Re: [FairfieldLife] "Embodied experience"?
I would agree with this, synaesthesia seems to represent cross-wiring of the nervous system. There has been a trend in academia of late creating all sorts of terminology to give verbal meaning and definition to what is essentially visual awareness in the arts, such as in painting, photography, sculpture, etc., and the language is often quite pompous and erudite sounding, seemingly giving sense and depth and meaning to a work of art, which might just be a piece of crap. 'Embodied experience' is a term that normally would be found in discussions of ignorance versus enlightenment. It doesn't seem to me to be a very useful term for describing art. A person who looks at a work of art has an experience. Not much to go on there. Dressing it up in high sounding phrases doesn't add much, as viewing or listening to art is essentially a non-verbal perception. It is our visceral response to art that is central theme, the art itself does not contain these things, something in the art triggers these responses in our awareness, the greatness of the artist determines how well this is accomplished; we do not need to be told that it does this; if a description is required, probably it is not art, but a pretence to seem as art. The terms are for art critics and professors, a true artist can just ignore the whole thing. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Card, I don't know what your sister is into, but it doesn't sound to me as if either of you understands what synesthesia is. That's what happens when information perceived by one sense triggers a simultaneous perception in another, unrelated sense but with no direct input that could cause this second sensory perception. For example, you look at a painting and it makes you taste something. None of this as I understand it has anything to do with the concept of "embodied experience." Some people are using that phrase as a buzzword for virtual environments in which sensorimotor technology is used to provoke the sensation of feeling or smell or hearing. That's not really synesthesia because something mechanical is actually triggering these perceptions. From: "cardemaister@... [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, August 29, 2014 11:38 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] "Embodied experience"? My sister is using the expression "embodied experience" in referring to synesthetic experiences of visual arts. Is it OK, or could there be a better expression for that. THX in advance...
Re: [FairfieldLife] "Embodied experience"?
We both understand what synesthesia is, but I'm not sure whether "embodied experience" accurately describes what she is trying to connect with synesthesia, if I've got it right. It seems to me she's mistranslated the Finnish expression, but that's very hard for me to know for sure... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Card, I don't know what your sister is into, but it doesn't sound to me as if either of you understands what synesthesia is. That's what happens when information perceived by one sense triggers a simultaneous perception in another, unrelated sense but with no direct input that could cause this second sensory perception. For example, you look at a painting and it makes you taste something. None of this as I understand it has anything to do with the concept of "embodied experience." Some people are using that phrase as a buzzword for virtual environments in which sensorimotor technology is used to provoke the sensation of feeling or smell or hearing. That's not really synesthesia because something mechanical is actually triggering these perceptions. From: "cardemaister@... [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, August 29, 2014 11:38 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] "Embodied experience"? My sister is using the expression "embodied experience" in referring to synesthetic experiences of visual arts. Is it OK, or could there be a better expression for that. THX in advance...
Re: [FairfieldLife] "Embodied experience"?
On 8/29/2014 6:00 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Card, I don't know what your sister is into, but it doesn't sound to me as if either of you understands what synesthesia is. That's what happens when information perceived by one sense triggers a simultaneous perception in another, unrelated sense but with no direct input that could cause this second sensory perception. For example, you look at a painting and it makes you taste something. > Another example might be Rama up on a stage "slowly rising up off of a sofa and flying around for a few minutes", and then you sensing that the lecture hall was all "golden", except in this case the perceptions are related. A more accurate term may be "ideasthesia". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia > None of this as I understand it has anything to do with the concept of "embodied experience." Some people are using that phrase as a buzzword for virtual environments in which sensorimotor technology is used to provoke the sensation of feeling or smell or hearing. That's not really synesthesia because something mechanical is actually triggering these perceptions. > In the case of your perception of Rama levitating up on a stage there must have been something chemical or mechanical triggering your perceptions - /such as LSD or smoke and mirrors./ It's not complicated. > *From:* "cardemais...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Friday, August 29, 2014 11:38 AM *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] "Embodied experience"? My sister is using the expression "embodied experience" in referring to synesthetic experiences of visual arts. Is it OK, or could there be a better expression for that. THX in advance...
Re: [FairfieldLife] "Embodied experience"?
On 8/29/2014 4:38 AM, cardemais...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: My sister is using the expression "embodied experience" in referring to synesthetic experiences of visual arts. Is it OK, or could there be a better expression for that. THX in advance... > A "constructed character of knowing"?
Re: [FairfieldLife] "Embodied experience"?
Card, I don't know what your sister is into, but it doesn't sound to me as if either of you understands what synesthesia is. That's what happens when information perceived by one sense triggers a simultaneous perception in another, unrelated sense but with no direct input that could cause this second sensory perception. For example, you look at a painting and it makes you taste something. None of this as I understand it has anything to do with the concept of "embodied experience." Some people are using that phrase as a buzzword for virtual environments in which sensorimotor technology is used to provoke the sensation of feeling or smell or hearing. That's not really synesthesia because something mechanical is actually triggering these perceptions. From: "cardemais...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, August 29, 2014 11:38 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] "Embodied experience"? My sister is using the expression "embodied experience" in referring to synesthetic experiences of visual arts. Is it OK, or could there be a better expression for that. THX in advance...
[FairfieldLife] "Embodied experience"?
My sister is using the expression "embodied experience" in referring to synesthetic experiences of visual arts. Is it OK, or could there be a better expression for that. THX in advance...
