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Experiencing the Carolan Guitar

Published: 07 May 2016 Publication History

Abstract

Carolan is an acoustic guitar that has been decorated with interactive patterns that can be scanned using a mobile camera so as to connect to a digital record of how the instrument was made, where it has been and who has played it. Carolan was created as a travelling technology probe to explore the concept of accountable artefects, everyday objects that connect to and draw on rich digital records in order to tell meaningful stories of provenance and use. This demonstration will enable participants to encounter Carolan, scan its inlaid patterns, explore its extensive digital record and to play it and contribute to its record if they wish.

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Steve Benford, Adrian Hazzard, Alan Chamberlain, Kevin Glover, Chris Greenhalgh, Liming Xu, Michaela Hoare, Dimitrios Darzentas, Accountable Artefacts: the Case of the Carolan Guitar, CHI 2016, San Jose, May 2016, ACM
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    CHI EA '16: Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
    May 2016
    3954 pages
    ISBN:9781450340823
    DOI:10.1145/2851581
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    1. archiving
    2. augmented reality
    3. digital record
    4. guitar
    5. internet of things
    6. music
    7. physical artefact
    8. provenance
    9. technology probe

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    May 7 - 12, 2016
    California, San Jose, USA

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