- Interactive art is a form of art that requires spectators to engage in the artwork in order to achieve its true purpose. Many interactive art installations today involve sensors which interact with the spectator and allows the installation to carry out its true purpose.
History
- Interactive art got its start in the late 1960s and included works reactive to their kinetic environments. Theoretical works like Umberto Ecos aperta in 1962 which contributed to the interpretation on the role played by the spectator.
Examples
- Barbican Rain Room
- This is an installation of a rain room that uses sensors in order to detect figures underneath, preventing the figures from getting wet. This is a form of interactive art because the true purpose of the installation cannot be obtained without human or user interaction.
- Pace Gallery Crystal Universe
- This is an installation of strings of led lights in which the user can go on their website and pick which setting they want to be displayed next.
- There is also another piece that was displayed at Pace Gallery that featured 2 panels of flowers. Depending on how close or far of proximity you are from the panel, the flowers will bloom or die in the shape of the figure in front of it.
Relevance to Art 74?
- Interactive art is using new digital media such as sensors along with other new technologies which are nontraditional in order to create wonderful art installations.
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