ABSTRACT
Physicalities, modelled as behaviours and sensitivities in circuitry and programming code, unite human and digital/computer based articulations in increasingly intimate ways and give rise to the notion of a poetics of the physical. This poetics or techne of the physical, viewed not simply as an available effect/functionality but as an inherent essence of technology, is key to a deeper understanding of the broader implications of interactive digital practice. Drawing on examples from my own work with The Body-coder System, the article explores the techne of the physical with particular reference to scenography.