Paper Info
Title
Experiencing the non-sensuous: on measurement, representation and conception in urban art installations
Abstract
In this paper we discuss the conflict between a scientific and an artistic approach to interface design in an urban experience-oriented installation, we designed for the Hopenhagen LIVE activities in Copenhagen during the COP15 climate summit meeting in December 2009. The installation called "Atmosphere -- the sound and sight of CO2" converted data from CO2 measurements to sound and visuals presented through headphones and on a 2-meter high, quadrant sculpture that functioned as a transparent, low resolution LED screen. Hereby a normally non-sensuous phenomenon became visible and audible giving the public sensuous access to the symbolic villain of climate change: Carbon dioxide. What the sound and visuals actually represented and how it was conceived is a rather complex question that is fundamental to the artistic concept and of epistemological concern for this paper.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1145/1868914.1868986
NordiCHI
Keywords
Field
DocType
hopenhagen live activity,complex question,urban experience-oriented installation,artistic approach,cop15 climate summit meeting,artistic concept,co2 measurement,climate change,urban art installation,carbon dioxide,2-meter high,low resolution,sonification,visualization,representation,interface design
The Symbolic,Headphones,Summit,Computer science,Complex question,Sight,Sonification,Human–computer interaction,Phenomenon,Sculpture
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.38
2
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Morten Breinbjerg1102.51
Morten S. Riis210.38
Tobias Ebsen3332.85
Rasmus B. Lunding410.72