RE: [huml] February Minutes

["Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@ingr.com>]

Title: February Minutes

We discussed the Indian dance genre very early in the

HumanML Phase 0 as an exemplar of a gesture system

that evolved into formal genres.  Bharatanatyam is one

of these.  There are several Indian schools of classical

dance, e.g, Kathakali.  At one point, a web search

uncovered some mudra illustrations and those could

be the basis for a genre dictionary based on HumanML

types.  A good one should include the sign, the signifiers,

and the signifieds for each gesture.  The multiples are there

to enable different formats for each one.  For example,

a mudra has interpretations given a context of use,

and one might want a 2D image, a video, and 

a real time 3Dor 2D animation (important because

the mudra is a movement), and one would want

examples in context where the interpretation varies.

Lotsa work.

 

Somewhere in our research, we

also ran across a system for classical ballet movements

that has been digitized.  If one wants to get really

ambitious, the Kama Sutra is also available.  But

consult local laws before posting the signifiers.  I have

some books on tantra systems.

 

Signs is signs.  Interpretations vary.  (-:

 

len

From: Rex Brooks [mailto:rexb@starbourne.com]

In relation to that tokenization and reproduction of systematized human movement systems, suck as Native American Dance, Sylvia noted that there was another fully systematized and well-studied system in Indian culture, called "Mudra" "Bjharatyanatyam." Rob said he would research it.