Arts 2014 - Curating the Digital: Spaces for Art and Interaction

xhibitions are central in art but the Catalogues are the most important means of preservation and dissemination. In this workshop we intend to work towards a Digital Arts Catalogue, and look towards a future Digital Arts Gallery for CHI. This workshop builds on the key strength of the CHI Community, research linked to practice, to design an Art Catalog and Art Gallery for CHI. The workshop will start with an examination of current research in curating interactive art. The outcomes of the first phase of the workshop will then feed into a Design Charrette exercise that will involve prototyping an Art Catalog and developing ideas for presenting an Art Gallery as part of a future CHI event. The results from the workshop will then form the basis of an Art in CHI SIG meeting where a wider audience will discuss the nature of the CHI Art Catalog and Gallery.
Authors are invited to submit either, an artifact, exhibition, installation, interactive demonstration or prototype with a standard four- page workshop position paper that addresses the themes of the workshop (below), or an extended 6-8 page paper that will form part of an edited book in the Springer Cultural Computing series, following the workshop. The main themes of the workshop are
Critiquing of the technologies and interaction techniques that we develop as part of our research
Inspiring technologists and HCI researchers for new technologies or new ways to use technology or new ways to study technology
Broadening participation ? via the Catalog and
Aesthetics education in order to educate the CHI community on aesthetics
Promotion of evaluation ? how might a CHI-endorsed Art Catalog and/or Art Gallery give credence to interactive art?
Fostering collaborations between artists and technologists via the Catalog
The workshop takes place in the context of the CHI Arts and Interaction spotlight and more information can be found here http://chi2014.acm.org/communities-spotlights/art-.... Please submit your position papers in ACM Extended abstract format (and a link to any other material that is part of your submission) to David England d.england-AT-ljmu.ac.uk