TY - GEN
T1 - TWIST-YAY! A kinesthetic play experience through a mathematical kinetic sculpture
AU - Kshirsagar, Khushbu
AU - Horn, Michael
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PY - 2023/6/19
Y1 - 2023/6/19
N2 - This interactive art installation presents Twist-Yay!, an isokinetic sculpture that draws fascinating connections with mathematics as a part of its making process. The design of Twist-Yay! is a large-scale, hands-on manifestation of the geometric properties of hexagons and hexagonal tessellation formations using mechanical movements. This installation invites children (and everyone!) to drive the sculpture by physically standing on the central hexagonal piece and twisting clockwise and anti-clockwise to make the sculpture move. The art installation intends to tap into the curiosities of young learners by drawing their attention to pattern-formation and by providing an analog experience with mathematics and art. Twist-Yay! aims to highlight the mathematics at play while the sculpture was being designed; enabling an affinity towards mathematics coupled with a playful full-body experience and mechanistic movements.
AB - This interactive art installation presents Twist-Yay!, an isokinetic sculpture that draws fascinating connections with mathematics as a part of its making process. The design of Twist-Yay! is a large-scale, hands-on manifestation of the geometric properties of hexagons and hexagonal tessellation formations using mechanical movements. This installation invites children (and everyone!) to drive the sculpture by physically standing on the central hexagonal piece and twisting clockwise and anti-clockwise to make the sculpture move. The art installation intends to tap into the curiosities of young learners by drawing their attention to pattern-formation and by providing an analog experience with mathematics and art. Twist-Yay! aims to highlight the mathematics at play while the sculpture was being designed; enabling an affinity towards mathematics coupled with a playful full-body experience and mechanistic movements.
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U2 - 10.1145/3585088.3594491
DO - 10.1145/3585088.3594491
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85169093194
T3 - Proceedings of IDC 2023 - 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference: Rediscovering Childhood
SP - 709
EP - 712
BT - Proceedings of IDC 2023 - 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
T2 - 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference: Rediscovering Childhood, IDC 2023
Y2 - 19 June 2023 through 22 June 2023
ER -