Hi everyone, I was thinking that it would be very useful if everyone were to write a definition of what Thinking Through The Body means to each of us. What do you think? Cheers, Garth
Monthly Archives: August 2008
One thing leading to another
New experiences. Yoga beginning the day. A much richer experience than my only other class 25 years ago! Leading into our journey through techniques for documenting audience experience. Using ‘Semi-structured interview’ technique, we are to interact with someone who has participated in an interactive art … Read More →
From here
From questions to elicit: 1. One thing that resonates 2. One thing I desire/want/need 3. One thing I can offer 1. So far, it’s immersion in new experience which is non-habitual, quite out of the ordinary, with others and with technology, exploratory & recursive 2. … Read More →
The derire to connect
The shared desire to connect and express from the body and communicate this to each other…to attempt to strip our habitual individual language back may lead us to places unfamiliar. Uncomfortable places. But this is where we need to go with each other to uncover … Read More →
Getting to experience – building models, shaping contact
Garth asked a great question today, in relation to the question of our respective desires for the project: not sure exactly what he said – but it was something like – ‘How do we (as interaction designers) get to experience through touch?’ How do we … Read More →
offer
i’m still wondering what kind of skills i bring to the group. i’m very much a jack of all trades… i can do a tiny bit of loads of things, but feel like i’m not an “expert” in any one thing in particular. but i … Read More →
experience — cybernetics
a diagramatic representation of some of the discussion on video cued recall. Cheers, Garth
Fabulous
Main Entry: fabulous Part of Speech: adjective Definition: So remarkable as to elicit disbelief. Synonyms: amazing, astonishing, astounding, fantastic, fantastical, incredible, marvelous, miraculous, prodigious, stupendous, unbelievable, wonderful, wondrous Cheers, Garth
critique
I enjoyed working with Lizzie’s methodology today – seeking to better understand the process of audience engagement. It was interesting to think about why interactive New Media Art requires so much information about the artists intention? Why is it necessary to prescribe the manner of … Read More →
Fragile Ballances and snowdomes
After watching Jonathan’s video-cued retrospective report – he later described the quality of holding those cubes as being like holding a snow dome. This immediately generated strong images for me of snow dome structures as interfaces: intimate hand held devices that comunicate a strong sense … Read More →
other desires
i need more body work. i need to understand more about how a physical presence in a space changes a person (user’s) perception of a situation – and potentially change their thinking about a certain situation. can empathy really be developed / enhanced in someone? … Read More →
desire
i’m almost too exhausted to communicate my desires – and so what comes out now are the very basics… so for starters, i desire: an interface that doesn’t attach my fingers to a keyboard and lock the rest of my body into some frozen form. … Read More →
Resonances, Desires, Offerings
Notes from a discussion facilitated by Lizzie 2008 08 16 1) RESONANCE - something that has been raised that resonated especially with me was the concept of ‘People as mirrors’. The idea of situations where people become the mirrors, instead of machines mirroring people: the … Read More →
Shaping and Planning…..
Another packed day at the TTTB workshop. In the morning we started with an energizing yoga workout with Lian. This was followed by an introduction to techniques for documenting audience experience of interactive art works with Lizzie. Paired together, Maggie and I tried two techniques … Read More →
thermographic of a tarantula
thermographic image of a cold blooded tarantula on a warm human arm! enjoy…. garth
thermographic photography
I would be quite interested to explore the use of thermal imaging as one way of gathering somatic responses in a public installation. Possible sources for such technologies include: Infratech cameras for medicine Wikipedia on Thermography cheers, garth
Desires and gifts
In the closing session today I asked everyone to identify one thing that they desired, either for someone in the group or from the group, the project or the process more generally, and one thing they thought they could give. Right now they are all … Read More →
Words stuck in the throat
Today we all worked on the methods I have developed for capturing verbal descriptions of experience. Once again I notice that the techniques I use are very much based in people’s ability to express themselves, to find the right words, to describe in language experiences … Read More →
Fleshing out experience
Yesterday in her workshop on Laban notation Lian mentioned that the movement exercises we were doing were “fleshing out” our understanding of Laban’s descriptions. The idea stuck with me that what I was hoping to do over the course of this workshop was working to … Read More →
Experience and the future
Three foci: Resonances: Experience Desires: how do we get at physical experience? How is experience represented in physiology? Offerings: An experience of Sonic Gesture; knowledge about sensing systems and the qualities and limitations of the resulting data. I am very interested in delving deeper into … Read More →
Pulling out 3 things
One thing that resonates from this first workshop is the refreshing openness and intimacy of everyone here. An openness to listen, a willingness to share. The focus on the body perhaps supports this. One thing that I desire is to make things in the weave … Read More →
Bio-Feedback Apparel
Thought this report on BioFeedback apparel might be of interest. Interfaces for biological sensing in art. The above video interview with Sean Montgomery was recorded at the recent Last HOPE conference where Mr. Montgomery exhibited his line of ‘Vital Threads’ projects. I have also been … Read More →
Links to some MoCAP technologies
I thought this links might be of interest: Here is a new MoCAP system that does not use markers on the body – this seems to me to be a revolution in unencumbered motion capture. I saw this system at the Organic Motion HQ in NYC … Read More →
words … communication ………..
One of the challenges we face (often a factor in communicating experience ) is the imprecision of language. It seem then that one of the first steps is a glossary – a common understanding of what the terms being used actually refer to – the … Read More →
somewhere between mind and body
i feel like there is something bubbling in my brain – somewhere in the unconscious, not too close to the surface, but not too far away either. i can’t put my finger on it – only gesturing towards it seems to be the only way … Read More →
Upon reflection
Gee, where to start . Everyone here knows that what we are seeking is not absolute. Perhaps it’s impossible to even achieve an approximation. How do we notate a nuance , a transient gesture in amongst a stream of others and make sense of it? … Read More →
Feeling my way
I’m journeying to a mystery destination with 9 other travellers. None of us speak the same language. What we share is elusive. What’s palpable is willingness to journey together, embrace each other’s origins, knowledge, questions. Our shared charter is to collaborate, bring material from our … Read More →
How we think we think through the body?
Day2 has concluded at the TTTB workshop. So much has been covered that it’s difficult to know where to start. Day 1 began with an introduction to Feldenkrais with Maggie and Catherine. Day 2 covered Laban movement analysis, facilitated by Lian. For me, both Feldenkrais … Read More →
experiencing and learning to analyse movement
It is such a pleasure to be working from the body again. Paying attention to it, slowing down, extending my range of movement, moving into my potential, rejuvenating. How to incorporate such bodily practices into my everyday work, as well as everyday life? The Feldenkrais … Read More →
Response to Garth’s Question re definition
My response to Garth’s suggestion is two-fold. 1. On the one hand, I am cautious about finding a description at this point, and I am including my thoughts about that. On the other hand, the question has had me thinking a lot over the past … Read More →