My Definition of Interaction:
After reading “Making Interactive Art: Set the Stage, Then Shut Up and Listen” by Tigoe, I believe interaction is the artist creating a piece of work that the audience can use or interact with to express their thoughts and ideas. The artist and the audience are 50/50. One creates and the other gives the art life.
‘Iris’ by HYBE Studios
This art aligns with my definition of interaction. This interactive media canvas is made of monochrome LCDs that imitate the movement of visitors passing by. This aligns with my definition of interaction because the artist created this piece and the audience has to interact with it for it to have any meaning. For example, excited visitors could jump for joy, and the canvas would mirror that image. This project allows me to better understand interaction because the artist is giving the visitor 100% control of how he/she chooses to interact with the piece. This allows each person to have a personalized experience because the audience has the freedom to express or show anything they would like.
RE:PLACES – Liebl and Schmid-Pfähler
According to my definition, this project would not be interactive art. This is a 3-legged piece of robotic equipment that heats up and compresses colored plastic waste. It then squeezes the waste out to cool and deposits it around the exhibition area. This process does not allow the audience to interact; rather, the machine does all of the work. The audience is just watching; there is no interaction between the robot and the person.