“VR Body Calligraphy – Whole-body Performance Writing for Chinese Calligraphy” by Shum and Klein
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- VR Body Calligraphy - Whole-body Performance Writing for Chinese Calligraphy
Session/Category Title: Writing & Drawing
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This research articulates a technical, artistic, and cultural evolution of Chinese Calligraphy Shufa 书法 from the traditional two-dimensional, material-based expression to a novel digital three-dimensional form within virtual reality. The paper is structured as a series of cross-disciplinary experiments amalgamating the essence of the traditional craft with today’s possibilities in computer-human-interactions. Each is evaluated and discussed with an established traditional calligraphy master Law Ching-Bor. We attempt to write calligraphy with choreographed whole-body gestures, translating these movements into dynamic, three-dimensional strokes of digital Shufa. The investigation details the scribing, interpreting, and experiencing multi-character calligraphy in a volumetric VR context.
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