Aesthetic Collectives

Auteur

Dr. Andrew Wiskowski is a lecturer and artist in performance, having recently been in the faculty of Creative and Digital Industries at Lambeth College, London Southbank University.

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Aesthetic Collectives works to name, describe, and analyse the notion of collectivity in performance.

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Acknowledgements

Introduction The Aesthetic Collective

PART ONE

Precis

Chapter One: Proximity and Pragnanz Space, Order, Touch

Insides/Outsides, Proxemics and Containment

Aesthetic Fields, Collective Domains

Proximity and Prägnanz

The Discharge

Touch Known, Unknown; Security, Threat

Communitas and Affect Transmission

Chapter Two: Similarity Authority and Agency

VB16, VB35, VB45, VB46, VB48

Manipulating Agency and Authority

Directions/Instructions Explicit and Implied

Chapter Three: Common Fate Objective, Agency & Essence

Choreography and Rhythm

Dialogue

Rôle/Character

Agentic States

PART TWO

Precis

Chapter Four: Character and Contagion

Character as Roles and Dramatis Personae

Essence and Essentialisation

Characterisation, Characterising, Mood

Contagion

Chapter Five: Mood, Affect, Feeling, Emotion

Mood-Making

Affective Dimensions

Mood Setting/Contagion

Chapter Six Encountering Atmospheres

The Encounter

Immersion

Foam Structures Atmospheres

Conditioning

Climate and Human Weather

Conclusion

Bibliography

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Index