Encounterism is a joyous immersion into the everyday pleasure and shared humanity we stand to lose in an increasingly digital world. Andy Field explores both different kinds of and different venues for human encounters, from the hairdressers to the cinema, from nightclubs to eateries, shops staffed by people and free-form urban parks; these are the everyday yet invaluable spaces that allow for human encounters that enrich our lives. Field writes with tenderness and wit - born out of twenty years as a performance artist creating scenarios in which people are encouraged to see and interact with each other afresh. In Encounterism he not only examines how we physically encounter both strangers and friends - in all our human grace and awkwardness - but builds to a manifesto for the importance of real-world interaction. A rousing reminder that our cities, our residential and work places, must still allow for the possibility of spontaneity and shared, in-person joy.

About the Author
Andy Field is an artist, writer and curator who specialises in human interactions, using performance to disentangle the histories, the politics and the physical choreography that underpin how we meet one another. His work involves creating encounters between strangers, such as gathering people on rooftops in Cairo, Milan and Madrid to talk together about the future of the world, creating a new local TV news show with nine-year-olds in Norwich, and producing a book of duets for strangers to perform together at a gallery in Beijing. He is based in East London.


Book Information
ISBN 9781914613234
Author Andy Field
Format Hardback
Page Count 304
Imprint September Publishing
Publisher September Publishing