A book that produces sensory experiences while bringing the concept
of experience itself into relief as a subject of criticism and an
object of contemplation. Experience offers a reading experience
like no other. A heat-sensitive cover by Olafur Eliasson reveals
words, colors, and a drawing when touched by human hands. Endpapers
designed by Carsten Hoeller are printed in ink containing carefully
calibrated quantities of the synthesized human pheromones
estratetraenol and androstadienone, evoking the suggestibility of
human desire. The margins and edges of the book are designed by
Tauba Auerbach in complementary colors that create a dynamically
shifting effect when the book is shifted or closed. When the book
is opened, bookmarks cascade from the center, emerging from spider
web prints by Tomas Saraceno. Experience produces experience while
bringing the concept itself into relief as an object of
contemplation. The sensory experience of the book as a physical
object resonates with the intellectual experience of the book as a
container of ideas. Experience convenes a conversation with
artists, musicians, philosophers, anthropologists, historians, and
neuroscientists, each of whom explores aspects of sensorial and
cultural realms of experience. The texts include new essays written
for this volume and classic texts by such figures as William James
and Michel Foucault. The first publication from MIT's Center for
Art, Science, & Technology, Experience approaches its subject
through multiple modes. Publication design by Kimberly Varella with
Becca Lofchie, Content Object Design Studio. Cover concept by
Olafur Eliasson in collaboration with Kimberly Varella (Content
Object). Contributors Tauba Auerbach, Bevil Conway, John Dewey,
Olafur Eliasson, Michel Foucault, Adam Frank, Vittorio Gallese,
Renee Green, Stefan Helmreich, Carsten Hoeller, Edmund Husserl,
William James, Caroline A. Jones, Douglas Kahn, Brian Kane, Leah
Kelly, Bruno Latour, Alvin Lucier, David Mather, Mara Mills, Alva
Noe, Jacques Ranciere, Michael Rossi, Tomas Saraceno, Natasha
Schull, Joan W.Scott, Tino Sehgal, Alma Steingart, Josh Tenenbaum,
Rebecca Uchill
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