baseCollective is a collective of artists and philosophers who are key researchers in the research project Arts in Philosophy : Philosophy in the Arts, which is funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). Grant-DOI: 10.55776/AR822. It investigates the significant role of the *heart* in artistic research and performance philosophy from an intercultural perspective. baseCollective consists of Arno Böhler (philosopher, artistic researcher), Susanne Valerie Granzer (actress, artistic researcher), Johannes Kretz (electronic musician, artistic researcher), Evi Jägle (philosopher, filmmaker) and Christoph Müller (performance philosopher).