Workshops
2017 ERC CREATIV Workshop 2
The second annual ERC CREATIV workshop was held on May 31 - June 1, 2017 at the Maison de la Mutualité in Paris. The goal is to deepen our understanding of the basic principles of co-adaptive systems, instrumental interaction and substrates, and brainstorm how we can extend them in new directions, taking advantage of the particpants' existing research with creative professionals.
About
Our long-term, admittedly ambitious, goal is to create a unified theory of interaction grounded in how people interact with the world. Our principles of co-adaptive systems, instrumental interaction and substrates offer a generative design approach for supporting creative activities, from early exploration to implementation.
This is a hands-on workshop, not a mini-conference, so you do not need to prepare a talk. However, we do want to hear about your work, which we will use as the foundation for our discussions. We have planned evening events, including a cocktail at Michel and Wendy's apartment on Tuesday evening, a dinner cruise on the Seine on Wednesday evening, and a visit to the Musée d'Orsay followed by dinner on Thursday evening. The workshop will be held at the Maison de la Mutualité in Paris (maps to follow).
Schedule
Tuesday evening
Cocktail party
18:00 - 22:00
Wendy & Michel's
1 rue Ernest Cresson, code 611
RER/métro: Denfert Rochereau
Wednesday am
Plenary session
Maison de la Mutualité
Metro: Mutualité Maubert
Overview by Wendy & Michel, with illustrated short demonstrations by Ph.D. students.
Introductions by participants, with an optional three-minute (max) video or demo.
Discussion of proposed activities and the goals of the workshop, with lunch discussion topics.
Wednesday lunch
All
Maison de la Mutualité
Metro: Mutualité Maubert
Wednesday pm
Small groups
Maison de la Mutualité
Metro: Mutualité Maubert
Warm up: Redefine selected interaction techniques/systems in terms of these principles.
Main exercise: Select examples from participants, reframe and then extend with the principles.
Final presentation: Describe and discuss the new technique/system.
Wednesday evening
Dinner cruise
Captitaine Fracasse
L'Ile aux Cygnes, 75015
Métro: Bir Hakeim
Boarding at 20:15, leave at 20:45
Thursday am
*Small groups*
Maison de la Mutualité
Video prototyping: the new technique/system.
Final presentation:* Present each group's video prototype.
Thursday lunch
All
Local restaurants
11 rue Monge
7 rue des Ecoles
Thursday pm
Plenary session
Discussion of what we learned, remaining challenges and where we go from here.
Thursday evening
Visit + dinner Musée d'Orsay
1 rue de la Légion d'Honneur
Visit from 18:30; dinner at 20:30
Places & directions
Maison de la Mutualité, Paris, France
