Abstract

This interview captures the reflections of Roberto Diodato, Professor of Aesthetics at Università Cattolica di Milano, on the most topical issues regarding the relationship between the artistic-aesthetic experience and new technologies. Among the many possible approaches to the study of these interrelated subjects, Diodato’s perspective is characterised by a speculative tendency, stemming from a philosophical framework that he defines as «aesthetic logos». According to him, thought and feeling (logos and aisthesis) form a dynamic relationship, inextricably linked through mutual implication. Thought comes into contact with feeling – the basis of experience – and experience unfolds and is articulated through thought. The artistic-aesthetic experience dealing with technology is the primary locus where new kinds of entities and events emerge. This process calls for the development of a logos – i.e. an ontology – that is capable of rethinking certain classical philosophical categories