PsyErgo auf der TEI’25 Konferenz in Bordeaux, Frankreich

Auf der Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction (TEI) treffen sich Forscher:innen, Designer:innen und Künstler:innen um über greifbare interaktive Technologien und verkörperte Interaktionen zu diskutieren. In allen auf der TEI präsentierten Arbeiten liegt der Fokus darauf, wie digitale und physische Elemente sinnvoll in neuen interaktiven Technologien verbunden werden können. Die 19. Auflage der TEI-Konferenz fand in diesem Jahr in Bordeaux, Frankreich statt.

Zu Beginn der Konferenz besuchten Tamara Friedenberger und Sara Wolf das Studio Sensory Data Dialogues: A Somaesthetic Exploration of Bordeaux through Five Senses, während Jörn Hurtienne das Graduate Student Consortium leitete.

Im Laufe der Konferenz stellten die PsyErgos weitere Beiträge vor:

• Tamara Friedenberger präsentierte ihr Paper Size Doesn’t Matter? Down-Scaling a Data Physicalization Does Not Measurably Change Viewers’ Mediated Social Interactions.
• Sara Wolf und Tamara Friedenberger präsentierten die Work-in-Progress-Arbeit Wax Arts With Honeybees – Taking First Steps Toward Multispecies Co-Creation.
• Sara Wolf präsentierte zusammen mit Caroline Claisse (Open Lab, Newcastle University) das Pictorial Resound: A Moment of Reflection in a Techno-Spiritual RtD Inquiry und stellte das dazugehörige Artefakt, die Resound sphere, im Rahmen der Demo-Session im Musée d'Art Contemporain in Bordeaux aus.

Size Doesn’t Matter? Down-Scaling a Data Physicalization Does Not Measurably Change Viewers’ Mediated Social Interactions

Abstract: Data physicalizations are physical artifacts that represent data across sensory modalities. They are frequently used in informal learning environments, such as museums, which are inherently social spaces. Research on the design choices for data physicalizations and their effects in social contexts is sparse. Previous work examining the size of data physicalizations shows a tendency to favor larger designs to increase artefact-mediated social interactions among viewers (social engagement), but the empirical evidence remains inconclusive. To address this, we empirically investigated the effect of data physicalization size on social engagement and user experience. In this laboratory study, the social engagement between two viewers freely interacting with a data physicalization is analyzed across two sizes. The results do not indicate a clear advantage of a larger design for increasing social engagement. Thus, investing additional effort and material resources in making a physicalization larger would compromise sustainability for no measurable change in social engagement.

Referenz: Friedenberger, T., & Hurtienne, J. (2025). Size Doesn’t Matter? Down-Scaling a Data Physicalization Does Not Measurably Change Viewers’ Mediated Social Interactions. Paper presented at the Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction. https://doi.org/10.1145/3689050.3704947

Wax Arts With Honeybees – Taking First Steps Toward Multispecies Co-Creation

Abstract: Centuries of beekeeping restricted the honeybees’ role to a producer of raw material, such as honey or wax, which is then harvested and processed, resulting in all artistic value being added by humans. In this project, we regard honeybees (Apis mellifera) as co-creators and explore the joint creations of our two species. During our first season, we scoped the co-creative space over the course of four months. We present image material of sculptures that exceed bees’ natural building behavior and contribute preliminary insights on artifacts originating from human-bee co-creation. We reflect on how human-introduced wax shapes made the bees deviate from their regular comb forms and discuss future paths of multi-species co-creation, temporality, material as well as ethical aspects. Our preliminary insights raise questions to be developed in discussions with the TEI community and answered in future work during the upcoming bee seasons.

Referenzen: Huber, S., Friedenberger, T., Borlinghaus, P., & Wolf, S. (2025). Wax Arts With Honeybees – Taking First Steps Toward Multispecies Co-Creation. Paper presented at the Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction. https://doi.org/10.1145/3689050.3705990

Resound: A Moment of Reflection in a Techno-Spiritual RtD Inquiry

Abstract: We present 'Resound', a Research through Design inquiry into alternative techno-spiritual practices of a UK Buddhist community, informed by a first-person and participatory approach with the members. In this pictorial we portray a moment of reflection as we consolidate our design work towards deployment with the community. We introduce the Resound Sphere, a materialisation of our learning and speculations to date, designed as a research product to empirically explore alternatives for how tangible interaction could mediate religious/spiritual practices. We contribute with the framing of a design space, the presentation of our design approach and artefact response to this design space.

Referenz: Claisse, C., Chatting, D., Wolf, S., Morris, B., & Durrant, A. C. (2025). Resound: A Moment of Reflection in a Techno-Spiritual RtD Inquiry. Paper presented at the Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction. https://doi.org/10.1145/3689050.3704422