typing as a kind of dancing
Microphones off, cameras on.
Using the chat box function on Zoom, we investigated how text might act as a score for movement, and in turn, how the chat box dialogue becomes a form of movement.
Through a series of exercises, all participants were invited to contribute tasks and instructions, but also observations from their bodies and physical environments.
Presented here are excerpts of the written dialogue that emerged between our own bodies and that of others on screen.
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11:32:49: fuzzy
11:32:55: itchy wish i wasn’t
11:32:56: chewing
11:32:56: feeling
11:32:59: breath
11:33:00: Feeling hot
11:33:02: warm
11:33:04: i
11:33:07: sweaty
11:33:08: chewing on nothing
11:33:10: something but i’m not sure
11:33:10: salty peppery
11:33:14: Chewing air to fill the time
11:33:16: maybe
11:33:17: fill the stomach
11:33:20: in between my teeth
11:33:21: Maybe not
11:33:39: think I copied you
11:33:41: it’s in my molar
11:33:42: Finding it hard to inhale
11:33:43: thinking about it
11:33:45: chewing
11:33:51: Molar schmolar
11:33:52: intense
11:33:53: pressure
11:33:57: rearranging crossed legs
11:33:58: push push push
11:34:03: sat on my foot
11:34:06: would like back massage
11:34:07: grey
11:34:09: Sat on your foot
11:34:12: little
11:34:13: toes
11:34:15: both feet
11:34:19: thinking about what to say
11:34:24: and hands
11:34:27: what about toes
11:34:34: typing typing tap tap tap
11:34:38: lower back
11:34:41: lower
11:34:42: swirling on the keyboard
11:34:48: Ground lowering
11:36:41: typing as a kind of dancing
11:37:17: thinking about how it would be to type with long nails
11:38:06: my fingers feel like they’re fighting a need to be still every time
11:38:08: Evrytime
11:38:08: ioi[fe
11:38:10: to type
11:38:11: ehiene
11:38:12: conversation drifting, over and under
11:38:13: skdjoehw e
11:38:26: button presing
11:38:25: I can’t think of what to write but everything I think of something to write I sing it in my head 11:38:26: pres sing
11:38:29: imagine if
11:38:32: down
11:38:33: Imagining the body
11:38:34: down
11:38:37: moving bum arund
11:38:40: imagingng the body as a site of wisdom
11:42:39: thinking about elbows again
11:42:50: so lets just rearrange bum a bit
11:43:01: again and again
11:43:03: repeat
11:43:06: repeat
11:43:08: brush it
11:43:08: repeat
11:43:46: is the world moving or are we
11:43:49: No waves
11:43:51: on land now and walking
11:44:05: Boggy ground
11:44:13: sticky
11:44:14: sucking
11:44:25: slippy
11:44:38: ice skating
11:44:49: hips don't lie
11:45:01: hips are truhful
11:45:07: Hips keep secrets though
11:45:16: loyal hips
11:45:26: old faithfulls
11:45:43: these hips are made for walking
11:45:51: elbows made for walking
11:46:08: old elbows
11:46:10: Old hips
11:46:15: giving momentum
11:46:31: going for it
11:46:47: typing but with elbows
11:47:00: I miss everyone’s faces
11:47:05: can you show me your faces
11:47:15: kijtktgjmligb t,tgktyh
11:47:21: that was face
11:47:25: face
11:47:26: ear
11:47:35: ear cam
11:47:37: my ear has no cartilage
11:47:50: computer very loud
11:47:59: Computer whirring
11:48:01: whirring
11:48:04: Can we move a sound?
11:49:39: I’m imagining
11:49:44: the neck
11:49:58: imagine neck is thigh
11:50:11: show me your favourite bit of your body
11:51:52: Imagining getting wetter and wetter
11:51:57: front the top of the head down
11:52:30: floating in water
11:53:26: imagine ceiling is top of water
11:56:12: tiktok challenge where ppl try to be a photo
11:54:59: stillness
11:55:33: can we ever be still when we’re breathing
11:55:42: Can we ever be still if all our cells keep moving
11:55:46: are all of your cells moving?
