The Topology of Movement: Exploring Spatial Orientation through Puppetry

Year: 2025 Authors: Vijay Ravikumar

Core claim

Puppetry and embodied movement can make orientation space and its homotopies physically intuitive, revealing how 360° and 720° rotations behave in real projective space.

Topics

orientation space, movement puzzles, homotopy, puppetry, creative movement

Domains

topology, real projective space, fundamental group, homotopy, quaternions, puppetry, dance, contemporary movement

Methods

hands-on workshop, guided puzzles, paired exploration, embodied demonstration, Blender animation

Media

orange puppet, sharpies, 3-D animation, Blender, online workshop

Source status

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