How do we trace ephemeral experiences in aesthetic practices and artistic expressions that elude verbal description? More precisely, how do we understand those tacit experiences of persons whose bodily sensing experiences and acting in the world disrupt social and cultural expectations?
Keywords: Neurodiversity, Aesthetics, Critical Phenomenology, Research Creation, Binaural audio, Sonic boundary objects
We are workshopping immersive listening techniques with artists with multi-sensorial acuities to understand the ephemeral and embodied experiences, often below the level of conscious reflection. Attending to the creation and reception of aesthetic experiences with dancers, composers, musicians, ceramicists, poets and multi-media artists we seek to refine a neurodiverse phenomenology to understand how to cultivate contexts in which a diversity itself can flourish.
Social Science Humanities Research Council Insight Development Grant. Tracing ephemeral experiences in aesthetic practices: Immersive listening to workshop a neurodiverse phenomenology (2022-2026) (Research Creation, #94514)
Core Research Team
Melissa Park, Principal Investigator
Florian Grond, Co-Investigator
Sarah Grenier-LaForce, Coordinator
Partners