11:56:06: Can you move all of your cells in the same direction at once?
11:56:41: We never stop blinking
11:56:43: too much breathing
11:56:49: heart beating
11:32:49: fuzzy
11:32:55: itchy wish i wasn’t
11:32:56: chewing
11:32:56: feeling
11:32:59: breath
11:33:00: Feeling hot
11:33:02: warm
11:33:04: i
11:33:07: sweaty
11:33:08: chewing on nothing
11:33:10: something but i’m not sure
11:33:10: salty peppery
11:33:14: Chewing air to fill the time
11:33:16: maybe
11:33:17: fill the stomach
11:33:20: in between my teeth
11:33:21: Maybe not
11:33:39: think I copied you
11:33:41: it’s in my molar
11:33:42: Finding it hard to inhale
11:33:43: thinking about it
11:33:45: chewing
11:33:51: Molar schmolar
11:33:52: intense
11:33:53: pressure
11:33:57: rearranging crossed legs
11:33:58: push push push
11:34:03: sat on my foot
11:34:06: would like back massage
11:34:07: grey
11:34:09: Sat on your foot
11:34:12: little
11:34:13: toes
11:34:15: both feet
11:34:19: thinking about what to say
11:34:24: and hands
11:34:27: what about toes
11:34:34: typing typing tap tap tap
11:34:38: lower back
11:34:41: lower
11:34:42: swirling on the keyboard
11:34:48: Ground lowering
11:36:41: typing as a kind of dancing
11:37:17: thinking about how it would be to type with long nails
11:38:06: my fingers feel like they’re fighting a need to be still every time
11:38:08: Evrytime
11:38:08: ioi[fe
11:38:10: to type
11:38:11: ehiene
11:38:12: conversation drifting, over and under
11:38:13: skdjoehw e
11:38:26: button presing
11:38:25: I can’t think of what to write but everything I think of something to write I sing it in my head 11:38:26: pres sing
11:38:29: imagine if
11:38:32: down
11:38:33: Imagining the body
11:38:34: down
11:38:37: moving bum arund
11:38:40: imagingng the body as a site of wisdom
11:42:39: thinking about elbows again
11:42:50: so lets just rearrange bum a bit
11:43:01: again and again
11:43:03: repeat
11:43:06: repeat
11:43:08: brush it
11:43:08: repeat
11:43:46: is the world moving or are we
11:43:49: No waves
11:43:51: on land now and walking
11:44:05: Boggy ground
11:44:13: sticky
11:44:14: sucking
11:44:25: slippy
11:44:38: ice skating
11:44:49: hips don't lie
11:45:01: hips are truhful
11:45:07: Hips keep secrets though
11:45:16: loyal hips
11:45:26: old faithfulls
11:45:43: these hips are made for walking
11:45:51: elbows made for walking
11:46:08: old elbows
11:46:10: Old hips
11:46:15: giving momentum
11:46:31: going for it
11:46:47: typing but with elbows
11:47:00: I miss everyone’s faces
11:47:05: can you show me your faces
11:47:15: kijtktgjmligb t,tgktyh
11:47:21: that was face
11:47:25: face
11:47:26: ear
11:47:35: ear cam
11:47:37: my ear has no cartilage
11:47:50: computer very loud
11:47:59: Computer whirring
11:48:01: whirring
11:48:04: Can we move a sound?
11:49:39: I’m imagining
11:49:44: the neck
11:49:58: imagine neck is thigh
11:50:11: show me your favourite bit of your body
11:51:52: Imagining getting wetter and wetter
11:51:57: front the top of the head down
11:52:30: floating in water
11:53:26: imagine ceiling is top of water
11:56:12: tiktok challenge where ppl try to be a photo
11:54:59: stillness
11:55:33: can we ever be still when we’re breathing
11:55:42: Can we ever be still if all our cells keep moving
11:55:46: are all of your cells moving?
11:56:06: Can you move all of your cells in the same direction at once?
11:56:41: We never stop blinking
11:56:43: too much breathing
11:56:49: heart beating