Re-powering Senior Citizens with Interactive Art Making Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • 2018 Copyright is held by the owner/author(s). The paper presents a case study on how older adults interactive art making activities improve their quality of life. Research has shown that art-making is an effective way of working with older adults to combat social and health-related issues. We conducted a case study of the interactive art workshop for eight weeks at a local art council. The art workshop consisted of three major activities that integrated with simple interactive techniques: interactive sound painting, light-up card, and interactive soft object. Overall, participants were very engaged throughout all activities. We found that interactive technology in art/crafts activities held great potential for positively engaging older adults and significantly improving their daily lives by inspiring creativity and self-expression, fostering collaborations and intergenerational relationships.

name of conference

  • Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

published proceedings

  • Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

author list (cited authors)

  • Seo, J. H., Copeland, B. M., Sungkajun, A., Gonzalez, K., & Mathews, N.

citation count

  • 7

complete list of authors

  • Seo, Jinsil Hwaryoung||Copeland, Benjamin Michael||Sungkajun, Annie||Gonzalez, Karla I Chang||Mathews, Nicole

publication date

  • April 2018