Body-Context, or The Other, identifies a body from its context to explore how we define body and context. By showing each in isolation, the map underscores their inseparability, but also how each gives meaning to the other.
The figure cannot be understood without context, and without the figure, part of the context is simply missing.
The video is never seen as a whole — rather, mouse position controls which part is masked. As such, viewing one part inevitably means missing activity in the other. Watching one figure conceals someone else carrying in plants in the background.
Technicals
Similar to a number of previous maps, the paired representations are based on evaluating pixel values of a depth image. The greyscale values within the foreground figure are used as a threshold to mask the area in the corresponding RGB image.
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Next Steps
- Treat the figure in the background as the “body” distinguished from context.
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