Sculpted Ambiances in Africana Landscape

Sculpted Ambiances in Africana Landscape centers on ambiance as it affects the expanded sculptural field, particularly filling a gap in aesthetics left by a lack of focus on sculptures and installations in the Africana world and elsewhere.

George Joshua Orwel, a philosopher and writer, is on the adjunct faculty of Hunter College and City Tech, City University of New York. He is writing a book on David Driskell as a Sylvia and Eddie Brown research fellow at the David C. Driskell Center for the Study of Visual Arts & Culture of African Americans & the African Diaspora, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

Introduction 1. Concentricity 2. Aura 3. Atmosphere 4. Ambiance 5. Space 6. Envelopment 7. Attunement 8. Sculpted Ambiances 9. Topology 10. Staging 11. Structure of the Book Chapter One: Aurality 1. Aura 2. Atmosphere 3. Transcendence 4. Qualia 5. Audire 6. Sprit Chapter Two: Mirageness 1. Freedom 2. History 3. Staging 4. Elemental 5. Materiality 6. Nature 7. Ambient Light 8. Memory Chapter Three: Earthiness 1. Poetic Ambiance 2. Allure 3. Shadow 4. Assemblage 5. Cityscapes 6. "Sense" 7. Milieu 8. Storm 9. Openness Chapter Four: Tactility 1. Something 2. Monument 3. Decoration 4. Domination 5. Moment 6. Design Chapter Five: Vitality 1. Projection 2. Allure 3. Peace 4. Care 5. Anxiety 6. Embodiment Chapter Six: Sacredness 1. Spiritual 2. Origins 3. Masks 4. Ambiance 5. Syncretism Conclusion