The Journal of Somaesthetics No. 1, 2015 Editorial Board Published by Aalborg University Press Journal website somaesthetics.aau.dk Journal design Zane Cerpina With the generous support of The Obel Family Foundation and The Schmidt Family Foundation © The Journal of Somaesthetics (JOS) 2015 © Individual contributors. The moral right of the authors has been asserted. Art & Technology, Aalborg University Rendsburggade 14, 9000 Denmark Contact: somaestheticsjournal@gmail.com ISBN: 978-87-7112-243-5 ISSN: 2246-8498 Editors Stahl Stenslie (Denmark) Richard Shusterman (US) Else Marie Bukdahl (Denmark) Associate editor Russell Pryba (US) Assistant editor Carsten Friberg (Denmark) Editorial Board Fred Maus (US) Paul Taylor (US Martin Jay (US) Mark Johnson (US) ORLAN (France) Bryan Turner (US/Australia) h.rb40heju30b8 h.gjdgxs h.gjdgxs h.gjdgxs Introduction to the Journal of Somaesthetics Introduction to Issue Number 1: Olafur Eliasson Interdisciplinary approaches and Stelarc On the body as an artistic material Pan Gonkai Somaesthetics and Its Consequences in Contemporary Art Throwing the Body Into the Fight: The Body as an Instrument in Political Art Metaphysics, Corporeality and Visuality: A Developmental and Comparative Review of the Discourses on Chinese Ink Painting Representation and Visual Politics of the Extreme Body Embodied Creation and Perception in Olafur Eliasson’s and Carsten Höller’s Projects.