Biography

Independent working with art/writing in gallery rooms as well as site-specific in public space.
Founder and artistic leader of Art/Sensation – a nomadic curatorial platform that emphasize the importance of emotions in and around art. Co-founder VERK journal.

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Exhibitions

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Susanne Fessé, Precipices / Stup no 1 (2023), edition of 3, from series Precipices / Stup, BW prints on Platine Fiber Rag from digital negatives,60x50 cm

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Susanne Fessé. Series You/Du (2024), BW print from digital negatives,

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Art/Sensation

Talking and writing about emotions in art and culture is one of the contemporary subjects around the world that is part of the so called “affective turn”. Art/Sensation works in the field of affect theory in art, which is at the forefront of research in postcolonial, feminist and queer studies, as well as in other disciplines such as psychology, sociology, technology and economics. Affect theory can highlight emotions and bodily affect in and around art and culture.

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Writing about emotions: a study of how theory of affect can be applied at the intersection of place and work
Boris Press, 2021

After having worked as a curator with works in the public space, I became interested in writing about bodily affects and feelings based on an art scientific discourse. In my master's thesis "Writing about feelings: A study of how the theory of affect can be applied at the intersection between place and work" (which is currently being published as a book) I have tried to outline whether and, if so, how one can write about them feelings that arise in the space between work and place, that is, what I call an affective relationship.

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Susanne Fessé. Series Recovering emotions(2024),BW prints from digital negatives,

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SELECTED PUBLISHED TEXTS

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