Extending body and imagination: moving to move

Danielle Wilde

doi:10.1515/ijdhd.2011.004

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Extending body and imagination: moving to move

Danielle Wilde

Published/Copyright: March 9, 2011

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International Journal on Disability and Human Development

From the journal Volume 10 Issue 1

Abstract

This article discusses a range of interactive body-worn systems and devices for performance, play, rehabilitation and disability or altered-ability support. The systems combine experimental and off-the-shelf technologies to arrive at outcomes that require and inspire extended physical and expressive engagement, and afford a range of different learning opportunities. Notions of extended bodies, shared augmented environments, magical thinking and play are examined for their poetic valence, as well as for therapeutic potential. Much of the work is in its early stages. Several scenarios of use are outlined for each of the devices, and relevance to ArtAbilitation proposed. The aim is to generate collaborative interest and inform development.

Keywords: body-worn technologies; extension; physical engagement; play; self-expression; self-knowledge

Corresponding author: Danielle Wilde, MA(RCA), Visiting Researcher, Faculty of Engineering, Ishikawa Komuro Laboratory, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan (until March 2011); Doctoral Candidate Monash University Department of Fine Art, 900 Dandenong Rd., Caulfield East, VIC 3165, Australia (until August 2011)

Received: 2010-11-1

Accepted: 2010-12-5

Published Online: 2011-03-09

Published in Print: 2011-3-1

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body-worn technologies; extension; physical engagement; play; self-expression; self-knowledge