‘Isolated Together’: Floor Signage in the Times of Pandemic and Partitioning of Our Common Spaces

The current pandemic has seen the need to adorn public spaces with varied signage, sometimes almost spontaneous or, on the contrary, very elaborate, inviting us to respect distances and spaces specific to each person: what might seem obvious to us, however, refers to a long history of the notation o...

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Main Author: Pauline Chevalier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bologna 2021-02-01
Series:img journal
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Online Access:https://img-journal.unibo.it/article/view/12254
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spelling doaj-5954785f446c4356b82ab5361e235f382021-08-24T08:29:35ZengUniversity of Bolognaimg journal2724-24632021-02-01317219710.6092/issn.2724-2463/1225410559‘Isolated Together’: Floor Signage in the Times of Pandemic and Partitioning of Our Common SpacesPauline Chevalier0Université de Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Institut national d’histoire de l’art, ParisThe current pandemic has seen the need to adorn public spaces with varied signage, sometimes almost spontaneous or, on the contrary, very elaborate, inviting us to respect distances and spaces specific to each person: what might seem obvious to us, however, refers to a long history of the notation of movement, on the ground or on the page. By comparing a few elements of current signage with a corpus of fencing and dance manuals, or even military treatises, the aim is to grasp the stakes of the visualization of this grid, intermediate and mediator of our relations, which isolates us together in a progressive process of incorporation of images and signs.https://img-journal.unibo.it/article/view/12254floor signagevisualizationdance notationfencingkinesphere
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title ‘Isolated Together’: Floor Signage in the Times of Pandemic and Partitioning of Our Common Spaces
title_short ‘Isolated Together’: Floor Signage in the Times of Pandemic and Partitioning of Our Common Spaces
title_full ‘Isolated Together’: Floor Signage in the Times of Pandemic and Partitioning of Our Common Spaces
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publisher University of Bologna
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publishDate 2021-02-01
description The current pandemic has seen the need to adorn public spaces with varied signage, sometimes almost spontaneous or, on the contrary, very elaborate, inviting us to respect distances and spaces specific to each person: what might seem obvious to us, however, refers to a long history of the notation of movement, on the ground or on the page. By comparing a few elements of current signage with a corpus of fencing and dance manuals, or even military treatises, the aim is to grasp the stakes of the visualization of this grid, intermediate and mediator of our relations, which isolates us together in a progressive process of incorporation of images and signs.
topic floor signage
visualization
dance notation
fencing
kinesphere
url https://img-journal.unibo.it/article/view/12254
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