Re: [-empyre-] networked_performance

[Pall Thayer <palli@pallit.lhi.is>]

Hi everyone,
I just want to briefly tell about one of the issues I've approached in 
my own work and would like to hear if anyone has any thoughts on this. I 
think the basic premise in these networked performances is physical 
interaction, i.e. not directly through the computer (that's what makes 
them "performances"). But most of them seem to involve voluntary actions 
from a certain public. I'm more interested in the idea of involuntary 
interaction. Using common actions without the participants necessarily 
being aware that they're interacting with a work of art or in a way that 
they don't have actual control over how they interact (for instance, by 
turning a work environment into an interactive space).

I haven't really formed any deep concepts around this (besides feeling 
that this is, in a way, a very "pure" form of interaction), so I would 
be interested in hearing Helen's and others ideas on this.

best regards,
Pall Thayer

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