ArtMaps: Interpreting the spatial footprints of artworks

Coughlan, Tim; Carletti, Laura; Giannachi, Gabriella; Benford, Steve; McAuley, Derek; Price, Dominic; Locatelli, Cristina; Sinker, Rebecca; Stack, John

Abstract

© Copyright 2015 ACM. Creating and utilizing simple links between items and locations in map-based systems has become a mainstream component of modern computing. In this paper, we explore support for 'art mapping', an activity that requires consideration of more complex interpretations of spatial relationships as users engage with identifying locations of relevance to artworks. Through a user study of the ArtMaps platform, and an exploratory study with professional artists, we identify diverse interpretations of spatial meaning in relation to art. We find that art mapping highlights potential for more active engagement with art through technology, but challenges existing systems for spatial representation. Through connecting our findings with work on designing for interpretation, and on space and place in HCI, we contribute new understanding of creating engagement through the spatial interpretation of art, and define potential characteristics and uses of holistic 'footprints' for artworks.

Citation

Coughlan, T., Carletti, L., Giannachi, G., Benford, S., McAuley, D., Price, D., …Stack, J. (2015). ArtMaps: Interpreting the spatial footprints of artworks. In CHI '15: Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems . , (407-416). https://doi.org/10.1145/2702123.2702281

• Conference Name: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
• Conference Location: Seoul, Rebublic of Korea
• Start Date: Apr 18, 2015
• End Date: Apr 23, 2015
• Acceptance Date: Apr 18, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Apr 18, 2015
• Publication Date: Apr 18, 2015
• Deposit Date: Mar 3, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 18, 2015
• Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 2015-April
• Pages: 407-416
• Book Title: CHI '15: Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
• ISBN: 978-1-4503-3145-6
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2702123.2702281
• Keywords: Museums, Art, GIS, Mapping, Crowdsourcing, Space, Place, Interpretation
• Public URL: http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/28115
• Related Public URLs: http://chi2015.acm.org/
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