Museum AD: A Transdisciplinary Encounter

Randaccio, Monica

doi:10.13137/2421-6763/17359

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“…Embodied museography highlights the importance of multisensory qualities, and the authors argue that through embodiment and digital technologies, museums "can create new levels of aesthetic and interpretative experience" [43, p. 3]. Neves [56], Randaccio [59], and Classen [17] further discuss how those multisensory qualities create an inclusive museum experience by rendering its space accessible to audiences with disabilities. Wang [77] states that the engagement of the senses beyond the visual in the museum space has a central role in the creation of immersive experiences, and may positively impact visitor satisfaction and stimulate "emotion, reminiscence, and education" [77, p. 16].…”

Section: Substitutional Reality and Sensory Experiences In Museumsmentioning

confidence: 99%

We Dare You: A Lifecycle Study of a Substitutional Reality Installation in a Museum Space

Ioannidis,

Eklund,

Løvlie

2020

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In this article, we present a lifecycle study of We Dare You, a Substitutional Reality (SR) installation that combines visual and tactile stimuli. The installation is set up in a center for architecture, and invites visitors to explore its facade while playing with vertigo, in a visual Virtual Reality (VR) environment that replicates the surrounding physical space of the installation. Drawing on an ethnographic approach, including observations and interviews, we researched the exhibit from its opening, through the initial months plagued by technical problems, its subsequent success as a social and playful installation, on to its closure, due to COVID-19, and its subsequent reopening. Our findings explore the challenges caused by both the hybrid nature of the installation, as well as the visitors' playful use of the installation which made the experience social and performativebut also caused some problems. We also discuss the problems We Dare You faced in light of hygiene demands due to COVID-19. The analysis contrasts the design processes and expectations of stakeholders with the audience's playful appropriation, which led the stakeholders to see the installation as both a success and a failure. Evaluating the design and redesign through use on behalf of visitors, we argue that an approach that further opens up the post-production experience to a process of continuous redesign based on the user input -what has been termed "design-after-design" -could facilitate the design of similar experiences in the museum and heritage sector, supporting a participatory agenda in the design process, and helping to resolve the tension between stakeholders' expectations and visitors' playful appropriations.CCS Concepts: • Human-centered computing → Empirical studies in interaction design; Empirical studies in HCI.

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Section: Substitutional Reality and Sensory Experiences In Museumsmentioning

confidence: 99%