University of Applied Arts Vienna Contingent Agencies : Inquiring Into the Emergence of Atmospheres How do atmospheres – those subtle, impermanent, non-objectified and surrounding yet intimately affective presences – come to be? What forces enable and constrain their appearance, and how do they relate to one another? How to research these complex processes in a non-reductive way? Contingent Agencies, an artistic research project initiated by Alex Arteaga and Nikolaus Gansterer, explores the dynamic relationship between human and non-human agencies as enabling conditions for the emergence of atmospheres. This cross-disciplinary investigation is conducted through multimodal practices of notation, reflection, showing, and sharing realized in diverse media within different theoretical frameworks such as phenomenology, enactivism, and new materialism. A group of internationally renowned authors explores the emergence of atmospheres through diverse perspectives, including art, artistic research, western and non-western philosophy, anthropology, sociology, and quantum physics. The present book, complemented by an extensive online archive, features multiple research artifacts–including texts, drawings, photo series, diagrams, sound recordings, and video stills – as an invitation for a wider community to join the inquiry. en TEXT Buch book Libro Text Buch Testo Libro Text book Arts ÖFOS 2012 -- HUMANITIES (6) -- Arts (604) Philosophy of mind ÖFOS 2012 -- HUMANITIES (6) -- Philosophy, Ethics, Religion (603) -- Philosophy, Ethics (6031) -- Philosophy of mind (603114) Phenomenology ÖFOS 2012 -- HUMANITIES (6) -- Philosophy, Ethics, Religion (603) -- Philosophy, Ethics (6031) -- Phenomenology (603112) Quantum field theory ÖFOS 2012 -- NATURAL SCIENCES (1) -- Physics, Astronomy (103) -- Physics, Astronomy (1030) -- Quantum field theory (103024) Sociology ÖFOS 2012 -- SOCIAL SCIENCES (5) -- Sociology (504) History of humanities ÖFOS 2012 -- HUMANITIES (6) -- Other Humanities (605) -- Other Humanities (6050) -- History of humanities (605001) Art theory ÖFOS 2012 -- HUMANITIES (6) -- Arts (604) -- Arts (6040) -- Art theory (604020) Climate change ÖFOS 2012 -- NATURAL SCIENCES (1) -- Geosciences (105) -- Meteorology, Climatology (1052) -- Climate change (105205) artistic research agency atmosphere climate contingeny cross-disciplinarity drawing ecology emergence enactivism environment method notation phenomenon practice reflection resonance transimmanence Kunstwissenschaften ÖFOS 2012 -- GEISTESWISSENSCHAFTEN (6) -- Kunstwissenschaften (604) Philosophie des Geistes ÖFOS 2012 -- GEISTESWISSENSCHAFTEN (6) -- Philosophie, Ethik, Religion (603) -- Philosophie, Ethik (6031) -- Philosophie des Geistes (603114) Phänomenologie ÖFOS 2012 -- GEISTESWISSENSCHAFTEN (6) -- Philosophie, Ethik, Religion (603) -- Philosophie, Ethik (6031) -- Phänomenologie (603112) Quantenfeldtheorie ÖFOS 2012 -- NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN (1) -- Physik, Astronomie (103) -- Physik, Astronomie (1030) -- Quantenfeldtheorie (103024) Soziologie ÖFOS 2012 -- SOZIALWISSENSCHAFTEN (5) -- Soziologie (504) Geschichte der Geisteswissenschaften ÖFOS 2012 -- GEISTESWISSENSCHAFTEN (6) -- Andere Geisteswissenschaften (605) -- Andere Geisteswissenschaften (6050) -- Geschichte der Geisteswissenschaften (605001) Kunsttheorie ÖFOS 2012 -- GEISTESWISSENSCHAFTEN (6) -- Kunstwissenschaften (604) -- Kunstwissenschaften (6040) -- Kunsttheorie (604020) Klimawandel ÖFOS 2012 -- NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN (1) -- Geowissenschaften (105) -- Meteorologie, Klimatologie (1052) -- Klimawandel (105205) 2025-04-01 Kunstwissenschaften Arts Philosophie des Geistes Philosophy of mind Phänomenologie Phenomenology Quantenfeldtheorie Quantum field theory Soziologie Sociology Geschichte der Geisteswissenschaften History of humanities Kunsttheorie Art theory Klimawandel Climate change