TY - JOUR
T1 - The Aestheticization of Hybrid Space: The Atmosphere of the Locarno Film Festival
AU - De Molli, Federica
AU - Mengis, Jeanne
AU - Van Marrewijk, Alfons
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The aestheticization of organizational space is a growing phenomenon with organizations carefully designing the aesthetic engagement in space to invoke specific values and behavior. Simultaneously, however, the traditional workspace is disappearing as work is performed increasingly in multiply-located, hybrid spaces combining corporate, domestic and public spaces. This paper seeks to understand the aestheticization of hybrid spaces by theoretically drawing on the notion of atmosphere as proposed by the philosopher Gernot Boehme. By ethnographically exploring how an urban film festival creates its unique atmosphere, we identify three intertwined aesthetic practices that underpin the aestheticization of hybrid space: the interrelation of different aesthetic codes and expressions, the processual guidance of the aesthetic experience, and the provision of a centre of experience. We discuss how ambiguities, multiplicities and diversities may become a resource when aestheticizing hybrid space, reminding us to be critical even when atmospheres emerge beyond the careful aesthetic design of space.
AB - The aestheticization of organizational space is a growing phenomenon with organizations carefully designing the aesthetic engagement in space to invoke specific values and behavior. Simultaneously, however, the traditional workspace is disappearing as work is performed increasingly in multiply-located, hybrid spaces combining corporate, domestic and public spaces. This paper seeks to understand the aestheticization of hybrid spaces by theoretically drawing on the notion of atmosphere as proposed by the philosopher Gernot Boehme. By ethnographically exploring how an urban film festival creates its unique atmosphere, we identify three intertwined aesthetic practices that underpin the aestheticization of hybrid space: the interrelation of different aesthetic codes and expressions, the processual guidance of the aesthetic experience, and the provision of a centre of experience. We discuss how ambiguities, multiplicities and diversities may become a resource when aestheticizing hybrid space, reminding us to be critical even when atmospheres emerge beyond the careful aesthetic design of space.
KW - aestheticization of workspace
KW - atmosphere
KW - hybrid space
KW - new ways of working
KW - organizational aesthetics
KW - aestheticization of workspace
KW - atmosphere
KW - hybrid space
KW - new ways of working
KW - organizational aesthetics
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/162568
UR - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0170840619867348
U2 - 10.1177/0170840619867348
DO - 10.1177/0170840619867348
M3 - Article
SN - 0170-8406
VL - 41
SP - 1491
EP - 1512
JO - Organization Studies
JF - Organization Studies
ER -