Portable Aesthetics and Intimacy in Motion This article shares highlights from my presentation at the 2025 Conference of the Hellenic Society for Aesthetics, themed “Dwelling in Dressing: Contemporary Aesthetics of the Familiar.” My talk explored the emotional and aesthetic dimensions of the suitcase — not as a mere object, but as a vessel of identity, memory, and care.The work you ...

There are moments when a single sentence in a book quietly lingers — not because it is loud or dramatic, but because it feels familiar. This is what happened when I read Nikos Kazantzakis’ Travelling: Japan–China, and encountered his descriptions of a world where simplicity is not emptiness, but essence. I didn’t expect that this modest travel narrative from 1935 ...

Marina Tsoulou explains what’s it like to work for Aesthetics. ...