ACTUATE / ROTATE

A virtual surrogate would not merely mimic the physical body's movements. A more complex choreography is achieved by mapping virtual camera views to limb position / orientation.

The involuntary jerking down of the left arm tumbles the virtual body, whilst sweeping the right arm 90 degrees produces a 360 degrees virtual camera scan - visually rotating the virtual body around its vertical axis.

The form of the virtual body can be configured acoustically - pulsing in phase with breathing sounds. This BREATH WARPING subtly and structurally connects the physical body with its virtual other. And by using DEPTH CUE - defining the operational virtual space as shallow - stepping and swaying forwards and backwards makes the virtual body appear and disappear in its video / virtual environment.

The resulting interaction between the physical body and its phantom form becomes a more complex combination of kinesthetic and kinematic choreography. In recent performances the involuntary body is actuating a virtual body whilst simultaneously avoiding a programmed robot within its task envelope.