Closer : performance, technologies, phenomenology / Susan Kozel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kozel, Susan.

Series:

Leonardo.

Leonardo

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Phenomenology.

Human-computer interaction.

Human body (Philosophy).

Act (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Susan Kozel draws on live performance practice, digital technologies & the philosophical approach of phenomenology. She places the human body at the centre of explorations of interactive interfaces, responsive systems & affective computing, asking what is to be discovered as we become closer to our computers?

Contents:

CONTENTS; SERIES FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 PERFORMING PHENOMENOLOGY; 2 TELEMATICS EXTENDING BODIES; 3 RESPONSIVE ARCHITECTURES AN EMBODIED POETICS; 4 MOTION CAPTURE PERFORMING ALTERITY; 5 WEARABLES THE FLESH OF SOCIAL COMPUTING; CLOSING; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; PHOTO CREDITS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-262-26344-0

1-282-09944-2

9786612099441

0-262-27756-5

1-4356-3303-2

OCLC:

213296232