Contemplative interaction: alternating between immersion and reflection

  • Authors:
  • Lone Koefoed Hansen

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Aarhus, Helsingforsgade, DK, Aarhus

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 4th decennial conference on Critical computing: between sense and sensibility
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

Understanding the relationship between user and artefact in interfaces moving beyond transparency and into experience provision, is becoming an important area within HCI. The user-artefact relationship is central to aesthetics dealing with contemplation, a term describing how the artwork makes the user alternate between reflection and immersion. By analysing two interactive artefacts, an artwork and a design proposal, this paper investigates how contemplation appears in and can be transferred to interactive artefacts aimed at providing seductive, fun and interesting experiences.