In our daily interactions with technology, we have accepted digital reproductions of others' voice and image as alternatives to the real ones. This paper examines human perception and sensitivity towards detecting the immediacy and relevance of responses in telecommunication. We studied participant interactions in our participatory performance piece, "The Body is Present" (2015). We sought to quantify the participants' ability to correctly identify whether or not they were interacting with live or recorded video streams when presented with a sequence of both stimuli. Our study explores the new dynamics of human interaction in telecommunication and the significance of the co-presence of another human on the other end.
['Sahar Sajadieh', 'Nathan Weitzner']
A Theatrical Turing Test: An Encounter of Telematic Bodies