Interactivity

• Closed vs. open systems

• Simple vs. reactive response

• “Multilogue” vs. one-way distribution

• On interactivity and the role of the viewer see:

  • Roy Ascott (1960s onward)
  • Brenda Laurel Computers as Theater (1993)
  • Pierre Lévy Cyberculture (2001)

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Interactivity can be described using three sets of characteristics. The interface (the device which enables interaction) might be an “open systems” in which the viewer/user can participate in a dialogue with the artist/designer or other viewers/users; o

As Roy Ascott explained in the 1960s, the basic principle underlying what he terms "participational" art is feedback—"it is this loop which makes the triad artist/artwork/observer an integral art" (Ascott, 98). The artist is responsible for the "general c