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Sawtooth: interactive clarity and aesthetic complexity

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CHI EA '10: CHI '10 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1753846.1753901

Published: 10 April 2010 Publication History

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Sawtooth (2009) is an artwork integrating performance, sound, and animation. This paper describes the design of Sawtooth, with particular reference to the balances it strikes between control, clarity, and complexity.

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Burns, C. Sawtooth: Interface as visualization. In Proc. ICMC 2009, International Computer Music Association, 549--552.

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Sawtooth: interactive clarity and aesthetic complexity
1. Applied computing
  1. Arts and humanities
    1. Sound and music computing

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CHI EA '10: CHI '10 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

April 2010

2219 pages

ISBN:9781605589305

DOI:10.1145/1753846

General Chairs:
Elizabeth Mynatt
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Don Schoner
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Geraldine Fitzpatrick
Vienna University of Technology
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Scott Hudson
Carnegie Mellon University
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Keith Edwards
Georgia Tech
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Tom Rodden
University of Nottingham

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Published: 10 April 2010

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