
I like to create art that is both aesthetically appealing, but also that you can interact with. So much visual art reduces you to a passive spectator, but there is only so long that you will stop and look at a picture – and try to appreciate it and understand its meaning. Days, weeks, or even months of an artist’s efforts could be glimpsed at for just a few seconds, and/or it could just function as a piece of interior decoration. With interactive art – for example in the form of a tricky puzzle – you are forced to spend time examining and solving it, appreciating its construction – and you will hopefully get a sense of satisfaction from completing it. But, above all, you, and everyone else who tries to solve it, will have to think long and hard about it – and hopefully get some, or all, of the message/s the artist has conveyed. This is something no other visual art piece can be remotely confident about…