Gesture: The Living Medium: announcement of the forthcoming First Congress of the International Society for Gesture Studies, June 2002, Austin Texas. ‘As inaugural congress of the International Society for Gesture Studies, Gesture: The Living Medium is intended to convene the “state of the art” in research and theory on gesture and to serve as a forum for a broad and lively interdisciplinary exchange of ideas, observations, and research findings. One aim of the conference is to take stock of what we know about the transformation of bodily experience and embodied knowledge into gestural symbolism and conceptual patterns in social interaction, work, and other realms of everyday life. However, we invite proposals for papers, panels, and other programs from all disciplines, including technology and the arts, and covering all aspects of the practice of gesticulation.’