Is it Art, is it HCI? Exploring Tensions Between Practice and Research
Paper in proceeding, 2023

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.

Comics

Craft

Painting

Photography

Dance

Making

Art

Sketching

Sewing

Drawing

Author

Makayla Lewis

Kingston University

Miriam Sturdee

University of St Andrews

Josh Urban Davis

Dartmouth College

Mafalda Samuelsson-Gamboa

Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Interaction Design and Software Engineering

Sarah Fdili Alaoui

Laboratoire de Recherche en Informatique

Claire Elisabeth Ohlenschlager

Bill Gaver

Northumbria University

E. Blevis

Indiana University

Lian Loke

The University of Sydney

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Vol. CHI 2023
978-145039422-2 (ISBN)

2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2023
Hamburg, Germany,

Subject Categories

Art History

Human Computer Interaction

DOI

10.1145/3544549.3583744

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