Research question
How can motion data become a choreographic partner?
Touching from a Distance investigated how a dancer could shape projected digital material during live performance, allowing movement data to influence the image in real time.
The 2018 system established a technical and choreographic foundation that later evolved into With Our Shadows.
How the system worked
A live sensing setup captured the performer’s movement and translated it into projected motion data, creating an immediate relationship between physical action and digital response.
Zjana’s role Choreographer, performer and interactive-system developer