Harri Mäcklin

Postdoctoral Researcher of Aesthetics, University of Helsinki

Harri Mäcklin is a postdoctoral researcher of aesthetics at the University of Helsinki in Finland. His research interests include phenomenology, hermeneutics, and the history of aesthetics. He is especially interested in the nature of aesthetic experience in all its variations.

Written by Harri Mäcklin

Painting of hunters and dogs in snowy landscape with a village and ice skaters in the background, trees and hills visible.

When art transports us, where do we actually go?

Artworks have the capacity to transport us into other worlds. But where exactly do we go when we are immersed in art?

by Harri Mäcklin