Is it art, is it HCI? Exploring tensions between practice and research

Makayla Lewis; Miriam Sturdee; Josh Urban Davis; Mafalda Gamboa; Sarah Fdili Alaoui; Claire Elisabeth Ohlenschlager; William Gaver; Eli Blevis; Lian Loke

doi:10.1145/3544549.3583744

Is it art, is it HCI? Exploring tensions between practice and research

Makayla Lewis, Miriam Sturdee, Josh Urban Davis, Mafalda Gamboa, Sarah Fdili Alaoui, Claire Elisabeth Ohlenschlager, William Gaver, Eli Blevis, Lian Loke

School of Computer Science

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI EA '23
Subtitle of host publication	extended abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Editors	Albrecht Schmidt, Kaisa Väänänen, Tesh Goyal, Per Ola Kristensson, Anicia Peters
Place of Publication	New York, NY
Publisher	ACM
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	978145039422
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3583744
Publication status	Published - 19 Apr 2023
Event	CHI '23: CHI conference on human factors in computing systems - Hamburg, Germany Duration: 23 Apr 2023 → 28 Apr 2023 https://chi2023.acm.org/

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Conference	CHI '23
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Hamburg
Period	23/04/23 → 28/04/23
Internet address	https://chi2023.acm.org/

Keywords

Art
Drawing
Sketching
Dance
Photography
Craft
Making
Sewing
Painting
Comics

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Lewis, M., Sturdee, M., Davis, J. U., Gamboa, M., Alaoui, S. F., Ohlenschlager, C. E., Gaver, W., Blevis, E., & Loke, L. (2023). Is it art, is it HCI? Exploring tensions between practice and research. In A. Schmidt, K. Väänänen, T. Goyal, P. O. Kristensson, & A. Peters (Eds.), CHI EA '23: extended abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Article 525 ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3583744

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Lewis, M, Sturdee, M, Davis, JU, Gamboa, M, Alaoui, SF, Ohlenschlager, CE, Gaver, W, Blevis, E & Loke, L 2023, Is it art, is it HCI? Exploring tensions between practice and research. in A Schmidt, K Väänänen, T Goyal, PO Kristensson & A Peters (eds), CHI EA '23: extended abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems., 525, ACM, New York, NY, CHI '23, Hamburg, Germany, 23/04/23. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3583744

Is it art, is it HCI? Exploring tensions between practice and research. / Lewis, Makayla; Sturdee, Miriam; Davis, Josh Urban et al.
CHI EA '23: extended abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ed. / Albrecht Schmidt; Kaisa Väänänen; Tesh Goyal; Per Ola Kristensson; Anicia Peters. New York, NY: ACM, 2023. 525.

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Lewis M, Sturdee M, Davis JU, Gamboa M, Alaoui SF, Ohlenschlager CE et al. Is it art, is it HCI? Exploring tensions between practice and research. In Schmidt A, Väänänen K, Goyal T, Kristensson PO, Peters A, editors, CHI EA '23: extended abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY: ACM. 2023. 525 Epub 2023 Apr 19. doi: 10.1145/3544549.3583744

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