43 INTERACTIVE ART
THE AUDIENCE PARTICIPATES WITH THE ARTIST IN CREATING THE ARTWORK
Interactive art is a contemporary genre in which the audience is invited to participate in an artwork, effecting change in its appearance, outcome, and meaning. By giving the audience this authority, the work departs radically from a long tradition of authorial control. New technologies, such as electronic sensors, video, computer networking, and a variety of display and input techniques, offer a vast range of possibilities. At the same time, some of the most successful interactive artworks have used very simple technical means.
METHODS
• Static input
The audience is invited to make suggestions or provide guidance for the future progress of an artwork under ...
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