Analysis of Affective Behavior in the Artistic Installation Moviescape

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to study the correlation between attention and affective response when a user interacts with the artistic installation MovieScape - an Extended Immersive Digital Music Instrument. We analyzed the affective modulation in ten subjects. For that, we applied Affective Slider and audiosegmentation on the recorded performances of a Circumplex Space (a 2D Circumplex Model of Affect) to apply quantitative metrics and divide the interaction in Explorative and Contemplative states. In our paper we propose this as a unifying conceptual framework for analysing affective behavior within interactive installation such as MS. Overall, the analyses present an increase of Arousal after the interaction of the subjects within the environment, and a correlation between the Explorative interaction and the increment of Arousal which confirms the improvement in attention. Eventually, an inductive mechanism of expectancy occurred. These conclusions open up for potential in designing EIDMIs for therapeutic and pedagogical purposes. Also, these findings may also prove that subjects reached Creative Empowerment while becoming aware of MovieScape.