Abstract:
This paper describes an action research project
based on the process of designing the visualisation of
heart and breath rate data for the interactive artwork
Cardiomorphologies. The project aimed to realise the
affective goals of the artist as closely as possible by
studying the audience experience of the visualisations
and incorporating the findings into an iterative design
process. The qualities of richness and ambiguity were
found to contribute to the achievement of the artists’
two major aims: 1) to create a sense of integrated
physical and mental engagement with the work and 2)
to create a reflective state in which participants
consider correlations between their thoughts and
specific physiological states.
