week 3. movement

1. Laban Movement Analysis (LMA)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laban_Movement_Analysis

Body
Effort
Shape
Space

Effort (dynamics)

• Space: Direct / Indirect
• Weight: Strong / Light
• Time: Sudden (or Quick) / Sustained
• Flow: Bound / Free

eight combinations of the first three categories (space, weight, time):
Float, Punch, Glide, Slash(砍), Dab(輕拍), Wring(絞), Flick(輕彈, 抽打), Press

Classification from Reference 1 (Ross et al.)

• Space: Direct: single-focused, channeled, pinpointed, lazer-like

Indirect: multi-focused, flexible attention, all-around awareness, all-encompassing

• Weight: Strong: powerful, forceful, firm touch, impactful

Light: airy, delicate, fine touch, buoyant

• Time: Sudden: quick, urgent, instantaneous, staccato

Sustained: leisurely, gradual, lingering, prolonging

• Flow: Bound: controlled, careful, contained, restrained

Free: outpouring, fluid, released, liquid






Simplicity v.s. complexity
abstract art v.s. practical

Reference:
1. Figure 4. in Designing Behavior in Interaction: Using Aesthetic Experience as a Mechanism for Design
2. Move to get moved: a search for methods, tools and knowledge to design for expressive and rich movement-based interaction
3. other movement analysis:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benesh_Movement_Notation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshkol-Wachman_Movement_Notation

Exercise 1:
Specify the 3 dimensions for 8 movements listed above
Exercise 2:
Sketch at least 3 gradations for each dimension of the four Effort (dynamics)

Studio Action 1:
1. observation:
Find representative tangible product pairs for each dimension of the four Effort (8 in total)
2. create:

• Select a clip of music
• Analyze the clip with 4 dimensions in Effort of LMA
• Draw 2D representation of it
• Find a tangible product to match this clip
• Finish in form of video

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