You can see them in action at http://www.palindrome.de/

We had two performances by this group, who use motion tracking software and a host of other gadgetry to foreground the ways in which human conversation involves a host of other things beside words. Eye motions, body position, movement, they’re all involved.

So sound and dance and movement and visuals are all brought together. And it looks good. On paper.

Can’t say I took much from it, except a reinforced consciousness of how many real world cues are lost when you move online. On the other hand, they’re probably replaced by a host of other cues. There’s a paper in there somewhere about the myriad social cues available in an online conference.

I’m going to create a new blog category – papers that could be written and I’ll never get round to…