Aesthetics of Video Games

21. November 2025, 14.00 Uhr IC lecture room, Hauptplatz 23

Die Abteilungen Philosophie & Interface Cultures laden zum Gastvortrag von Mirt Komel. 

The lecture addresses the cultural phenomena of videogames as contemporary Gesamtkunstwerk, which encompasses not only the classical artworks (architecture, sculpture, painting, music, poetry, theatre, opera) but also those specific for the "age of mechanical reproduction" (photography, film, tv-series), as well as an element peculiar only to them, immersive interactivity. The lecture will, besides giving the theoretical groundwork for such a conception of videogames in general — or at least a certain portion of them -- demonstrate the validity of such an approach on a very specific case-study, namely, Yoko Taro's Nier series, especially Nier:Automata (Square Enix, 2017).

About Mirt Komel
Mirt Komel, PhD, is a philosopher and writer, professor of modern philosophy and literature, member of the Cultural Studies department at the Faculty of Social Sciences (University of Ljubljana), researcher at the Peace Institute in Ljubljana, co-founder of the international Hegelian association Aufhebung, and author, among other scientific monographs, also of Osma umetnost : estetika videoiger ("The Eight Art : Aesthetics of Videogames").
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This guest lecture is invited and financed by the Department of Philosophy and jointly organized with the Department of Interface Cultures.