Practicable : from participation to interaction in contemporary art / edited by Samuel Bianchini and Erik Verhagen ; with the collaboration of Nathalie Delbard and Larisa Dryansky.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bianchini, Samuel, editor.

Verhagen, Erik, editor.

Delbard, Nathalie, contributor.

Dryansky, Larisa, contributor.

Series:

Leonardo book series

Leonardo

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interactive art.

Physical Description:

xv, 930 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2016]

Contents:

I From Cybernetics Onward 23

1 Gordon Pask's Cybernetic Systems: Conversations After the End of the Mechanical Age / Margit Rosen Rosen, Margit 25

2 The Artist as Homo Arbiter Formae: Art and Interaction in Jack Burnham's Systems Essays / Luke Skrebowski Skrebowski, Luke 39

3 Two Decades of Interactive Art: Digital Technologies and Human Experience / Simon Penny Penny, Simon 55

II Art Scenes and Movements in Search of Participation 75

4 Against the Spectacle: The Construction of Situations / Vanessa Theodoropoulou Theodoropoulou, Vanessa 77

5 From Program to Behavior: The Experience of Arte Programmata in Italy, 1958-1968 / Emanuele Quinz Quinz, Emanuele 91

6 "The Breath Is Up to You": On Some Works by Hélio Oiticica, Lygia Clark, and Lygia Pape / Glória Ferreira Ferreira, Glória 113

7 À la Recherche d'un Nouveau Spectateur: The Function and Significance of Play in the Participatory Environments of the Croupe de Recherche d'Art Visuel / Marion Hohlfeldt Hohlfeldt, Marion 127

8 Katsuhiro Yamaguchi: Performances and Environments / Christophe Charles Charles, Christophe 143

9 Tactical Media and the Aesthetics of Participation / Eric Kluitenberg Kluitenberg, Eric 159

III From the Vantage Point of the Humanities and Social Sciences 179

10 Echoes of Pragmatism in Current Artistic Practices / Jean-Pierre Cometti Cometti, Jean-Pierre 181

11 Art/Anthropology Interventions / Arnd Schneider Schneider, Arnd 195

12 Habitable: Spectator Participation in Everyday Life / Anna Dezeuze Dezeuze, Anna 215

13 From the Practice of Roles to the Facts of Consciousness: Art and Its Qualities / Pierre-Damien Huyghe Huyghe, Pierre-Damien 235

14 Collaborating and Participating: A Connection Worth Examining / Véronique Goudinoux Goudinoux, Véronique 253

15 Public Operation: Net Art, Sociology, and Practicable Media / Jean-Paul Fourmentraux Fourmentraux, Jean-Paul 265

16 The Contractual Definition of the Work of Art: A Contribution to the Discussion of the Dispositif in Art / Judith Ickowicz Ickowicz, Judith 279

IV Art in Action: On Performance 295

17 Why Participate? On the Concrete Experience of Participatory Performances / Katrin Gattinger Gattinger, Katrin 297

18 Haptic Vision: The Female Body and "Practicable" Art / Giovanna Zapped Zapped, Giovanna 313

19 Traveling Microbus Hordes: A Mobile Audience / Diedrich Diederichsen Diederichsen, Diedrich 329

20 Demo n.O / Peter Lunenfeld Lunenfeld, Peter 345

V Bringing About Interaction, Grasping, and Seeing: Exhibiting Practicable Works of Art 359

21 Toward a Dramaturgy of Interactivity / Jean-Louis Boissier Boissier, Jean-Louis 361

22 Stop, Drop, and Roll With It: Curating Participatory Media Art / Sarah Cook Cook, Sarah 377

23 Taking Hold of Images: Some Thoughts on the Free Handling of Photographs in Contemporary Art / Nathalie Delbard Delbard, Nathalie 397

VI Some Key Works: Case Studies 409

24 Robert Rauschenberg's Oracle: "A Laboratory for Testing Perceptions" / Christophe Leclercq Leclercq, Christophe 411

25 Lygia Clark's Caminhando / Anna Dezeuze Dezeuze, Anna 421

26 Charlotte Posenenske: Mimetic Minimalism and Practicability / Renate Wiehager Wiehager, Renate 431

27 The Artwork as Password: On Some Pieces by Piotr Kowalski / Jean-Christophe Bailly Bailly, Jean-Christophe 441

28 Robert Morris's Bodyspacemotionthings: Participation Reenacted / Catherine Wood Wood, Catherine 449

29 "Therapeutic" Participation: On the Legacy of Bruce Nauman's Yellow Room (Triangular) and Other Works / Janet Kraynak Kraynak, Janet 459

