Can Sarıçoban

Can Sarıçoban is a PhD candidate in philosophy at Istanbul University, writing a dissertation on the temporal and mnemonic foundations of love in Marcel Proust, and a lecturer at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Haliç University. His MA thesis at Yıldız Technical University (2024) expanded the concept of aura within the ontology of art, drawing on neurophilosophy, the stages of human thought and peak experience. He is preparing bilingual Latin–Turkish editions of Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten's works, and his recent conference papers address algorithmic aesthetics, authorship and artificial intelligence. He is also a photographer whose eleven photographic series have been presented in solo exhibitions, and the author of three novels and a photobook.