Gesture

toc =**PROJECT 1**= As humans, we can't go for very long without uttering a word. However, we often forget that **gesture** often accompanies our speech. If we can define speech as a form of media, or as a means for communication, gesture can also be categorized as media.
 * INTRODUCTION**

We often see gestures aiding conversation, or throwing successful communication out the window. Very few gestures are universal. For instance, waving 'hi' in one culture could mean something completely opposite in another, which may result in extreme confusion. However, in western culture, I am sure most are connected to the Trekkie era and will "live long and prosper."

A simple point to the nearest washroom, to a command that revolutionized the world, gestures are more influential than one may think.


 * BRAINSTORMING**

[|gesture_floor.JPG] Also took over portion of wall with heart shaped sticky notes (all I had at the time), still fiddling with concepts... [|gesture_wall.JPG]
 * 1** //Fun:// Seized a section of my floor for concept development. Carpet currently occupied by tiny pieces of paper...

[|Gesture.jpg] Attempts to simplify: [|Gesture_2.jpg]
 * 2** //Digitalized:// Working with the concept of **gesture** as a medium/media to communicate, enhance, or subvert a message.

[|Gesture0.pdf] [|Gesture_1.pdf] [|Gesture1.pdf] [|Gesture2.pdf] [|Gesture3.pdf]
 * WORKING WITH AESTHETIC**
 * 3** //Making progress:// Here are some variations leading up to my final concept map:

Explorations with illustration: [|File0001-1.psd] [|File0001-2.psd] [|bodywilt.jpg]

Ultimately, I found that it had a better flow if I started it from the top down. So, rather than keeping 'gesture' written vertically, I moved it to read horizontally for the final map. I also used the hands as a more prominent visual aspect to create a better feel for the idea of gesturing.

[|2005p_pro01_08_jabbey.pdf]

//A Cultural History of Gesture: from antiquity to present day//. Keur de Wetenschap, University of Groningen. 17 Jan 2008 <[|http://keur.eldoc.ub.rug.nl/wetenschappers/11/125/>.] //Dictionary.com.// 2006. Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. 16 Jan 2008 <[|http://dictionary.reference.com/>.] //YouTube: hand gestures//. 2008 YouTube, LLC. 25 Jan 2008 <[|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHSe1ogHYUw>.]
 * Sources**