychology / Neuroscience and Art History - A Contribution to the Discussion of Form as the Basis of Perception and Design Principles. In: ejournal.net, June 2011, 1—10.
Sauer, Martina.Marshall McLuhan in a new light. Old and new methods of influencing emotions in communities of the electronic age. In: Lars Grabbe, Andrew McLuhan & Tobias Held (eds.). Beyond media literacy. Marburg: Büchner 2023, 14-32.
Sauer, Martina. Vitality Semiotics (VS) and the Implications of Synchronization in Frames. Highlighted via the break caused by Katharina Sieverding's Transformers. In: Natalia Igl & Martina Sauer (eds.). Frames and Framing: Dynamic Nature and Material Cognitive Interplays, special issue Zeitschrift für Semiotik, 3/4.
Institute for Image and Cultural Philosophy, Martina Sauer PhD Phil
and her student B.A. candidate in design, Charlotte Engelke, form the Fresenius University of Applied Sciences, AMD, Hamburg,
and the host institution: Department of Food and Drug Sciences, University of Parma, Italy, Giuseppe Di Cesare, PhD Med
Research Project
Summer Term 2025
Neurosciences and Humanities:
Affective Perception - Synchronization Effect - Design
What constitutes synchronization effects (coordination processes) of opinions, ideas, attitudes in a community? Why and how do they occur? To what extent does this also take place through images?
They are the neuroscientist Giuseppe Di Cesare from the research group form Parma in Italy on mirror neurons and vitality forms and philosopher and image scientist Martina Sauer form the Institute for Image and Cultural Philosophy from Germany and her research on vitality semiotics (VS) and her former student, the B.A. candidate in design, Charlotte Engelke, form the Fresenius University of Applied Sciences, AMD, Hamburg, who in their joint research project in Parma are specifically investigating on a neuroscientific basis how synchronization effects are stimulated through design.
Literature
Di Cesare, Giuseppe et al. The neuronal basis of vitality forms. In National Science Review 7 (2020), 202—13
Lombardi, Giada and Giuseppe Di Cesare. From Neuroscience to Art:
The Role of “Vitality Forms” in the Investigation of Multimodality. In: Art Style 10, special issue on Multimodality, edited by Martina Sauer and Christiane Wagner, 09/2022, 11—23
Lombardi, Giada, Martina Sauer and Giuseppe di Cesare. An Affective Perception: How “Vitality Forms” Influence Our Mood? In: Art Style 11, special issue on Atmosphere and Mood, edited by Martina Sauer & Zhufez Wang, 03/2023: 127—39
Sauer, Martina. Abstract — Affective — Multimodal. On the processing of moving images following Cassirer, Langer and Krois. In: Bildkörper. On the relationship between image technologies and embodiment, hrsg. v. Lars Christian Grabbe, Patrick Rupert-Kruse, Norbert M. Schmitz. Büchner: Darmstadt 2016, 46—71
Sauer, Martina. Developmental Psychology / Neuroscience and Art History - A Contribution to the Discussion of Form as the Basis of Perception and Design Principles. In: ejournal.net, June 2011, 1—10.
Sauer, Martina.Marshall McLuhan in a new light. Old and new methods of influencing emotions in communities of the electronic age. In: Lars Grabbe, Andrew McLuhan & Tobias Held (eds.). Beyond media literacy. Marburg: Büchner 2023, 14-32.
Sauer, Martina. Vitality Semiotics (VS) and the Implications of Synchronization in Frames. Highlighted via the break caused by Katharina Sieverding's Transformers. In: Natalia Igl & Martina Sauer (eds.). Frames and Framing: Dynamic Nature and Material Cognitive Interplays, special issue Zeitschrift für Semiotik, 3/4.