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- Börütecene, Ahmet, 1983-, et al.
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Looking at Future Venice(s) through Coffee Grounds : Coffee Cup Reading as a Method for Creating Speculative Design Fictions
- 2022
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Ingår i: Creativity and Cognition. - New York, NY, USA : ACM. - 9781450393270 ; , s. 643-645
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Coffee cup reading is a popular social activity in some cultures and seen as a playful way of speculating on a person's past, present and future life. If we think of coffee cup reading as a way to envision futures, can we use this practice as a method for creating speculative design fictions? This paper proposes a workshop in which 10 people living in Venice will enact future inhabitants of the city and read each other's coffee cup in pairs to create speculative design fictions that envision Venice in 2030. The workshop will result in a catalogue of design fictions comprising text and drawings produced by each pair that will present different future visions for Venice. After the exhibition, this catalogue will be exhibited in a dedicated online space to present the design fictions and photos and/or videos created during the workshop as well as visitors' feedback. The workshop aims to provide insights about how coffee cup reading as a traditional way of looking into possible futures could be used as a low-threshold design activity to reveal urban inhabitants’ visions and concerns towards uncertain futures as well as today's challenges.
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- Jonsson, Martin, 1973-, et al.
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Cracking the code : Co-coding with AI in creative programming education
- 2022
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Ingår i: ACM International Conference Proceeding Series. - New York, NY, USA : Association for Computing Machinery. - 9781450393270 ; , s. 5-14
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper presents a study of a group of university students using generative machine learning to translate from natural language to computer code. The study explores how the use of the AI tool can be understood in terms of co-creation, focusing on the one hand on how the tool may serve as a resource for understanding and learning, and on the other hand how the tool affects the creative processes. Findings show how the participants search for a 'correct' syntax in their instructions to the machine learning tool, and how the inconsistent and erroneous behavior can work as a way to generate clues and inspiration for generating creative expressions. The notion of friction is used to describe how systems like this can serve to both lower thresholds for programming, and also interfere with the creative processes, encouraging reflection and exploration of alternative solutions.
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- Kannabiran, Gopinaath, et al.
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Exploring Kolam As An Ecofeminist Computational Art Practice
- 2022
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Ingår i: Creativity and Cognition (C&C '22). - New York, USA : Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). - 9781450393270 ; , s. 336-349
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this pictorial, we present Kolam, a visual artform originating in Tamilnadu, South India, as an ecofeminist computational art practice. We provide a visual documentation of Kolam's Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) through eight characteristics based on existing research and authors’ personal experiences as Kolam practitioners. We begin by framing Kolam as an ecofeminist practice, highlighting cultural and ecological characteristics of Kolam as a Tamil tradition. We then illustrate evolving hybrid multimedia and contemporary technological practices that characterize Kolam as computational art. Our aim is to present a cohesive and compelling visual narrative using the artwork of authors and four contemporary Kolam practitioners to inspire creativity and highlight challenges for relational knowledge production in design and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) research.
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- Landwehr Sydow, Sophie, 1987-, et al.
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Modding the Pliable Machine : Unpacking the Creative and Social Practice of Upkeep at the Makerspace
- 2022
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Ingår i: ACM International Conference Proceeding Series. - New York : Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). - 9781450393270 ; , s. 220-233, s. 220-233
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- As digital fabrication machines have become more accessible and widely available, practitioners in maker communities have become increasingly responsive to the opportunities to achieve bespoke modifications, known colloquially as modding'. Drawing on interviews with five experienced makers who engage in modding a laser cutter, along with ethnographic observations of maker-machine interactions, we analyse makers' experiences and war stories' to frame modding as a prevalent but less explored maker activity. We highlight how makers care for machines, how they cope with risks when engaging in modding, and how mods are essentially creative projects. Based on our findings, we present the conceptualisation of the pliable machine' - a socio-technical system constituted by, (1) an accessible machine that can be altered, (2) maker skills that go beyond intended use, and (3) a surrounding maker culture' of caring, sharing and experimentation. Treating the machine as a material offers an alternative perspective on our interactions with technology; we show how the laser cutter becomes pliable in the hands of those who mod.
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- Yurman, Paulina, et al.
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Drawing Conversations Mediated by AI
- 2022
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Ingår i: Creativity and Cognition (C&C '22). - New York, USA : Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). - 9781450393270 ; , s. 56-70
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this pictorial paper, we present a series of drawing conversations held between two humans, mediated by computational GAN models. We consider how this creative collaboration is affected by the hybrid inclusion of more-than-human participants in the form of watercolour and artificial intelligence. Our drawing experiments were an extension of our search for new ways of seeing and telling, which includes a reflection of the extent to which more-than-human elements took part in our creative process. We discuss our tendencies to form strange interpretations and assign meaning to the unpredictable and ambiguous spaces we created with them. We further speculate on the characteristic material agencies they revealed in our interactions with them. Finally, we contend how such collaborations are already and always embedded and embodied in our ways of seeing and knowing in design and creativity research.
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- Yurman, Paulina, et al.
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Venetian Drawing Conversations
- 2022
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Ingår i: Creativity and Cognition (C&C '22). - New York, USA : Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). - 9781450393270 ; , s. 457-461, s. 457-461
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This one-day workshop invites designers, researchers and practitioners whose work might involve design, to collectively speculate about designed artefacts and technologies through the creation of drawing conversations: visual dialogues resulting from the merging of drawings created by different people. The workshop aims to use drawing as an activity for collaborative engagement with ambiguity, interpretation and mutual learning. Through drawing activities, we aim to join in Venice's rich creative traditions, and develop speculative visualisations in order to find common grounds between the diverse research interests of our organisers and participants.
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