Information experience and aesthetic experience: on two modes of the synthesis of heterogeneous

The paper compares aesthetic experience and information experience as two modes of the synthesis of heterogeneous, revealing the significance of their confrontation. It is postulated that both aesthetic experience and information experience in their contemporary incarnations should be conceived as the Modern Age phenomena that have become a response to the need to handle the complexity and inconsistency of the contents of human culture. Both types of experience claim an unlimited breadth of synthesis of plurality, representing two types of ‘everyday nomadism'. However, there are fundamental differences between them: while aesthetic experience in its design is aimed at inspiring man and activating his vital forces, information experience proves to absorb energy and inhibit emotions. It is argued that aesthetic experience structurally contains an aspiration to another person and a dialogue with him, disclosing the value dimension which constitutes the hierarchical arrangement of things, while information experience synthesizes the phenomena of being on one plane, taking the dimension of values out of brackets. In this regard, it may be concluded that between aesthetic experience and information experience as two modes of synthesizing multiplicity a struggle is underway for the content of human life, which should be considered as one of the fundamental intrigues of modernity.