1. Opening the Frame of the Art Museum: technology as art and tool Kirsten Boehner, Geri Gay, Phoebe Sengers, Eugene Medynskiy, Eric Lee, Arun Israel, & Xiaowen Chen Departments of Communication, Information Science, Computer Science, Art Human Computer Interaction Group & Culturally Embedded Computing Group

2. New Technology for Information about Art

3. New Technology for Art Simon Penny, et al.’s Traces

4. New Technology for Art or Tool focus: “utility” for tasks favor: accuracy, effectiveness focus: “aesthetic” of experience favor: poetics, interpretability focus: transcendence of art / artist expertise of curator anonymity of visitor

5. Technology as Tool: Information Transfer What experiences are marginalized? How are new experiences introduced?

6. Hybridizing Technology as Art and Tool focus: “utility” for tasks favor: accuracy, effectiveness focus: “aesthetic” of experience favor: poetics, interpretability ? Activity Presence

7. Case Study 1: Imprints in the Museum

8. Making One’s Mark

9. Viewing Visitor Imprints: Social Navigation

10. Viewing Visitor Imprints: Collective Expression

11. Assessing Imprints Experience Handheld application more effective for navigation and reflection Visitors actively reading information into the imprints: e.g. kindred spirits Site specific nature worked well Combine functions into one form Allow for more interpretation Continue with site specific goal

13. Further inspiration: personal memory

14. Design Objectives Combine art and tool functionality Design for openness to interpretation Be site specific Technically simple, conceptually rich; Avoid novelty interface Permeate museum experience

15. Design Sketch: Birdscapes Presence/activity = Absence of Birds

16. Birdscape Implementation

17. Birdscape Evaluation Postcards Comment book Interviews Observations

18. Birdscape Experience [The sounds made me…] “feel invited. I loved the bird chatter. It added to the serenity and felt like wonderful company”. “feel surprised at first because I thought I was outside. But it was actually pretty peaceful. Props.” “feel as if I could picture myself outdoors in one of the lovely scenes depicted in the hanging scrolls.” “on a beautiful day like today, they made the indoors like the outdoors.”

19. Revisiting Objectives Permeate museum experience Technically simple, conceptually rich; Avoid novelty interface Be site specific Design for openness to interpretation Combine art and tool functionality

20. Technical Challenges Binary on/off made varying feedback difficult Low degree of sensitivity No integration of information Accessible to visitor contact

21. Next Steps More sophisticated data capture –Activity levels –Varying Feedback Privacy issues Visual representation –Hidden spaces / living museum (e.g. ‘guard interface’) –Inside out Collaboration HCI, CS, Art