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.

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