Radical Aesthetics Radical Art
Promoting debate, confronting conventions and formulating alternative ways of thinking, Jane Tormey and Gillian Whiteley explore what radical aesthetics might mean in the twenty first century. This new series – RadicalAesthetics-RadicalArt (RaRa) – reconsiders the relationship between how art is practised and how art is theorized. Striving to liberate theories of aesthetics from visual traditions, this series of single-authored titles expands the parameters of art and aesthetics in a creative and meaningful way. Encompassing the multisensory, collaborative, participatory and transitory practices that have developed over the last twenty years, Radical Aesthetics-Radical Art is an innovative and revolutionary take on the intersection between theory and practice.
The series aims to:
- critique conventional approaches to thinking about art practice and aesthetics
- reconsider the interrelationships between theories and art practice on equal terms
- provide a useful resource to assist research and provoke discussion
- address current issues in response to contemporary contexts
- encourage an interdisciplinary approach to discussion
- survey recent and current material and debate
The first title commissioned for the series is Eco-Aesthetics by Malcolm Miles. Further titles may include for example Socio-political aesthetics, Global aesthetics, Inter-relational aesthetics. The commissioning editors invite submissions from authors (artists and scholars) who can make a provocative contribution to these debates.
For further information about the RaRa project visit the Radical Aesthetics-Radical Art Symposium website.
For further information or enquiries please contact RaRa series editors:
Jane Tormey: j.tormey@lboro.ac.uk
Gillian Whiteley: g.whiteley@lboro.ac.uk