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Affect and dialogue in collaborative cross-disciplinary research: Developing interactive public art on Cardiff Bay Barrage

Entwistle, Alice; Burrows, Inga; Carroll, Fiona; Thomas, Nathan; Ware, Mark; Loudon, Gareth

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Authors

Alice Entwistle

Inga Burrows

Fiona Carroll Fiona.Carroll@uwe.ac.uk
Occasional Associate Lecturer - FET CSCT

Nathan Thomas

Mark Ware

Gareth Loudon



Abstract

Where Cartesian philosophy distinguishes the perceiving and perceptual mind from the body, phenomenology constitutes the experiential/experiencing body as the subject, giving rise to the affective potential of art. An immersive world of digital connections, smart cities and the Internet of Everything dramatises the centrality of relationship, the intertwining of Self and Other, in the lived environments of human experience. This article addresses the contextual, disciplinary and practical challenges encountered in developing an ambitious interactive public art project embedding SMART technology on the coastal fringes of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales (UK). It examines the processes and problems involved in delivering a stimulating aesthetic experience in and on a complex site, for a complex audience profile. It traces, in particular, the dependence of a multi-disciplinary project team on the theoretical and practical effects of affect in their ongoing effort to produce engaging, provocative, socially inclusive interactive public art, in and through human-centred design techniques.

Citation

Entwistle, A., Burrows, I., Carroll, F., Thomas, N., Ware, M., & Loudon, G. (2020). Affect and dialogue in collaborative cross-disciplinary research: Developing interactive public art on Cardiff Bay Barrage. Open Cultural Studies, 1(1), 576-590. https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2017-0055

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Dec 14, 2017
Online Publication Date Dec 29, 2017
Publication Date Dec 29, 2020
Deposit Date Jan 24, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Open Cultural Studies
Electronic ISSN 2451-3474
Publisher De Gruyter
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 1
Issue 1
Pages 576-590
DOI https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2017-0055
Keywords interactive public art, site-specificity, affect, human-centred design, social disability, social inclusion
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/901796
Publisher URL https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2017-0055

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