Aesthetic emotions in a mixed reality gastrosonic experience : an exploratory study
: Mesz Bruno, Sakdavong Jean-Christophe, Silén Sami, Hopia Anu
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
: 2023
Digital Creativity
: DIGITAL CREATIVITY
: 1462-6268
: 1744-3806
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14626268.2023.2287189
: https://doi.org/10.1080/14626268.2023.2287189
We examine the emergence of aesthetic emotions in an exploratory study on a mixed reality (MR) gastrosonic experience. Participants in an art-science event completed the AESTHEMOS questionnaire on aesthetic emotions and the Multimodal Presence Scale, reporting a wide spectrum of prototypical, pleasant and epistemic emotions. Food enjoyment was correlated with the prototypical aesthetic emotions of fascination and enchantment and feelings of self-presence were correlated with the prototypical emotions of being moved/in awe. Crossmodally matched food was highly congruent with music and visuals. Our findings suggest the relevance of studying environmental aesthetics in the context of these novel eating situations.
Food experience, sonic studies