The Dial: Exploring Computational Strangeness [Elektronisk resurs]

• This paper describes the process of a computational ideaemerging from a process of user engagement: algorithmicrecommendations as artistic obstructions in creativework. Through a collaboration between HCI and Music InformationRetrieval, we conducted open-ended interviewswith professional makers of Electronic Dance Music. Wedescribe how the idea emerged from this process, and considerhow algorithmic recommendation systems could bere-considered as tools for artistic inspiration. We proposethe concept of a “Strangeness Dial,” which allows the gradualadjustment of the degree of desired otherness, which istested through the use of a non-functional prop and a seriesof interviews. 

Ämnesord

Natural Sciences  (hsv)

Computer and Information Sciences  (hsv)

Human Computer Interaction  (hsv)

Naturvetenskap  (hsv)

Data- och informationsvetenskap  (hsv)

Människa-datorinteraktion (interaktionsdesign)  (hsv)

Human-computer Interaction  (kth)

Människa-datorinteraktion  (kth)

Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

Participatory; recommendation; defamiliarisation; interviews; creativity