Technological Interventions in Everyday Interaction
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The works in Act/React create an impression of sociability through interactivity. In our encounters with other people, we take for granted the premise that social interaction involves autonomous beings who are aware of each other. Yet when the other is a machine, the autonomy and awareness exist primarily in the mind of the human: the sociability is subjective and the transparency or opaqueness of this illusion is a central element in the machine’s design. This essay concerns the nature of this form of sociability in relation to art, public space, and technology.
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