I think it is really interesting that the book states that the words "interactive art" as something that the viewer can not only interact with physically, but is also a mental event as well. I think that is really interesting because I actually think that all art has some sort of interacting between the piece and the mind, not just digitally.
Out of the entire book, I really liked all the art shown by Perry Hoberman. My favorite is the installation called Catharic User Interface. It surrounds the frustrations that people have with technology. The viewer gets to throw mouse's into a wall that totally looks like a 100 computer keyboards. I think that is a really cool idea, since everyone has ran into computer problems at one time or another. I feel like throwing objects at my computer on a regular day to day basis. I think it would be cool if he turned it into some sort of video game.
I also really like the installation by Toshio Iwai named Piano. It is ingenious. I have a real passion for trying to create art that incorporates my main background, music, and my sense of creativity via the digital world. This piece, is awesome because it focuses around the same idea.
Full credit for ch2.
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