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Form mind body space time the geometry of human movement

by Daniela Bertol

Movement happens in three-dimensional space: an interaction is established with the body as agent of movement and the space surrounding the movement. The doctoral study "Form Mind Body Space Time: The Geometry of Human Movement" explores this interaction focusing on human movement and the geometry of space as defining and defined by the moving human body. Forms are produced by the moving body as space-time configurations and geometry is both a framework and source of inspiration. This creative practice-led research demonstrates the ways in which human movement embodies and expresses geometry and how movement exists in relationship with three-dimensional space. The project presents theoretical explorations in design, making and movement, through a phenomenological firstperson practice approach, where designing, making and moving are the methodological actions. The researchers body is the primary source of investigation and data collection. The geometry-inspired movement practice is established in urban or natural places as well as in a specifically designed framework. Drawing on the seminal work of Rudolph Laban, the research investigates the interaction between mover, movement and a built structure, called movement infrastructure, which supports and enables the production of movement defined by the human bodys symmetry and proportions.