Exquisite interaction is interaction in which the participants collaborate at an exquisite level of detail to determine the formation and transformation of artifacts. This idea traces its history to the parlor game of Exquisite Corpse, but exquisite interaction makes parallel what is serial in Exquisite Corpse. In Dance.Draw, exquisite interaction is achieved by using the motions of the dancers as input to a visualization which is projected in real-time on a screen or wall behind the dancers. Sometimes a dancer’s motion controls one or two objects individually, but the interaction becomes exquisite when all of the dancers’ motions combine to control something more complex and interesting.

The Dance.Draw Exquisite Interaction project is a collaboration at UNC Charlotte, between Dr. Celine Latulipe in the Software and Information Systems Department and Professor Sybil Huskey from the Department of Dance, as well as a number of other people, including the dancers. For more information, please explore the links at the top of this page. This work is supported by the UNC Charlotte Department of Software and Information Systems, the UNC Charlotte Center for Humanities, Technology and Science, the UNC Charlotte Department of Dance and Theatre, by the Charlotte Visualization Center and by Gray’s College Bookstore.

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