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Chapter 6
Interaction Aesthetics and Ubiquitous Music
Damián Keller , Nuno Otero , Victor Lazzarini , Marcelo Soares Pimenta ,
Maria Helena de Lima , Marcelo Johann , and Leandro Costalonga
6.1
Introduction
Two recent approaches to interaction design have good potential to address creative
practice in everyday settings: interaction aesthetics and ubiquitous music. We dis-
cuss the theoretical and methodological issues raised by both perspectives and high-
light the similarities and differences among the two approaches. Through the
analysis of a series of experiments, a common theme emerges: relational properties
may provide a useful target for creativity-oriented experimental work.
The fi rst section presents the conceptual and methodological issues raised by
interaction aesthetics research. Engagement, temporal patterns of behavior, alterna-
tive forms of design with innovative material combinations, and user identities
inserted in cultural contexts are approached through methods based on situated
experience, consensual rationale, and refl ective practice. A recent defi nition of
ubiquitous music encompasses the issues dealt within interaction aesthetics and
highlights the need to account for everyday creative phenomena. Creative poten-
tials, everyday creativity, and distributed creativity emerge as targets for the
