MY DEFINITION OF INTERACTION

• “a cyclic process in which two actors alternately listen, think, and speak.”(WHAT EXACTLY IS INTERACTIVITY?)
• “They’ll describe the work, then tell you what each element means,and what the participant will do with those elements.  They pre-script what will happen. When you do that, you’re telling the participant what to think, and by extension, how to act. Is that what you wanted?” (Making Interactive Art: Set the Stage, Then Shut Up and Listen)
• “Let the audience listen to your work by taking it in through their senses.  Let them think about what each part means, which parts afford contact or control, and which parts don’t.  Let them decide how they will interpret the parts, and how they will respond.  Let them speak through their actions.”(Making Interactive Art: Set the Stage, Then Shut Up and Listen)
• “Listen to what they say through their actions, through how they understand, or misunderstand, how to manipulate the parts that you designed to respond to them. Pay attention to their reactions.”(Making Interactive Art: Set the Stage, Then Shut Up and Listen)
• “You can suggest actions, but you can’t tell him how to feel about those actions; he will have to find it for himself. He’ll discover the statement you’re looking to make through that conversation you have in rehearsal, and the resulting expression will be your collaborative effort.”(Making Interactive Art: Set the Stage, Then Shut Up and Listen)

Project that ALIGNs with My Definition

https://www.creativeapplications.net/member-submissions/overflow-2021-a-real-time-data-sculpture-that-bridges-people-and-places/

“Overflow is a site-specific kinetic and generative sound sculpture driven by real-time traffic cameras that monitor the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, a famous cable-stayed bridge spanning the Lower Tampa Bay connecting St. Petersburg to Terra Ceia, Florida USA. Footage of traffic flow is interpreted by custom software and transformed into a living soundscape. The physical sculpture is a stringed instrument and sculptural interpretation that maintains an indexical reference to the bridge’s traffic. String tension is robotically attenuated as dynamically changing traffic patterns create an indefinite suspension of time and space. Like the bridge itself, the evolving sonic arrangement suggests a living connection between people and places.”

In this case…

• ALL the moving subjects(people) are the actors/actresses as well as the audience.
• ALL the people on the bridge (definitely exceeding 2) uses at least sight and feeling.
• NO instructions, participants are allowed to feel the connection between people(themselves) and places.
• The designer can also feel the connection between people and places in a visual way.

Project that DOESN’T ALIGN with My Definition

This is a breathtaking work of giant art，a giant electronic screen using advanced naked eye 3D technology.

BUT why I’d say it’s NOT Interaction is that…

• People passing by are only the audience who is NOT a part of it.
• Participants are’t able to explore by themselves, the breathtaking animation is just playing without any instant changes.
• It DOESN’T communicate with people around.