30 Welcome! On Dan Graham's Opposing Mirrors and Video Monitors on Time Delay / Françoise Parfait Parfait, Françoise 469

31 On Cruelty in Art: Marina Abramovic, Rhythm 0 / Cilles Froger Froger, Cilles 479

32 Viewer-Instrumented Play: Very Nervous System by David Rokeby / Jean Gagnon Gagnon, Jean 493

33 When Objects Speak in Images: Krzysztof Wodiczko's Homeless Vehicle Project as an Instrument of Public Discussion / Christophe Domino Domino, Christophe 503

34 Reflections on Jeffrey Shaw's Golden Calf, 1994 / Daniel Pinkas Pinkas, Daniel 513

35 Janet Cardiff's Walks / Andrea Urlberger Urlberger, Andrea 525

36 The Gravity of Art: On Carsten Höller's Untitled (Slide), 2011 / Madeline Schwartzman Schwartzman, Madeline 531

37 Exhibiting the Museum: The Hybrid Spaces of Workspace Unlimited / Dominique Moulon Moulon, Dominique 543

VII Words from Artists and Theoreticians: Interviews 551

38 "Creating a Living Responsive Environment" / Julie Martin Martin, Julie, Christophe Leclercq Leclercq, Christophe 553

39 The Action Is the Original / Franz Erhard Walther Walther, Franz Erhard, Erik Verhagen Verhagen, Erik 569

40 From Interaction to Public Authorship / Jochen Gerz Gerz, Jochen, Marion Hohlfeldt Hohlfeldt, Marion 583

41 In Search of Relational Art / Piero Gilardi Gilardi, Piero, Emanuele Quinz Quinz, Emanuele 595

42 "Open Fields of Enactment" / Peter Weibel Weibel, Peter, Marion Hohlfeldt Hohlfeldt, Marion 607

43 Reading Beyond Interactivity / Masaki Fujihata Fujihata, Masaki, Dominique Cunin Cunin, Dominique, Mayumi Okura Okura, Mayumi 621

44 "Form Is a Position" / Thomas Hirschhorn Hirschhorn, Thomas, Eddie Panier Panier, Eddie 633

45 Observational Practices: A Conversation on Rhythm, Pace, and Crowd Interaction / Jordan Crandall Crandall, Jordan, Anne Zeitz Zeitz, Anne 643

46 "Is There a Revolution?" / Rirkrit Tiravanija Tiravanija, Rirkrit, Chantal Pontbriand Pontbriand, Chantal 655

47 "A Direct Dialogue with One's Own Perception" / Seiko Mikami Mikami, Seiko, Hiroko Myokam Myokam, Hiroko 667

48 Everything Is Sculpture / Ernesto Neto Neto, Ernesto, Glória Ferreira Ferreira, Glória 667

49 Out of Control / Rafael Lozano-Hemmer Lozano-Hemmer, Rafael, Alberto Sánchez Balmisa Balmisa, Alberto Sánchez 691

50 Blast Theory: Playing with Publics / Matt Adams Adams, Matt, Frédérik Lesage Lesage, Frédérik 705

51 "The Granularity of Participation" / Usman Haque Haque, Usman, Valérie Chatelet Chatelet, Valérie 719

52 Critical Design: Art and Politics of Public Spaces / HeHe Helen Evans Evans, HeHe Helen, Heiko Hansen Hansen, Heiko, Jean-Paul Fourmentraux Fourmentraux, Jean-Paul 733

53 Exhibiting the Visitor / Lawrence Malstaf Malstaf, Lawrence, Dominique Moulon Moulon, Dominique 747

54 "I See Each of My Works as a Tool" / Jeppe Hein Hein, Jeppe, Frederik Schikowski Schikowski, Frederik 759

55 Composing the Political Arts: On the Modes of Being of Artworks and Their Public / Bruno Latour Latour, Bruno, Samuel Bianchini Bianchini, Samuel, Jean-Paul Fourmentraux Fourmentraux, Jean-Paul 771

56 "Use Is Almost Meaning in Three Dimensions" / Nicolas Bourriaud Bourriaud, Nicolas, Larisa Dryansky Dryansky, Larisa 781

57 "The Myth of the Active Subject" / Claire Bishop Bishop, Claire, David Zerbib Zerbib, David 795.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780262034753

0262034751

OCLC:

945549955