It would seem to me that the more recent work of interactive art tend to stray away from the classic interactive which Huhtamo speaks of. Where the works before were about a user acting upon an artists creation in order to explore and understand it, many of these more recent pieces are the artists creation acting upon the unknowing public. The artists creations are devices of technology programed to act upon the viewer in a way predetermined by the artists, keeping view interaction strictly passive.
In the work "Newtweek" for example, the artist creates his device too impose his altered news articles via a hack through the wireless internet. The viewer most likely doesn't even realize the web page they are viewing is altered at all. Or in the case of of Bismark's "Fulgurator" photographers whos cameras are effected would notice and in doing so may in fact be interacting with the work, however it is an interaction which does not change or effect the work.
Slightly different in presentation would be works such as the "Nemo Observatorium" or the "Listening Post". In the case of these works the viewer is clearly aware that they are experiencing the work of an artist, however their interaction is still strictly passive, and does not alter the presentation of the piece. This passive interaction is the overal theme seen throughout the majority of the winning works in question.
No comments:
Post a Comment