Abstract (Short paper)

Keywords: Body, Interactivity, Interfaces, Representations, New Media. 

The present work looks into the place the body occupies within interactive experiences. Firstly, we explore the nature of the machine in its corporeal dimension, and the human body in the digital representation process. Then, a classification is proposed for the modes of articulation of the participant’s body in interactivity, following various analytic frameworks. Finally, we analyze the difference between the physical bodies within an experience and the construction of the bodies present in the artwork, outlining the dialogue between technical engineering and the symbolic dimension.

• Andrea Sosa is Professor and Researcher at Multimedia Design Department, Faculty of Fine Arts, National University of La Plata (UNLP) and the Transdepartamental Area of Multimedia
  Arts at the National University of the Arts (UNA), Argentina. Graduated in Multimedia Design (UNLP) and Filmmaking (UNLP), she works in the field of interactive arts exploring the relation between the physical and the virtual. Among her artistic works in collaboration with other artists are included: ‘Sentímetro’ (2005), ‘Heroes’ (2010), `MASA’ (2014); projects selected in open calls, with the support of institutions such as Espacio Fundación Telefónica de Buenos Aires, Fundación Telefónica de Lima, Museo de Arte de Lima (MALI), Escuelab, Alta Tecnología Andina and Medialab Prado Madrid. Her works on new media theory have been selected in festivals such as 404 International Festival of Electronic Art (Argentina), FILE10 (Brazil), ISEA2010 (Germany), FILE 2013 (Brazil), RE-NEW Festival (Denmark), ISEA2014 (Dubai), Computer Art Congress (Brasil), SIGRADI (Uruguay).

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