Body sense
Human beings experience life in and through their bodies; With the body we are born and some time later die. The body, often before our consciousness realizes, registers how we are, where we are and what is beneficial or detrimental to us. In mediated presence, which is also dependent on the body, such physical cues are not easily available. Nevertheless, technology invaded human perception of the world around and even of the self. Because the body is the instrument that records it all, because it manifests our mortality and because it's sense for what is good or bad for us is so refined, physical presence is needed when issues of ethical nature are at stake.
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Atmosphere
In my memory, I can still see waves of audiences moving through the building during those three…
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PRESS
The 0+Ball was hardly covered by the press. There were two articles in Dutch weekly magazines, in…
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Orchestrating contributions and audiences
Throughout the months of May and June many commitments were met: raising the funds from the…
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Different discourses
When inviting a diverse group of people and professionals to collaborate, the issue of conveying…
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Creating by presenting
In March and April 1990 we approached many people and organizations and we found that after a good…
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DECIDING TO DO IT: FINDING THE CONTEXT (March 1990)
The text of the proposal was used to inform and connect with an initial group of people around us
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The concept evolves from conversation
In the context of absence, presence becomes a conscious experience. Having to face death, life…
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1990: VI International Conference on AIDS
In June 1990 the VI International Conference on AIDS was to be held in San Francisco. This is the…
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ACT UP
ACT UP, the AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power, which started in the USA in 1987, had grown to be a…
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An interactive representation of a possibility
This picture-phone connection was not documented in the proceedings, nor was it announced in the…
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Skills impact identity
Before the GHP, Paradiso had an Ethernet installed in the building, at the time this was already…
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Interfacing complexity
An interesting example, which underscores the need for social interfaces to convey trust in…
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No unity of time, place and action
In the variety of cultures humankind has developed many strategies for assessing the truth. Many…
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Bridges of trust
The notion of 'social interface' was elaborated upon at Performing Arts Labs (UK) in 1994.
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Connections are real
Once the programme had been drawn up, we had to reach out for our audience. It is a question of…
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It is a product and a process
The fact that I called this section trustworthiness instead of just trust implies an interaction.