[2C5-E-5] Human interface, education aid: places of design

[2C5-E-5-01] The Influence of Story Creating Activities while Appreciating Abstract Artworks

〇Kotone Tadaki¹, Akinori Abe¹ (1. Chiba University)

Keywords:museum

In this paper, the authors will introduce our experiment to determine the influence of story creation on the appreciation of abstract artworks. From previous researches, it was known that novice viewers tend to dislike abstract artworks than representative artworks because abstract artworks lack the forms. The authors tried to relax this trend by creating a story about the artwork while appreciating. To answer our research question which is “will individual viewers create similar stories for artworks?”, the authors conducted the experiment. The participants answer the worksheet while appreciating abstract artworks and representational artworks. As results, we found out that individual viewers create a similar story to the same artwork from the corresponding analysis and bold lines on the artworks was the important factor to imagine a story. Our result can suggest the possible advantages and disadvantages of using similar activities and how to create effective captions for the artworks.