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Ksenia Fedorova is a University Lecturer at Leiden University's Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS), where she is affiliated with the Modern and Contemporary cluster and the Environmental Humanities sub-cluster. Her academic work bridges philosophy, media studies, and artistic practice, with a particular focus on the intersections between aesthetics, digital culture, and technological experience.
Her educational background is impressive and international, with a PhD in Philosophy/Aesthetics from institutions in St. Petersburg and Ekaterinburg, Russia (2014), and a PhD in Cultural Studies from the University of California, Davis (2017). She also holds an MA in Philosophy from Ural State University, Russia (2005) and an MA in Art History from the University of Colorado, Boulder (2007).
Dr. Fedorova's research interests span aesthetics, art theory, art and science, digital culture, media art, new media, phenomenology, and the human digital world, with particular emphasis on affect theory, the technological sublime, and locative media. Her work explores how digital technologies reshape human perception, cognition, and our relationship with the environment.
Her recent publications demonstrate a consistent focus on the intersections between artistic practice and scientific inquiry, particularly examining how media technologies create new forms of perception and experience. Her book "Tactics of Interfacing: Encoding Affect in Art and Technology" (MIT Press, 2020) represents a significant contribution to the field, while her numerous journal articles explore topics ranging from sensory substitution to proprioception in digital environments. Her work frequently examines the "technological sublime" - the awe-inspiring, boundary-pushing experiences created by new media technologies.
- Short-listed for Innovation and Kandinsky awards for "Media: Between Magic and Technology" (2014)
As an educator, Dr. Fedorova teaches across multiple programs including Art History (BA), Arts, Media and Society (BA), Urban Studies (BA), and several MA programs including Arts and Culture, Contemporary Art in a Global Perspective, and Museums and Collections. She has supervised PhD candidates including Jose Hopkins Brocq and Anders Ottosson.
Her research projects often involve interdisciplinary collaborations that bridge artistic practice with scientific inquiry, particularly examining how locative media, augmented reality, and other digital technologies create new forms of perception and environmental awareness. Her work suggests that these technologies don't merely mediate our experience but fundamentally transform how we relate to ourselves, each other, and the world around us.
