Sensuous futurism

Names

• Sensuous Futurism
• Sensuous Futurisms
• Sensuous Futures

Origin & Definition

• Coined by artist Kai (Kari) Altmann in 2023 to define part of her own approach to futurisms. Sensuous here refers to earthly textures and dimensions, as well as feelings of health, naturalness, vitality, pleasure, comfort and play. Kai also relates this to her other terms, Holistic Futurisms, Rasa Futurisms and Romantic Futurisms.
• Can be related to Solarpunk and other Ecofuturisms.
• Can be related to things like Communal Futurisms and Village Futurisms, or Global Village Futurisms.

Artists & Creators

• Kai (Kari) Altmann

Publications

Essays, Articles, Book Chapters

• Sarah Pink, "Sensuous futures: re-thinking the concept of trust in design anthropology", The Senses and Society, Volume 16, Issue 2: The Ethnographic Palimpsest: Excursions in Paul Stoller’s Sensory Poetics, 2021.

See Also

Futurisms, Ecofuturism, Solarpunk, Rasa Futurism(s), Holistic Futurism(s), Sensuous Knowledge