Peter you may find some things of interest in my thesis, which specifically addresses issues of perception in intercultural tele-improvisation.
http://eartrumpet.org/research/thesis.pdf <http://eartrumpet.org/research/thesis.pdf> It seems to me that improvisation is a natural medium for networked performance as it’s dialogical nature affirms the extension of presence between dispersed real-world spaces and and the perception of that extended presence through the network. It can keep our feet firmly on the ground when thinking about tele-presence and networked interaction ! As an improvising musician myself, I have also come to view it as much as a philosophy for living as much as a framework for practice. You may already be aware but George E Lewis has written some interesting articles on this, particularly around improvisation as ontology and his computer based improvisation system Voyager. Roger — Roger Mills http://www.eartrumpet.org http://roger.netpraxis.net http://telesound.net "Knowledge is only rumour until it is in the muscle" - Asaro Mudmen, Papua New Guinea.
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