Comments on: Performative Ecologies – Ruairi Glynn

By: erik

erik — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:42:23 +0000

I recently had the “what is interactivity?” discussion with a friend. We didn’t come up with a good answer but we both agreed that “reactive” or “responsive” in many cases better describes what people refer to as interactive. At least in the context of new media art… It’s an interesting discussion, I’m looking forward to more posts on this topic.

By: erik sjodin . net

erik sjodin . net — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 21:27:41 +0000

Interactive or Reactive?…

Interactive is a popular word these days, especially within new media art. But what does it really mean? In its broadest sense any artifact that can be influenced by a user is interactive. But if the term is used in this sense then it doesn’t nec…

By: Great Dance Weblog

Great Dance Weblog — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 18:32:54 +0000

Adaptive Architectural Objects Perform Unique Choreography…

Ruairi Glynn of Interactive Architecture blog writes about his latest project “Performative Ecologies” – his post and his project page. In a nutshell, he has created adaptive objects with a light source and a twirling arm. Here are two pictures:……

By: Varun M. Ajani

Varun M. Ajani — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 14:46:48 +0000

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By: fred

fred — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 08:59:49 +0000

raa raa i didnt know you were from accross the pond – its centre not center

By: tim

tim — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:09:17 +0000

"it is fundamentally about giving our architecture the ability to enter into dialog with us" Although on a completely different timescale, this makes me think about Stewart Brand's "How buildings learn" when he talks about the layered evolution of buildings in response to their environment. He also has an interesting talk on the Long Now website.