Aesthetic Collectives - On the Nature of Collectivity in Cultural Performance

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

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Summary

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

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Wiskowski
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.01.2024
• EAN: 9781032071558
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3207155-8
• No. of pages: 238
• Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Dance, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / General, Theatre Studies, Philosophy: aesthetics, Acting techniques