Sensory arts and design

Abstract

Artists, designers and researchers are increasingly seeking new ways to understand and explore the creative and practical significance of the senses. This ground-breaking book brings art and design into the field of sensory studies for the first time, providing a clear introduction to the field and outlining important developments and new directions. A compelling exploration of both theory and practice, Sensory Arts and Design brings together a wide variety of examples from contemporary art and design which share a sensory dimension in their development or user experience. Divided into three parts, the book examines the design applications of new technology with sensing capacities; the role of the senses in creating new imaginative environments; and the significance of the senses within different cultural practices. The thirteen chapters cover a highly diverse range of issues - from urban landscapes, soundscapes and cities at night, to 'immersive' sensory artworks, multisensory perception in painting, and the relationship between vision and smell. Written by a team of experts primarily based at the Lancaster Institute for Creative Arts (LICA) - widely recognized as a center of research excellence - this timely book is destined to make a significant contribution to the scholarly development of this emerging field. An important read for students and scholars in sensory studies, design, art, and visual culture"

Contents

Introduction -- Ian Heywood, LICA, Lancaster University, UK -- Part I: Sensory Arts and Design, New Technologies and the Urban Environment. -- Shadowplay: Liberation and Exhilaration in Cities at Night -- Nick Dunn, LICA, Lancaster University, UK -- The Role of Playfulness ans Sensory Experiences in Design for Public Health and for Ageing Well -- Emmanuel Tsekleves, Imagination Lancaster, Lancaster University, UK and Andy Darby, LICA, Lancaster University, UK -- Can We Give Ourselves Extra Senses? Exploring Sensory Augmentation -- Naomi Jacobs, LICA, Lancaster University, UK, and Jonny Huck, Manchester University, UK -- Sonifying Memory: Creative Approaches to Representing Socially Constructed Soundscapes -- Linda O'Keeffe, LICA, Lancaster University, UK -- Part II: The Range of Sensory Arts and Design: Extensions, Realizations and Capacities. -- Scented Colours: The Role of Olfaction in Futurism and Olfactory (Re-)constructions -- Caro Verbeek, Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague and Rijksmuseum, the Netherlands -- Museums of Good Taste, Artworks of Good Taste: Gastronomic Contemporary Art -- Mark Clintberg, Alberta College of Art and Design, Canada -- The 2015 Chicago Architecture Biennial: The State of Sensory Design -- Joy Malnar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA -- Music: Seeing and Feeling With the Ears -- Alan Marsden and Richard Leadbeater, LICA, Lancaster University UK -- Part III: Vision, Touch and Technologies of Sense. -- Art Spectatorship and the Senses: An Eye Movement Analysis Exploring Painting and Embodied Cognition -- Beth Harland, LICA, Lancaster University, UK and Nick Donnelly, University of Southampton, UK -- Sensing Atoms and Bits -- Paul Coulton, Imagination Lancaster, Lancaster University, UK -- Drawn Away from Vision: Encounters with the Unseen -- Sarah Casey and Gerry Davies, LICA, Lancaster University, UK -- From Impressionism to Opticality: An Episode in the Sensory History of Art -- Ian Heywood, LICA, Lancaster University, UK -- A Choreography of the Senses: The Painter's Studio -- Pip Dickens, LICA, Lancaster University, UK