“BEING-IN-THE-CITY EXPERIENCE AS A SUBJECT OF AESTHETICS OF THE EVERYDAY”

Abstract

The article is devoted to the consideration of theoretical methodological foundations and practical manifestations of the being-in-the-city experience as a key element of the subject field of such branch of modern aesthetics as the aesthetics of the everyday. The article defines and analyzes the subject field of modern studies of everyday aesthetics aesthetics of the everyday; defining the specific transformation of the concept of aesthetic experience in the context of studies of aesthetics of the everyday; defining of the aesthetics of urbanism as a research direction of the aesthetics of the everyday and being-in-the-city experience as the main subject of this research (according to the ideas of A. Berleant); studies of aesthetics of urbanism, in particular the issues most relevant within the aesthetic studies of the being-in-the-city experience of contemporary Ukrainian city dwellers and tourists. Aesthetics of everyday life is one of the most relevant areas of modern aesthetic research within exploring the everyday experience of human in the variety of its scale and value modes (industrial and rural landscapes, public and personal, large and small locations, places, practices, experience of sports and food; gardening, landscape and object design, architecture, works of art, artistic practices and institutions. The main task of aesthetics of urbanism (urban aesthetics) is the focus on the city-wide environment, exploring the concept of the city in the context of human experience in all its diversity, involving both positive and negative factors. Experience in the city is a fundamental element of the subject field of aesthetics of everyday life and the aesthetics of urbanism for the analysis of urban space as forming human, and human as transforming urban space within a complex aesthetic evaluation process. The problems of urban aesthetics are gaining ground in such subject areas as the study of human and nature interaction, urban landscape and its negative aspects, public art and art practices as a way of forming the collective aesthetical and ethical values.