Rossen Ventzislavov, Ph.D. — Philosophy of Architecture, Aesthetics, Phenomenology, and Place in Society

In this episode, I spoke with philosopher and cultural critic Rossen Ventzislavov, Ph.D. In our conversation, we talk about the philosophy of architecture, aesthetics, phenomenology, ethics, culture and society, and tons more.

As a philosopher and cultural critic, Rossen focuses on aesthetics, architectural theory, literature, curating, popular music, and performance art. His work has appeared in the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Deleuze Studies, Contemporary Aesthetics, the Journal of Popular Music Studies, X-tra, the British Journal of Aesthetics, Interiors, and more. Rossen originated the ongoing Boxing Philosophical debate series at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in Los Angeles. He has been a member of the Encounter performance art collective since 2014 and is currently Professor of Philosophy at Woodbury University.

You can check out some of Rossen's essays and articles below:

• "Building Privilege: Architecture and the Privacy Fetish," The Mediated City Conference
• "Anti Bodies: Two American Pandemics," Public Seminar
• "Black Aesthetics: Reconstruction Through Resocialisation," British Society of Aesthetics
• "Everything Loose: Ron Athey's Acephalous Monster at REDCAT," Aesthetic Investigations
• "A Reality to Call Our Own," X-Tra