the philosophy of movement
But basically, improvisation is the interaction between our focus, attention, conscious command, sensual feedback, reflexes. – Thomas Hauert
What actions do we do are not an interaction of our focus, attention, conscious command, sensual feedback, and reflexes? Either Hauert is saying that all physical action is improvised, or he is simply stating the obvious.
First shalt thou take thine partner up to thine shoulder. Then shalt thou turn three times. No more. No less. Three shalt be the number of thine turns, and the number of the turns shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, nor either turneth thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three turns. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third turn, be reached, then slideth thou thine partner down thine back towardeth the floor.
Dance is indeed, as Wass holds, a specific art, but not because of some single element unique to it; rather, it is specific in its functional ensemble, an ensemble that is, inevitably, organized around movement and the application of movement.
the original text:
Painting is indeed, as Greenberg held, a specific art, but not because of some single element unique to it; rather, it is specific in its functional ensemble, an ensemble that is, inevitably, organized around paint and the application of paint.
– Â Henry Staten, Techne Theory: A New Language for Art
