Program Overview

Introduction to the Module

The module "Place and Space of Interaction" is designed to introduce students to problem areas and designing solutions in relation to embodied interaction in interactive space, places, and installations.

Content, Progress, and Pedagogy of the Module

The module will be conducted as a series of experiments with interactive installations in a particular architectural context. This may include an urban place or stage, architectural setting, a community environment, an exhibition space, etc., where artistic installations are created and tested in relation to providing participant experiences of various kinds.

Courses Offered

In connection with the module, courses may be offered within the following areas:

• Artistic and Academic Methodology IV (Interaction Design)
• Construction of Architectural Interaction Spaces
• Interactive Technologies
• Audio Design
• Aesthetics and Interaction
• Digital Representation II – CAD and Spatial Animation

Objective of the Module

The objective of the module is to introduce students to problem areas and designing solutions in relation to embodied interaction in interactive space, places, and installations.

Learning Objectives

Knowledge

During this module, students should acquire basic knowledge about:

• Creation of interactive spaces and installations that encourage embodied activity and an understanding of the situated locale
• Cybernetic technologies that support active participation
• Mechanical and electronic technologies for the creation of experience and interaction
• Methods and tools for the processing of auditive, tactile, and visual information for the support of active interaction by participants within the installation

Skills

During this module, students should acquire skills in:

• Identifying and formulating an art problem within the theme "Place and Space of Embodied Interaction" possibly including cooperation with external user groups
• Analyzing the problem and developing alternative concepts for a defined problem within a defined context
• The application of audio and other technologies in connection with the design of content for interactive installations and spaces
• Identifying, developing, and describing the interaction between audio and spatial effects, choice of materials, and technological solutions with a view to achieving clear aesthetic expressions and motivating embodied performance
• Selecting appropriate methods in connection with the development of artefacts

Competences

During this module, students should acquire competencies in:

• The creation of interactive spaces and installations with an artistic quality in terms of architecture, interaction patterns, and soundscapes
• Architectural and artistic methodology, including interaction between technology, choice of materials, and aesthetic expressions
• The use of interactive technologies, including control of media, light, and sound
• Contextualizing own artistic solutions (to state-of-art, socio-cultural requisites and consequences, art theoretical and aesthetic dimensions, etc.)
• Describing the completed design at a professional level, and communicating this to external cooperation partners

Type of Instruction

Method of working: Project work in groups

Exam

Exams

• Name of exam: Place and Space of Interaction
• Type of exam: Written and oral exam
• The examination will take the form of a conversation between the student, the examiner, and an external examiner on the basis of the project report prepared by the student(s), which may be in the form of a report or portfolio as well as the product created by the student.
• Number of pages: The written work must not exceed 10 pages per student (15 pages in the case of individual reports).
• Duration of examination: 20 minutes per student and 10 minutes for assessment and communication of grades per group, however, the duration of the examination is a maximum of 2 hours.
• ECTS: 20
• Assessment: 7-point grading scale
• Type of grading: External examination
• Criteria of assessment: The criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination Policies and Procedures

Facts about the Module

• Danish title: Sted og interaktionsrum
• Module code: BAART
• Module type: Project
• Duration: 1 semester
• Semester: Spring
• ECTS: 20
• Language of instruction: English
• Location of the lecture: Campus Aalborg
• Responsible for the module: Stine Lindahl Jacobsen
• Used in: Ba study program in art & technology, 2015

Organisation

• Study Board: Study Board of Art, Health and Technology
• Department: Department of Communication and Psychology
• Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities