Fig. 14 Our design concept to enable mutual gaze is an adaptation of a patent from 1947 (Rosenthal 1947). The video projector in the background is used for back-projection onto a screen of matted acrylic glass.

Chin-Lien Chen - In this case the back-projection displays my colleague Leif Handberg who looks straight at me

Fig. 13 The shared mediated space that emerges as two rooms are joined can also be represented as a spatial montage

Fig. 12 The section illustrates what the camera captures of the room

Fig. 11 The layout of the two rooms, each of which measured 3.2 × 4.5 m. Key: (1) Desk and mediated extension; (2) Sitting area; (3) Back-drop (same in both locations)

Fig. 14 Our design concept to enable mutual gaze is an adaptation of a patent from 1947 (Rosenthal 1947). The video projector in the background is used for back-projection onto a screen of matted acrylic glass.

Chin-Lien Chen - In this case the back-projection displays my colleague Leif Handberg who looks straight at me

Fig. 13 The shared mediated space which emerges as two rooms are joined can also be represented as a spatial montage.

Fig. 12 The section illustrates what the camera captures of the room.

Fig. 11 The layout of the two rooms, each of which measured 3,2 x 4,5 m. Key: (1) Desk and mediated extension; (2) Sitting area; (3) Back-drop (same in both locations).

Fig. 10 The mediated consulting room with the piece of furniture designed to enable mutual gaze by incorporating reflective mirrors.

Chin-Lien Chen - Both therapist and patients expressed positive feelings in regards the interior design which was…

Fig. 9 The alternative spatial design proposed in the text, in which Ekern would appear merely once before the audience

Fig. 8 The teleprompter-based design as seen from the audience (left) and from Ekern’s perspective (right).

Chin-Lien Chen - Photos by Gro Vasbotten.

Fig. 7 Schematic analysis of the spatial layout as perceived by the audience.

Chin-Lien Chen - The red arrow on the plan denotes the direction of gaze of the persons seen on stage. As noted

Fig. 6 The concept of spatial montage: a smaller space (Toronto) is added to a larger space (Lillehammer). Together the two establish a mediated space. The fact that Atwood is seated in a studio in Toronto, yet appears on a live outdoor stage is well conc

Chin-Lien Chen - A smaller space (Toronto) is added to a larger space (Lillehammer). Together the two establish a…

Fig. 5 Ekern leaves the stage and Atwood is left alone

Fig. 4 Ekern seamlessly hands over the book that Atwood is here to sign

Fig. 3 Renowned writer Margaret Atwood shares a table with Simen Ekern, op-ed editor of the Norwegian Newspaper ‘Dagbladet’.

Chin-Lien Chen - Image captured from live streaming (Dagbladet 2008). For details see Knudsen & Puijk 2009.

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