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Experiencing Art
by Jayna Mikolaitis
30 blocks • 5 months ago

INTRODUCTION

I believe the visual arts are not only about seeing, but also experiencing. I am a painting and graphic design double major and I am interested in different forms of sensory engagement with work (seeing, touching, and listening).

“Your painting looks good enough to eat” has become a common phrase between my friends and I during painting critiques. Usually when we say this, we are referring to the buttery smears and complex surface quality of a painting. It is completely illogical and, I should note, unsafe, to eat a painting, and yet, the manipulation of materials stimulates a desire to. I have explored this same sensory engagement in design, specifically encouraging touch in my work that exists in a two-dimensional and flat world.

Below is a collection research and sources of inspiration that either discuss or embody this cross-pollination of sensory experience in art.

Introduction
When Art is Experienced Through All Five Senses
When Art is Experienced Through All Fiv…
13 multisensory immersive rooms set in over 20,000 square feet of "good vibes and all things positive".
13 multisensory immersive rooms set in …
Silent Disco
Silent Disco 
"The Island Bird" Ernesto Neto
"The Island Bird" Ernesto Neto
Both Sides Now
Both Sides Now 
Fields Of Gold
Fields Of Gold 
Court and Spark
Court and Spark 
A River for Him
A River for Him 
Love And Affection
Love And Affection 
Nightswimming
Nightswimming 
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