Arno Böhler

A person stands alone against a black background, lit from the front by a focused light. The person wears a patterned shirt in shades of pink and red and holds a stethoscope to their chest, as if listening to their heartbeat. Their expression appears serious and concentrated, with parts of the body fading into shadow. The atmosphere is quiet and intimate, with strong contrast between light and darkness.

Arno Böhler is teaching philosophy at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Vienna and is the principal investigator of the PEEK project Philosophy in the Arts : Arts in Philosophy, conducted at ARC-mdw and funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF [grant DOI 10.55776/AR822]. He has been a visiting research fellow at universities in Bangalore, Heidelberg, New York and Princeton and a visiting professor at universities in Vienna, Bremen and Berlin. He co-founded baseCollective with Susanne Valerie Granzer in 1995 to create new formats between art and philosophy such as Philosophy on Stage and ‘arts-based philosophy.’ Philosophy on Stage #6 is part of this experimental tryout.