This week, we received feedback for our TouchDesigner project idea, Data Extraction. The main concept suggested was that everything you do is turned into data. This gave us a clearer direction for the project, because it connects human movement, sound, and behaviour with systems of measurement and digital interpretation.
We were advised to research Rosa Menkman, especially her work around data, glitches, errors, and digital visualisation. Her practice could help us think about how data can be represented visually, not only in a clean or scientific way, but also through distortion, abstraction, and broken digital forms. We need to study how she gathers data and how she visualises it, so we can apply some of these ideas to our own TouchDesigner experiments.
Other possible research areas include neuroscience, Kinect, and Leap Motion. Kinect could allow us to track full-body movement, while Leap Motion could focus more specifically on hand gestures. These tools would help us make the interaction more physical and responsive. We also want to explore sound analysis, where music or voice is turned into visual data inside TouchDesigner.
