I've made a fair amount of interactive video work in public spaces and it is best to assume nothing about the public. In general, the vast majority will ignore it unless you physically disrupt the space like Richard Serra - and then people will just hate you. Putting the image of the viewer in the work can help since a good chunk of the world likes looking at themselves. Others will run for cover. It is best to keep the interaction portion simple and direct since kids are likely to spend the largest amount of time playing with the work. Adults usually have a lot to do and stopping to 'interact' with artwork isn't at the top of the list.
Placement of the work makes a huge difference so locating the work near a museum district or outside of the local Google office has the potential to attract a public more inclined to deal with the work.
And finally, any work put in the public space will require some amount of legal work to be done particularly in the US. It is in the artist's interest to employ some sort of representation to avoid nasty things down the road.
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 9:01 PM, Adityo Pratomo quietdidit@gmail.com wrote:
hi there everyone
Just a normative non-technical question here. I was wondering how would you guys create an engaging interactive art piece for a public space? I was just doing a casual internet browsing the other day, looking at various interactive art in public space, then suddenly that question popped up. I think that art in public space is very much different with one on gallery or museum, because people won't have that mind set of actually having an interaction with an art piece. If so then, what are your strategies to create one? Are you assuming that people or passer-by will automatically react to that interactive art? Or is there anything else?
Thank you guys, have a great day :D
Cheers,
Adityo
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