Dr Michael Smyth M.Smyth@napier.ac.uk
Professor
Dr Michael Smyth M.Smyth@napier.ac.uk
Professor
Dr Ingi Helgason i.helgason@napier.ac.uk
Lecturer
Is an interactive new media art installation that explores how the sharing of images, normally hidden on mobile phones, can reveal more about people's sense of place and this ultimately shared experience. Traditional views on sense of place, as exemplified by Wagner (1972) and Relph (1976), characterise the experience as a fusion of meaning, act and context. Indeed, Relph suggests that it is not just the identity of a place that is important, but also the identity that a person or group has with that place, in particular whether they are experiencing it as an ‘insider’ or ‘outsider’. This work stimulates debate concerning the impact of technology on sense of place. Technology offers a number of bridges between the real and virtual worlds, but in so doing places an increased tension on the sense of place and subsequently the identity of the individual. This, coupled with the increased use of camera phones, has enabled the documentation of all aspects of our lives, the things we do, the objects we encounter and the places we inhabit. The installation taps into these hidden electronic resources by letting people share their sense of place associated with a large scale event. The work explores the changing nature of the sense of place of performers, visitors and residents over the duration of the event. Interaction with the installation will transform the viewer into performer, echoing Relph’s insider-outsider dichotomy
Publication Date | 2009 |
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Deposit Date | Jan 6, 2010 |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Book Title | Proceedings of ISEA 09 |
Keywords | sense of place; mobile phone images; identity; experience; technology; |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3534 |
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