De l'expérience artistique partagée

What makes the shared artistic experience possible, i.e., the moment of encounter between a work (performed or not) and an individual or an audience? The hypothesis put forward, based on the phenomenon of embodied simulation, is that a shared artistic experience can only unfold within the context of an intersubjective relationship defined as intercorporeality. Based mainly on research in neurosciences and developmental psychology, a general framework for analysis is thus provided that enables all forms of artistic expression to be addressed from the perspective adopted here, while at the same time respecting the specific characteristics of each. From there, numerous artistic cases are investigated (painting, sculpture, dance, music, theater, cinema, etc.), based on concrete examples, with particular emphasis on the crucial role of gesture, whether explicit, i.e., shown by the work, or implicit, i.e., embedded in the work.