Embodiment and Social Distancing: Editorial

Abstract

We are at a point in history in which bodies are linked in truly unprecedented ways. There are new types of limitations, new opportunities, and also new kinds of violence taking place through these connections. It is a lot to take in and very challenging to grasp as it unfolds. In this editorial video essay, the editors of the Journal of Embodied Research’s special issue on “embodiment and social distancing” introduce the fifteen video essays that follow.

Keywords

• embodiment
• social distancing
• video essay
• practice research
• artistic research
• video art