Wiretap 7.11
i-Body: motion - ctrl - space
Sunday 25th November 2001 14.00 hours, admission: fl. 10,-
location: V2_Organisatie, Eendrachtsstraat 10, Rotterdam

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Wiretap 7.11 "i-Body: motion - ctrl - space" focuses on how the body can
play a pivotal role within technological settings.

Navigation systems in virtual environments are increasingly becoming based
on 'motion tracking' (the registration of movement). There is quite some
experimentation with interfaces which feel more natural or direct to the
user than the traditional mouse/keyboard interface (the so-called command
interface). The quotidian activities of the body, such as walking,
breathing or the blinking of the eye, lie at the base of the research and
development of bodily-controlled interfaces.

The topic will be examined from various angles, including perception,
manipulation, control and participation.

Guests:

Andrea Polli (USA)
Is an interactive media installation and performance artist and member
of the faculty of Hunter College's Film and Media Department. She has
exhibited and lectured nationally and internationally. Her performance
work with eye and motion tracking devices has recently been shown at
SIGGRAPH 2001, Inven