Affect and Dialogue in Collaborative Cross- Disciplinary Research: Developing Interactive Public Art on Cardiff Bay Barrage

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Author
Entwistle, Alice
Burrows, Inga
Carroll, Fiona
Thomas, Nathan
Ware, Mark
Loudon, Gareth
Date
2017-12-20Acceptance date
2017-12-16
Type
Article
Publisher
De Gruyter Open
ISSN
2451-3474
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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.
Journal/conference proceeding
Open Cultural Studies;
Citation
Entwistle, A., Burrows, I., Carroll, F., Thomas, N., Ware, M. and Loudon, G. (2017) 'Affect and Dialogue in Collaborative Cross- Disciplinary Research: Developing Interactive Public Art on Cardiff Bay Barrage', Open Cultural Studies, 1(1), pp. 576-590
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This article was published in Open Cultural Studies on 20 December 2017, available open access at https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2017-0055
Sponsorship
Cardiff Metropolitan University (Grant ID: Cardiff Metropolian (Internal))