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ABSTRACT

Dina Robinson

TOUCH BETWEEN...

This piece was generated as embodied research exploring how we can use the subjective and objective dualism of touch as a creative methodology through the notion of scores. Unfortunately due to the circumstances of COVID-19 the final performed live event could not go ahead and so my research now lies within my lived body and the scores presented here which served as choreographic stimuli and living documentations of the piece which you can try for yourself. These scores intertwine with the YouTube video I made to conclude and reflect upon my findings which can be found below.

Tactile sonic dominance

Objectifying the body and subjectifying the space

Back to social scores

Tracing the phenomenon

A living score

Back to social scores

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