Desiree Förster

Desiree Förster is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department for Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Chicago. She previously completed her studies at the Institute for Arts and Media at the University of Potsdam with her thesis Aesthetic experience of metabolic processes. From the perspective of process philosophy and media aesthetics, she examines the effects of liminal and pre-conscious experiences on human subjectivity. She has carried out several collaborative projects with artists and designers (including Concordia University (CA), Arizona State University (US) and IXDM, Basel (CH)) to explore liminal experiences in aesthetic milieus. Her research interests include aesthetics, media ecologies, affective media, embodiment, phenomenology, process philosophy, and immersive environments.