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Though Miles Apart: An Interactive Art Installation that Evokes Nostalgia

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Jinsil Hwaryoung SeoAuthors Info & Claims

ARTECH '19: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Digital and Interactive Arts

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3359852.3359890

Published: 13 February 2020 Publication History

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Though Miles Apart is an interactive installation that encourages people to join together through a soft tangible interface, to reminisce on their personal experiences. Based on a traditional Chinese melody, Shuidiao Getou, the installation embodies the idea of separation but, though apart, "we are still able to share the beauty of the moon together". Initially, as people enter the area, they are invited to sit around the pond-like surface, near glowing points. When a viewer grasps a glowing, soft conductive unit in their hands, it will trigger videos in response to their touch. Viewers will listen and watch stories from people of different cultures and backgrounds, as they recollect on their memories. It creates a meditative, immersive environment, where the collective is allowed to sit and experience nostalgia.

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Though Miles Apart: An Interactive Art Installation that Evokes Nostalgia
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Interaction design
    1. Interaction design process and methods
      1. User interface design

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Gibson RKoleva BFlintham MWinklhofer H(2023)Gifting the Past in the Present: An Exploration of Evoking Nostalgia through Hybrid GiftsProceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference10.1145/3563657.3596103(1047-1059)Online publication date: 10-Jul-2023
Gibson RBabbage CWagner HPrice DMartindale SChadborn NIto-Jaeger SDarzentas DWebb HJacobs RAtabey AKoleva BFlintham MWinklhofer HUrquhart LPerez Vallejos E(2023)“It’s not just for the Past but it’s for the Here and Now”: Gift-Giver Perspectives on the Memory Machine to Gift Digital MemoriesProceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference10.1145/3563657.3595962(987-1001)Online publication date: 10-Jul-2023
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