https://omeka.westernsydney.edu.au/adelta/files/original/29e6a22c5706825f197c4d46671bb70a.png dae698253b26045de6c1dfbda54c90b1 ADELTA Item Items included in the Australian Directory of Electronic Literature and Text-based Art (ADELTA). Media Video installation Platform Software platform or means of display e.g Installation / YouTube / HTML / Flash / Twitter / QuickTime Video Work URL The URL of the original work, included as an HTML link. <a href="http://projects.visualstudies.duke.edu/billseaman/seamanvanberkel/exchange_fields/exchange_fields.htm">http://projects.visualstudies.duke.edu/billseaman/seamanvanberkel/exchange_fields/exchange_fields.htm</a> Artist Statement A statement about the work, as provided by the artist(s). Exchange Fields (2000), commissioned by the Vision Ruhr Exhibition in Dortmund Germany, incorporates the recorded dance and choreography of Regina van Berkel. The programmer Gideon May also became involved in this project. The central question dealt with the generation of a new kind of interface - how might an embodied experience of interface be layered into the content of an interactive media/dance comprised of video, text, a sculptural installation and music? Exchange Fields sought to develop a novel interface strategy by eliciting culturally determined environmental 'behaviour in relation to objects' as a grammar of gesture that could be used as input to the reacting system. The work sought to tap into pre-linguistic environmental knowledge related to the use of particular varieties of objects. A series of furniture/sculptures were developed. Each furniture/sculpture was designed with a unique implied "suggestion" of how the body might be positioned in relation to that object. This suggestion was non-logo-centric. It was embodied in the form of the physical interface itself and reinforced through linguistic captioning affixed near the work. Source of Artist Statement The source of information included in the Artist Statement, included as an HTML link to the relevant URL where possible. <a href="http://billseaman.com/">Description from author's website</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Seaman_exchange Title A name given to the resource Exchange Fields Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seaman, Bill Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2000 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Van Berkel, Regina May, Gideon Language A language of the resource English Description An account of the resource <strong>Artist Statement</strong><br />Exchange Fields (2000), commissioned by the Vision Ruhr Exhibition in Dortmund Germany, incorporates the recorded dance and choreography of Regina van Berkel. The programmer Gideon May also became involved in this project. The central question dealt with the generation of a new kind of interface - how might an embodied experience of interface be layered into the content of an interactive media/dance comprised of video, text, a sculptural installation and music? Exchange Fields sought to develop a novel interface strategy by eliciting culturally determined environmental 'behaviour in relation to objects' as a grammar of gesture that could be used as input to the reacting system. The work sought to tap into pre-linguistic environmental knowledge related to the use of particular varieties of objects. A series of furniture/sculptures were developed. Each furniture/sculpture was designed with a unique implied "suggestion" of how the body might be positioned in relation to that object. This suggestion was non-logo-centric. It was embodied in the form of the physical interface itself and reinforced through linguistic captioning affixed near the work.<br /><a href="http://billseaman.com/">Source of Artist Statement</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright Bill Seaman. The copyright of images posted on the ADELTA Website belongs to third parties and is included on this website by permission from copyright holders. Apart from any use permitted by the Copyright Act 1968 (including fair dealing) the images may not be downloaded, adapted, remixed, printed, emailed, stored in a cache or otherwise reproduced without the written permission from the copyright holder. Bill Seaman Installation Text Video