Pixelsumo is the blog of
Chris O'Shea, an artist and designer based in London.
Random project
Traces
for Moritz Waldemeyer
Pixelsumo is the blog of
Chris O'Shea, an artist and designer based in London.
Random project
Traces
for Moritz Waldemeyer
Comments
(June 5th 2007)
Yeah, you’ve got to think something is wrong with the interaction (or the build quality) if you need and instruction booklet. I used to hate seeing Henry Moore sculptures with do not touch signs on them too, they’re so tactile.
(June 5th 2007)
i don’t think that the signs are the real problem. the public is not used to interact with art works in traditional art spaces and the visitors of ars electronica know that they are expected to jump and punch everything they see there. so how do you communicate that a button has to be pushed but not too hard for example? these interactive works are still fairly new for most people, very new for museums and art galleries, and artists themselves have also to pay special attention to the usuability of their piece. oh, well, better stop there, it’s actually funny to read your post cuz i was writing something on the same topic right now. and btw, i was also puzzled to see the “take a leaflet to interact” sign but then glad i had it with me otherwise i’d have missed some of the pieces. plus, as i’m not your typical smart visitor, i did need the instructions to figure out what to do in some cases.
(June 5th 2007)
My favorite sign at an exhibit was one that was hung where a slide projector should of been projecting and it said something like ’sorry. this piece is out of order’ I actually stole it and used it as an art piece at uni.