Participation Gestalt: Analysing Participatory Qualities of Interaction in Public Space
summary
Defines a five‑axis Participation Gestalt—expressivity, exposure, investment, sociality—and a visualization that maps how these qualities unfold over time. Applies it to four installations: Runetable (private rune creation later exposed), Talkaoke (high expressivity and investment, low persistence and sociality), Climate Confession Booth (recorded confessions pushed to city displays), and Aarhus By Light (very high exposure, low persistence and modest expressivity; social interaction spikes unpredictably). Argues gestalts are dynamic and proposes using the profiles as design heuristics.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Start
- 3:44X Passivity
- 5:13Exposure
- 5:51Sociality
- 6:30Persistence
- 8:20Case the Climate Confession Booth
- 10:42Expressivity
- 12:37Summary
- 13:12The Tokyo Key
- 14:03Final Closing Observations
- 14:20Final Conclusions
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