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2019 (English)In: Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, ACM , 2019, p. 1-12, article id 677Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Sound Forest is a music installation consisting of a room with light-emitting interactive strings, vibrating platforms and speakers, situated at the Swedish Museum of Performing Arts. In this paper we present an exploratory study focusing on evaluation of Sound Forest based on picture cards and interviews. Since Sound Forest should be accessible for everyone, regardless age or abilities, we invited children, teens and adults with physical and intellectual disabilities to take part in the evaluation. The main contribution of this work lies in its fndings suggesting that multisensory platforms such as Sound Forest, providing whole-body vibrations, can be used to provide visitors of diferent ages and abilities with similar associations to musical experiences. Interviews also revealed positive responses to haptic feedback in this context. Participants of diferent ages used diferent strategies and bodily modes of interaction in Sound Forest, with activities ranging from running to synchronized music-making and collaborative play.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
ACM, 2019
Series
CHI ’19
Keywords
accessible digital musical instruments, evaluation of music systems, haptic feedback, music installations, music production
National Category
Media and Communication Technology Interaction Technologies Media Engineering Human Computer Interaction Music
Research subject
Media Technology; Human-computer Interaction; Art, Technology and Design
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-250780 (URN)10.1145/3290605.3300907 (DOI)000474467908056 ()
Conference
CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Projects
Ljudskogen
Note
QC 20190625
2019-05-062019-05-062019-07-29Bibliographically approved