Monday we presented the visualization of pure change – seeing the difference between where you were and where you are. The result of this visual field difference was that when you stand still, you disappear from the projected field. And, when you move you see the form of the difference between points in time. The form of this movement reveals the architecture behind it. So the moving object behaves like a mask, defining and revealing what is underneath/ behind it. In addition, a slow decay of the first image/ location over 3 seconds, creates the impression of a continual transition between points in space.

Tuesday we presented the visualization of volume – seeing an enhanced, immediate history trail of your movements over a short amount of time. If you imagine that movement continually pushes the air around you, and that air was clay, this visualization reveals the negative space or shape of the displaced air that you have moved through. Again, a slow decay over three seconds of the “oldest” time frame (which is being continually updated) creates the impression of a continual transition and smooth trail off of the volume shape.

Wednesday we presented a visualization of time. This visual setting explored the idea that we construct movement through short-term memory that recalls specific physical sequences over time. These sequences begin and end wherever we attend or decide to define the beginning or end of the movement (as movement never stops for us until we die). This visualization created a small memory cache in the computer’s RAM of a short video sequence. The “start” point of this sequence was then repeated three additional times. The effect was a video loop that played over itself four times, continually moving forward in time as the viewer moved, as if to “catch up” with real time. In addition, the first iteration of the sequence ran in black and white, while the additional loops ran in color. 

Thursday the visualization was of meaning: signs and symbols. We used abstract symbols (text, lyrics, signals, signs) to create an under layer of video that referenced specific actions and motivations for actions. This under layer was invisible until someone moved inside or outside the DTW gallery. As viewers moved by the wall, their movements would act like an erasure, wiping off the blank wall and revealing either full sentences, or a series of signs and symbols that represent ideas about movement and a variety of notation systems depicting movement. Movements on this day revealed a range of ways to comprehend and represent movement, from dancers’ explanations for why they move, to hand gestures and common sign postings where gestures signify well-known, specific semantic content (“stop”, “go left”, “ok” etc.)

Friday the visualization was of the contours of our movement.  A heavy weight line was drawn in real time as you moved to delineate the extreme edges of your movement through space.   The outline would follow your location and shape in real time and rely on the gradual decay to create a continuous band around the breadth of your activity.