Contingent Agencies - Inquiring Into the Emergence of Atmospheres. Artistic Research on Human and Nonhuman Relations. Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.Contingent Agencies - Inquiring Into the Emergence of Atmospheres. Artistic Research on Human and Nonhuman Relations

How do atmospheres emerge? This book explores the dynamic entanglements between humans, environments, and nonhuman forces.

Contingent Agencies is a cross-disciplinary artistic research project initiated by Alex Arteaga and Nikolaus Gansterer that investigates how atmospheres arise from the interplay between human and nonhuman agencies. Drawing from phenomenology, enactivism, and new materialism, the book engages readers in a richly layered process of notation, reflection, showing, and sharing.

Through experimental artistic practices across various media, Contingent Agencies opens new pathways for understanding spatial, embodied, and affective relations. The publication invites not only reflection but also active participation in an expanded, open-ended research community.

What the book offers:

• Innovative models of artistic research grounded in philosophy and embodied practice
• Exploration of human and nonhuman interrelations in the formation of atmospheres
• An open framework that encourages communal inquiry and interdisciplinary engagement

A vital contribution to current debates on artistic research, material agency, and situated knowledge. A must-read for artists, theorists, and practitioners interested in environmental and performative aesthetics.

Alex Arteaga (b. 1969, Barcelona) is an artist-researcher whose work integrates aesthetic, phenomenological, and enactive approaches. His practice focuses on embodiment, environments, and forms of aesthetic thinking. Arteaga currently conducts research at the University of the Arts Helsinki.

Nikolaus Gansterer (b. 1974, Vienna) explores the intricate relations between drawing, thinking, and acting. His internationally recognized practice spans performances, exhibitions, and lectures. Gansterer teaches at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and is known for pushing the boundaries of expanded drawing and performative notation.