ARTiVIS Building a world wide community environment monitoring platform one prototype at a time

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1 ARTiVIS Building a world wide community environment monitoring platform one prototype at a time Mónica Mendes [FBAUL + M-ITI + UT Austin Portugal Program] Pedro Ângelo [void.io + UT Austin Portugal Program] Narrative Strategies Symposium Prototyping the Invisible Ponta do Sol, Madeira

2 Looking at webcams feed for surf info

3 + aesthetic contemplation: as windows to nature

4 » How can we creatively use real-time video as raw material for artistic experiments?

5 & what if we use it for forest protection? As researchers and designers exploring arts practices, we can also play a role for efective change in people's behavior regarding forests protection Quinta de Santo André at Maçal do Chão: months after a forest fire, 1994

6 & what if we use it for forest protection? As researchers and designers exploring arts practices, we can also play a role for efective change in people's behavior regarding forests protection Quinta de Santo André at Maçal do Chão: reforestation 18 years later, 2012

7 ARTiVIS Arts, Real-Time Video and Interactivity for Sustainability Art + Activism Environmental causes Challenge: raw material Artistic explorations Research innovative concepts and design methods

8 Process

9 ARTiVIS Practice-based exploratory research

10 ARTiVIS Collaborative Multidisciplinary

11 ARTiVIS & Presentations» Publicly presented in exhibitions, demos, hackmeets, school visits, summer school: proposed (ACM MM 2010, AZ Labs, Creative Algorithms, SXSW 2011, TEI 2011, ACE 2011, Sci Art 2011, DIS 2012) + invited (Pop Up City Lisbon, SINAIS residency, Pop Up Guimarães 2012, High schools 2013)» Research iterations

12 The ARTiVIS network

13 ARTiVIS Project Overview

14 ARTiVIS Online Platform

15 ARTiVIS DiY Forest Surveillance Kit

16 ARTiVIS B-Wind! What is the feeling of becoming the invisible wind? Will you cherish the trees, or will you trigger a hurricane? B-Wind!

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18 ARTiVIS B-Wind! System architecture

19 ARTiVIS B-Wind! Sketching

20 ARTiVIS B-Wind! Sketching

21 ARTiVIS B-Wind! Hardware Prototyping WHY HOW WHAT HOW MUCH WHAT ELSE

22 ARTiVIS B-Wind! Experience Prototyping

23 ARTiVIS Everyone should hug a real tree every now and then... Hug@ree and engage into a symbiotic relationship with nature

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25 ARTiVIS System architecture

26 ARTiVIS Sketching

27 ARTiVIS Sketching Connectedness

28 ARTiVIS Hug a Tree in Africa

29 ARTiVIS Hug a Tree in Africa

30 Hug a Tree in Africa

31 ARTiVIS Hug a tree in Africa

32 ARTiVIS Hardware Prototyping

33 ARTiVIS Play with Fire Challenging constraints, don t play with fre is the motto for this experience, assuming both wild and innocent sides, rebellion and protectionism

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35 ARTiVIS Play with Fire System Architecture

36 ARTiVIS Play with Fire Sketching

37 ARTiVIS Play with Fire Hardware Prototyping

38 ARTiVIS Play with Fire Experience Prototyping

39 Evaluating the Intangible

40 Provocations» Need» Motivation Need for evaluation was triggered by this kind of feedback in early submissions: (...) The project is interesting and the goal is relatively worthwhile. However, the alignment between what is being attempted and what the tangible results might be are entirely speculative and fundamentally, unpersuasive. [FCT evaluation panel comments, June 2010]

41 ARTiVIS What about evaluation? Traditional HCI usability evaluation: is the system useful, easy to learn and use, satisfying? *Relevant* but not enough:» Measuring what? Usability, aesthetic values, long lasting impact?» How to evaluate the holistic experience? And what about the environmental awareness?

42 ARTiVIS Evaluation challenges Traditional HCI usability evaluation: is the system useful, easy to learn and use, satisfying? *Relevant* but not enough:» Measuring what? Usability, aesthetic values, long lasting impact?» How to evaluate the holistic experience? And what about the environmental awareness?

43 ARTiVIS Observation B-Wind! exhibition video surveillance B-Wind! exhibition surveillance Montemor-o-Novo, 82h recorded video

44 ARTiVIS Content Analysis first impressions. Construct elicitation inspired by RGT* 4 iterations Lisbon, Maçal do Chão, Los Angeles, 83 surveys *Repertory Grid Technique

45 ARTiVIS Experience dimensions Correlation of Play with Fire with Environmental Awareness Learning 1 Emotional Engagement 0.5 Usability 0 Aesthetic Enjoyment Playful Experience

46 ARTiVIS Evaluation results & further iterations Applying HCI practice to Art contexts: successful experience» Users show emotional response» Environmental awareness is apparent in results» Learning is a key factor in environmental awareness + Explore further links between Art and HCI + Non-verbal data gathering through instrumentation

47 Conclusions & Perspectives

48 ARTiVIS Prototyping the intangible Fake it 'till you make it» Use paper, video, role-play, wizard of oz» Always beta: iterate, iterate, iterate» Involve collaborators as stakeholders» Have fun

49 ARTiVIS Ongoing and Future work» Autonomous DIY kit» Online platform completion» Interactive installations refinements Empower local communities to use low-cost sensors to capture, process and benefit from their environmental data.

50 Professors Nuno Correia and Sílvia Chicó Pedro Ângelo Valentina Nisi Christa Sommerer AZ Labs: altlab, LCD and xda Ricardo Lobo, Guilherme Martins, Ricardo Webbens, Filipe Cruz, João Carvalho, Maurício Martins, Catarina Mota, Tiago Serra Ferdinand Meier, Filipe Pais, Sérgio Ferreira, Vítor Lago, Margarida Faria, Marco Moura, Paulo Martins, João Ferreira Support at Maçal do Chão: Fernando Mendes, Valter Cruz, André Correia, and Mayor Daniel Cadete Colleagues Moisés Coelho, Rossana Santos, Cláudia Pernencar, Luís Frias, Luísa Ribas FBAUL and CIEBA Sci Art UCLA,Victoria Vesna, Adam Stieg Tito da Costa, Miguel Pedreira, António Carvalho, Ana Ribas, Ben Marcus, Tiffany Trenda FCT Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology UT Austin Portugal Program/Colab and Sharon Strover, Karen Gustafson, Prentiss Riddle, Rosental Alves, Nancy Schiesary, Karen Kocher, Ben Bays, Luiza Oliveira, Carolina Enes, ISDT M-ITI: SINAIS, Nuno Nunes, Filipe Quintal, Lucas Pereira, Ian Oakley Subvertice and Miguel Rosa O Espaço do Tempo and Rui Horta, Ana Carina Paulino, Nuno Motta, António Costa, Francisco Gomes Ciência Viva Artica InMotion, Filipe Valpereiro Survey participants: PopUp Lisboa, Maçal do Chão, AZ Labs, PopUp Guimarães, UCLA + My family: parents, sisters and nephews info@artivis.net Thank You