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Is it Art, is it HCI? Exploring Tensions Between Practice and Research

Authors:

Miriam Sturdee,

Josh Urban Davis,

Mafalda Gamboa,

Sarah Fdili Alaoui,

Claire Elisabeth Ohlenschlager,

Lian LokeAuthors Info & Claims

CHI EA '23: Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Article No.: 525, Pages 1 - 4

https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3583744

Published: 19 April 2023 Publication History

Abstract

Art has the weight of our history as a people behind it, whilst in comparison, Human-Computer Interaction is relatively young. Artistic practice is a propeller of the innovations within HCI but works in this area often focus on the user study, the interaction, or the need for empirical evaluation. The plurality and tensions in art practice clash with this focus. Arts need not define the beholder as a ’user’, but the addition of interaction and technology challenges its purpose. Aesthetics in isolation is not seen as impactful output, but as we investigate ways to bring art and HCI together, should we not focus on process and influence? This panel brings together a diverse group of artists, designers, practitioners, makers, and researchers, focusing on the challenges and variety of approaches in this space. The aim is to build dialogue to encourage a plurality of practices and creative responses in HCI.

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Cited By

McMurchy GTaylor N(2024)“The Gallery is Ephemeral”: Exploring the Intersection of Archival Practice and Technology in Artist-Run Initiatives.Proceedings of the 16th Conference on Creativity & Cognition10.1145/3635636.3656208(651-660)Online publication date: 23-Jun-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3635636.3656208

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Is it Art, is it HCI? Exploring Tensions Between Practice and Research
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)

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CHI EA '23: Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

April 2023

3914 pages

ISBN:9781450394222

DOI:10.1145/3544549

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LMU Munich, Germany
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Tampere University, Finland
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Tesh Goyal
Google Research, USA
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Per Ola Kristensson
University of Cambridge, UK
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Anicia Peters
University of Namibia, Namibia

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McMurchy GTaylor N(2024)“The Gallery is Ephemeral”: Exploring the Intersection of Archival Practice and Technology in Artist-Run Initiatives.Proceedings of the 16th Conference on Creativity & Cognition10.1145/3635636.3656208(651-660)Online publication date: 23-Jun-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3635636.3656208

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