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ARTiVIS
Building a world wide
community environment
monitoring platform
one prototype at a time
Mónica Mendes [FBAUL + M-ITI + UT Austin|Portugal Program]
Pedro Ângelo [void.io + UT Austin|Portugal Program]
Narrative Strategies Symposium “Prototyping the Invisible” | Ponta do Sol, Madeira 2014.11.09
Looking at webcams feed for surf info
http://beachcam.sapo.pt
+ aesthetic contemplation: as windows to nature
» How can we creatively use real-time video
as raw material for artistic experiments?
& what if we use it for forest protection?
As researchers and designers exploring arts practices,
we can also play a role for efective change
in people's behavior regarding forests protection
Quinta de Santo André at Maçal do Chão: months after a forest fire, 1994
& what if we use it for forest protection?
As researchers and designers exploring arts practices,
we can also play a role for efective change
in people's behavior regarding forests protection
Quinta de Santo André at Maçal do Chão: reforestation 18 years later, 2012
ARTiVIS Arts, Real-Time Video and Interactivity
for Sustainability
Art + Activism
Environmental
causes
Challenge: raw material
Artistic explorations
Research innovative concepts and design methods
Process
ARTiVIS Practice-based exploratory research
ARTiVIS Collaborative | Multidisciplinary
ARTiVIS & Presentations
» Publicly presented in exhibitions, demos, hackmeets, school visits, summer school: proposed (ACM MM
2010, AZ Labs, Creative Algorithms, SXSW 2011, TEI 2011, ACE 2011, Sci|Art 2011, DIS 2012) + invited (Pop
Up City Lisbon, SINAIS residency, Pop Up Guimarães 2012, High schools 2013)
» Research iterations http://artivis.net/blog/
The ARTiVIS network
ARTiVIS Project Overview
ARTiVIS Online Platform
http://artivis.net
ARTiVIS DiY Forest Surveillance Kit
http://diy.artivis.net
ARTiVIS B-Wind!
What is the feeling of becoming the invisible wind?
Will you cherish the trees, or will you trigger a hurricane?
B-Wind!
http://bwind.artivis.net
http://bwind.artivis.net
ARTiVIS B-Wind! System architecture
ARTiVIS B-Wind! | Sketching
ARTiVIS B-Wind! | Sketching
ARTiVIS B-Wind! | Hardware Prototyping
WHY
HOW
WHAT
HOW MUCH
WHAT ELSE
ARTiVIS B-Wind! | Experience Prototyping
ARTiVIS Hug@ree
Everyone should hug a real tree every now and then...
Hug@ree and engage into a symbiotic relationship
with nature
http://hugatree.artivis.net
http://hugatree.artivis.net
ARTiVIS Hug@ree System architecture
ARTiVIS Hug@ree | Sketching
ARTiVIS Hug@ree » Sketching Connectedness
ARTiVIS Hug a Tree in Africa
ARTiVIS Hug a Tree in Africa
Hug a Tree in Africa
ARTiVIS Hug a tree in Africa
ARTiVIS Hug@ree | Hardware Prototyping
ARTiVIS Play with Fire
Challenging constraints, “don’t play with fre”
is the motto for this experience, assuming both wild
and innocent sides, rebellion and protectionism
http://playwithfire.artivis.net
http://playwithfire.artivis.net
ARTiVIS Play with Fire
System Architecture
ARTiVIS Play with Fire | Sketching
ARTiVIS Play with Fire | Hardware Prototyping
ARTiVIS Play with Fire | Experience Prototyping
Evaluating
the Intangible
Provocations » Need » Motivation
Need for evaluation was triggered by this kind of feedback in early submissions:
“(...) The project is interesting and the goal is relatively
worthwhile.
However, the alignment between what is being attempted
and what the tangible results might be are entirely
speculative and fundamentally, unpersuasive.”
[FCT evaluation panel comments, June 2010]
ARTiVIS What about evaluation?
Traditional HCI usability evaluation: is the system useful,
easy to learn and use, satisfying?
*Relevant* but not enough:
» Measuring what?
Usability, aesthetic values, long lasting impact?
» How to evaluate the holistic experience?
And what about the environmental awareness?
ARTiVIS Evaluation challenges
Traditional HCI usability evaluation: is the system useful,
easy to learn and use, satisfying?
*Relevant* but not enough:
» Measuring what?
Usability, aesthetic values, long lasting impact?
» How to evaluate the holistic experience?
And what about the environmental awareness?
ARTiVIS Observation
B-Wind! exhibition video surveillance
B-Wind! exhibition surveillance – Montemor-o-Novo, 82h recorded video
ARTiVIS Content Analysis
Hug@ree first impressions. Construct elicitation inspired by RGT*
Hug@ree: 4 iterations – Lisbon, Maçal do Chão, Los Angeles, 83 surveys | *Repertory Grid Technique
ARTiVIS Experience dimensions
Correlation of Play with Fire with “Environmental Awareness”
Learning
1
Emotional Engagement
0.5
Usability
0
Aesthetic Enjoyment
Playful Experience
ARTiVIS Evaluation results & further iterations
Applying HCI practice to Art contexts: successful experience
» Users show emotional response
» Environmental awareness is apparent in results
» Learning is a key factor in environmental awareness
+ Explore further links between Art and HCI
+ Non-verbal data gathering through instrumentation
Conclusions & Perspectives
ARTiVIS Prototyping the intangible
Fake it 'till you make it
» Use paper, video, role-play, wizard of oz
» Always beta: iterate, iterate, iterate
» Involve collaborators as stakeholders
» Have fun
ARTiVIS Ongoing and Future work
» Autonomous DIY kit
» Online platform completion
» Interactive installations refinements
Empower local communities to use low-cost
sensors to capture, process and benefit from their
environmental data.
Professors Nuno Correia and Sílvia Chicó Pedro Ângelo Valentina Nisi Christa
Sommerer AZ Labs: altLab, LCD and xDA – Ricardo Lobo, Guilherme Martins,
Ricardo Webbens, Filipe Cruz, João Carvalho, Maurício Martins, Catarina Mota,
Tiago Serra
Ferdinand Meier, Filipe Pais, Sérgio Ferreira,
Vítor Lago, Margarida Faria, Marco Moura, Paulo Martins, João Ferreira Support
at Maçal do Chão: Fernando Mendes, Valter Cruz, André Correia, and Mayor Daniel
Cadete Colleagues Moisés Coelho, Rossana Santos, Cláudia Pernencar, Luís Frias,
Luísa Ribas FBAUL and CIEBA Sci|Art UCLA,Victoria Vesna, Adam Stieg Tito da
Costa, Miguel Pedreira, António Carvalho, Ana Ribas, Ben Marcus, Tiffany Trenda
FCT – Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology UT Austin|Portugal
Program/Colab and Sharon Strover, Karen Gustafson, Prentiss Riddle, Rosental
Alves, Nancy Schiesary, Karen Kocher, Ben Bays, Luiza Oliveira, Carolina Enes, ISDT
M-ITI: SINAIS, Nuno Nunes, Filipe Quintal, Lucas Pereira, Ian Oakley Subvertice
and Miguel Rosa O Espaço do Tempo and Rui Horta, Ana Carina Paulino, Nuno Motta,
António Costa, Francisco Gomes Ciência Viva Artica InMotion, Filipe Valpereiro
Survey participants: PopUp Lisboa, Maçal do Chão, AZ Labs, PopUp Guimarães, UCLA
+ My family: parents, sisters and nephews || info@artivis.net | http://artivis.net
Thank You