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Orara, Salvador "Affection Research Lab: Affection Stations & The Signal Archive." MFA
, Art Center College of Design, 2012
Keywords/Fields of Study : Affective Computing, Mythological Interaction, Sound, Noise
Abstract: The sound of one’s heartbeat is incidental, yet it's the most important sound to one’s entire being. The Affection Research Lab (ARL) has been created to develop Affection Stations and The Signal Archive, with the mission to become the seed of a device-affection development center and institution. ARL provides a counterpoint to today’s utilitarian computation culture and promotes affective computing and mythological interaction. ARL fosters device-affection through the framework of the electromagnetic activity and incidental sounds of electronic devices. ARL provokes a paradigm shift of our perception of mobile devices by poetically exploring electronic and digital transparency through the sound of electromagnetic activity. Rather than providing awareness or caution ARL instigates the design of electromagnetic activity, being productive with it — harnessing incidental sound. ARL delves into the seemingly organic chaotic nature of our electronic devices to develop human-computer affection and interaction design; and unveils a new way of looking at the inevitable electromagnetic spectrum.
Department: Media Design
, Art Center College of Design
Advisor(s): Philip van Allen, Shannon Herbert, Elise Co, Mike Milley, Casey Anderson, and Norman Klein
