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Ekkomaten: an auditory interface to the 18^th century city of Aarhus

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Ditte Amund Basballe,

Morten Breinbjerg,

Jonas FritschAuthors Info & Claims

NordiCHI '12: Proceedings of the 7th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Making Sense Through Design

Pages 742 - 745

https://doi.org/10.1145/2399016.2399130

Published: 14 October 2012 Publication History

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In this paper we describe the design of and concept behind the interactive urban installation Ekkomaten. Ekkomaten was designed for an 18^th century festival that took place in Aarhus, Denmark in March 2012. The installation functions as a listening device that can supposedly capture and play echoes from the past. The idea behind Ekkomaten is to provide an auditory interface that explores the use of sound to document and shape the perception of a particular location. By operating the physical machine people can uncover site-specific echoes in the form of 'auditory tableaux's that are inspired by historical events dramatized as radio plays. Through its physical design inspired by 18^th century phantasy machines and pre-radar listening devices, Ekkomaten engages people affectively in the interaction with the hidden stories of the city.

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NordiCHI '12: Proceedings of the 7th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Making Sense Through Design

October 2012

834 pages

ISBN:9781450314824

DOI:10.1145/2399016

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Lone Malmborg
IT University of Copenhagen
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IT University of Copenhagen

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October 14 - 17, 2012

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