Raaz: A Transdisciplinary Exploration at the Intersection of Bioart, HCI, and Community Engagement
Living organisms and their biological properties, including the capacity for transformation and representation of information, offer exciting and inspiring opportunities for transdisciplinary art and design explorations. While an emerging body of work is increasingly investigating the possibilities...
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| author | Lydia Stamato Erin Higgins Hasan Mahmud Prottoy S. Nisa Asgarali-Hoffman Lisa Scheifele Lisa Scheifele Linda Dusman Tagide deCarvalho Teresa Ascencao Foad Hamidi |
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| description | Living organisms and their biological properties, including the capacity for transformation and representation of information, offer exciting and inspiring opportunities for transdisciplinary art and design explorations. While an emerging body of work is increasingly investigating the possibilities at the intersection of interactive computing, biology, and art, more work is needed to investigate the potential of these approaches for supporting community and public engagement and participation in art, science, and technology. In this project, we describe a multimedia transdisciplinary bioart installation and hands-on agar art activity that we presented to members of the public in a community biology lab setting. Using short interviews, observations, and questionaries, we investigated attendees' reactions and impressions of the experience and found that the event generated transdisciplinary reflections, invited participants to bring their previous knowledge and experience to bear in engaging with different aspects of the work, and that the audience benefited from contextualization by artists. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6699a9b1e8b5468eb50f58eebf722b702022-12-22T00:03:46ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Computer Science2624-98982022-03-01410.3389/fcomp.2022.830959830959Raaz: A Transdisciplinary Exploration at the Intersection of Bioart, HCI, and Community EngagementLydia Stamato0Erin Higgins1Hasan Mahmud Prottoy2S. Nisa Asgarali-Hoffman3Lisa Scheifele4Lisa Scheifele5Linda Dusman6Tagide deCarvalho7Teresa Ascencao8Foad Hamidi9Department of Information Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, MD, United StatesDepartment of Information Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, MD, United StatesDepartment of Information Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, MD, United StatesInformation School, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United StatesBaltimore Underground Science Space (BUGSS), Baltimore, MD, United StatesDepartment of Biology, Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, MD, United StatesDepartment of Music, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, MD, United StatesKeith Porter Imaging Facility, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, MD, United StatesArts Unfold, Toronto, ON, CanadaDepartment of Information Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, MD, United StatesLiving organisms and their biological properties, including the capacity for transformation and representation of information, offer exciting and inspiring opportunities for transdisciplinary art and design explorations. While an emerging body of work is increasingly investigating the possibilities at the intersection of interactive computing, biology, and art, more work is needed to investigate the potential of these approaches for supporting community and public engagement and participation in art, science, and technology. In this project, we describe a multimedia transdisciplinary bioart installation and hands-on agar art activity that we presented to members of the public in a community biology lab setting. Using short interviews, observations, and questionaries, we investigated attendees' reactions and impressions of the experience and found that the event generated transdisciplinary reflections, invited participants to bring their previous knowledge and experience to bear in engaging with different aspects of the work, and that the audience benefited from contextualization by artists.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomp.2022.830959/fullhuman-computer interactionliving media interfacespoetrybioartDNA |
| spellingShingle | Lydia Stamato Erin Higgins Hasan Mahmud Prottoy S. Nisa Asgarali-Hoffman Lisa Scheifele Lisa Scheifele Linda Dusman Tagide deCarvalho Teresa Ascencao Foad Hamidi Raaz: A Transdisciplinary Exploration at the Intersection of Bioart, HCI, and Community Engagement Frontiers in Computer Science human-computer interaction living media interfaces poetry bioart DNA |
| title | Raaz: A Transdisciplinary Exploration at the Intersection of Bioart, HCI, and Community Engagement |
| title_full | Raaz: A Transdisciplinary Exploration at the Intersection of Bioart, HCI, and Community Engagement |
| title_fullStr | Raaz: A Transdisciplinary Exploration at the Intersection of Bioart, HCI, and Community Engagement |
| title_full_unstemmed | Raaz: A Transdisciplinary Exploration at the Intersection of Bioart, HCI, and Community Engagement |
| title_short | Raaz: A Transdisciplinary Exploration at the Intersection of Bioart, HCI, and Community Engagement |
| title_sort | raaz a transdisciplinary exploration at the intersection of bioart hci and community engagement |
| topic | human-computer interaction living media interfaces poetry bioart DNA |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomp.2022.830959/full |
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