Paper Info
Title
Flowing Bodies: Exploring the Micro and Macro Scales of Bodily Interactions with Urban Media Installations
Abstract
In this paper we investigate human interactions with urban media installations by adopting two scales of analysis: the body scale (micro) and the city scale (macro). This twofold approach allows us to better understand the relationships between the design properties of outdoor installations and the urban spatial layout around them. We conducted in-the-wild studies of two urban media installations, one consisting of fixed components, and the other of movable components, which were deployed in different places and encouraged different types of whole-body interaction. We provide a detailed account of the micro and macro levels of interactions, based on observational and qualitative explorations. Our studies reveal that the urban spatial layout is a key element in defining the interactions and encounters around outdoor interfaces, and therefore it needs to inform the design process from the outset.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1145/3322276.3322378
Proceedings of the 2019 on Designing Interactive Systems Conference
Keywords
Field
DocType
installation, media, micro and macro scale, spatial layout, urban play, whole-body interaction
Human–computer interaction,Architectural engineering,Engineering design process,Engineering,Macro
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4503-5850-7
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Andre G. Afonso100.68
Ecem Ergin201.35
Ava Fatah gen. Schieck3232.25