How to have a conversation about backpacks

In a Reykjavík hostel dorm room, a conversation about backpacks occurred. There is no accompanying audio record of this conversation. Instead, the conversation (re)emerges through the movements of the body and the backpack. The dimensions of the backpack are estimated, traced. The motions of the han...

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Main Author: Kaya Barry
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spelling ftdeakinunifig:oai:figshare.com:article/20950441 2023-05-15T18:06:58+02:00 How to have a conversation about backpacks Kaya Barry 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30059478 https://figshare.com/articles/figure/How_to_have_a_conversation_about_backpacks/20950441 unknown http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30059478 https://figshare.com/articles/figure/How_to_have_a_conversation_about_backpacks/20950441 All Rights Reserved Uncategorized Packing Travel Tourism Video art Image Figure 2014 ftdeakinunifig 2022-11-17T21:45:43Z In a Reykjavík hostel dorm room, a conversation about backpacks occurred. There is no accompanying audio record of this conversation. Instead, the conversation (re)emerges through the movements of the body and the backpack. The dimensions of the backpack are estimated, traced. The motions of the hands, more-than gestures, attempt to pinpoint these delicate moments when backpacks and bodies come together in action. This conversation is performative, yet is an actual lived event. It employs aesthetics, but not in an artistic manner. In four steps, this video outlines instructions for how to have a conversation about backpacks. Still Image Reykjavík Reykjavík DRO - Deakin Research Online Reykjavík
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description In a Reykjavík hostel dorm room, a conversation about backpacks occurred. There is no accompanying audio record of this conversation. Instead, the conversation (re)emerges through the movements of the body and the backpack. The dimensions of the backpack are estimated, traced. The motions of the hands, more-than gestures, attempt to pinpoint these delicate moments when backpacks and bodies come together in action. This conversation is performative, yet is an actual lived event. It employs aesthetics, but not in an artistic manner. In four steps, this video outlines instructions for how to have a conversation about backpacks.
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