Question 8
Submitted by administrator on Mon, 12/17/2007 - 4:16pm.
How might other media be profitably employed to experiment with other modalities of movement and circulation? How might these media give us a 3D rather than 2D sense of figurines as embodied objects that were intimately tied to the bodies of their makers and handlers?
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I think that the dynamic and
I think that the dynamic and multi-faceted approach to the figurines could be taken beyond the objects themselves to include information about where they were found. A 3D map (interactive?) would be fascinating -- it could show where each object was found spatially, and unlike a typical surface map which functions in two dimensions, this one could include the relative depth of the artifacts' locations (indicative perhaps of time, depending on the length of occupation of the site?). In this map, an observer could "explore" the site and get a feel for how the artifacts related to one another in their original depositional context, rather than only experiencing them divorced from the site and each other as they are in the videos and photos. (TL)
As I suggested in Q. 4, I
As I suggested in Q. 4, I think that 3-D models of the figurines that could be manipulated by viewers would add greatly to the viewers sense of actually handling the object, linking them in turn to the maker. It might also be interesting to display unfinished figures and, if this has been done before, any kind of progression determinable in the production of the figures. (CBL)
I like CBL’s idea of 3D
I like CBL’s idea of 3D images which the viewer could actually move around in order to choose his or her view. Not only would we be able to see everything, but we would get a sense of how the objects themselves can be handled and, furthermore, how they are tied to our own bodily manipulations. (KP)