Art and Interaction: Some Reflections

Art and Interaction: Some Reflections

David EnglandLiverpool John Moores University

Art and Interaction

• Wet and Sticky

• Unmasking 3

• HCI Fun

• Reflections

Wet and Sticky

Unmasking 3

From To

HCI Fun

Reflections - influences

• The changing influences on HCI

• psychology, sociology, philosophy

• But how to include interactive art ?

• Melding theory and practice of New Media with HCI vs. the usability model

• Engagement and enjoyment

Reflections Process

• Studying new media practice

• Predominance of prototyping as an opened ended exploratory process

• The role of New Media Curators

• documenting the process

Reflections Collaboration

• Models of Collaboration

• Researchers, equal partners, subcontractors, observers

• Curators bringing the partners together

• Exhibition design, audience understanding, linking in art theory and history

• Mutual agreeing beneficial goals

Reflections Tensions

• Tensions between author and audience e.g. Manovich

• There are a variety of responses artists want which may conflict with HCI

• Viewers, listeners, touchers, audience-as-artists

• What are the artist’s goals?

Reflections Measuring

• Web art - an area neglected by HCI

• Similarly advanced tools• "The very essence of the creative is its novelty, and hence we have no standard by

which to judge it." Carl Rogers

• But that doesn’t stop people trying

• So what are the appropriate methods?

Reflections Education

• Education - HCI in Art and Design

• Missing with a few notable exceptions (RCA)

• What would HCI for Art and Design look like?

Thanks

• Wet and Sticky, Tunde Cockshott, Kevin Waite and John Patterson;

• Unmasking3, Ola Bamgboye, Marie-Anne McQuay, Maria Brewster, Daniel Tai, Liverpool World Museum, Tom Trevor (Spacex);

• HCI Fun, Josh Nimoy, Caen Botto, Simon Poulter, Marta Ruperez, FACT, Matt Philp.

Questions

• A New Media and Performing Arts Community Proposal for CHI2011?

d.england@ljmu.ac.uk