Complicity, Affect, and Non-Representation – Reading Deleuze in Japanese Aesthetics

Knowledge is often associated with things that can be articulated, measured and analysed. But what happens to the knowledge we gain through our bodies and senses? In her doctoral thesis in design, Elisabet Yanagisawa explores how aesthetic and artistic experiences can be understood as forms of knowledge. Drawing on traditional Japanese aesthetics, she develops methods for engaging with knowledge that is difficult to put into words.