The Arts in HCI Tapestry: Networking, Making, and Reflecting Together
Paper in proceeding, 2026
Throughout history, the arts and creative practices have played a pivotal role in HCI. They serve as inspirations, challenges, and innovative avenues for learning and extending HCI methods. While HCI often prioritises empirical evidence and outcomes, the art world emphasises diversity, process, and personal experiences. As generative AI and interdisciplinary collaboration grow, the relationship between art and HCI is undergoing a transformative shift, affecting how we make and think. Tapestries have long recorded changing narratives, practices, memories, and identities, capturing transformation. By tradition, they are collaborative productions of skilled craftspeople. Inspired by this, the meetup invites artists, designers, makers, technologists, researchers, educators, and others to create a shared tapestry 'beyond warp and weft'. Attendees may contribute sensory elements to a paper surface (warp), including visual, tactile, auditory, kinaesthetic, gustatory, olfactory, cross-sensory, and social aspects (weft). The completed tapestry serves as a collective narrative that encapsulates the shared experiences of participants.
Author
Makayla Lewis
Kingston University
Denise Lengyel
Newcastle University
Miriam Amber Sturdee
University of St Andrews
Nick Bryan-Kinns
University of the Arts London
Mafalda Samuelsson-Gamboa
University of Gothenburg
Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Interaction Design and Software Engineering
Gabriella Di Feola
Independent researcher
Swen E. Gaudl
University of Gothenburg
Silvia Carderelli-Gronau
Bath Spa University
Joseph Lindley
Lancaster University
Sarah Fdili Alaoui
University of the Arts London
Gerard Nolan
Kingston University
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
818
9798400722813 (ISBN)
Extended Abtracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2026
Barcelona, Spain,
Barcelona, Spain,
Subject Categories (SSIF 2025)
Human Computer Interaction
DOI
10.1145/3772363.3778781