Beyond the Visual (original) (raw)

One of W. J. T. Mitchell’s counter-theses on visual culture reveals certain non-visual phenomena that the field demands attention to. An investigation on these non-visual phenomena and why they are given attention by visual culture points out the following: the encompassing perimeters of the visual culture in contrast to those of art history and aesthetics; A sensorial shift that could overturn the hegemony of sight; and the possible emergence of a new field of sensorial cultural studies. This paper analyzes the aforementioned sensorial shift in the light of new technological advancements in Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality.