Art field report part 1 and 2

The act React exhibit over at the milwaukee museum was amazing! There was so many great peices to choose from to write about. However, after the dicussions in class, i decided to shine some light on how i feel on the main pieces that were discussed. So one of the pieces i choose to write about was the 20 x 30 floor called the healing pool, by Brian Knep.
For anyone was hasn't see this art exhibit, the healing pool is featured on the poster you see for the exhibit. But, it is brightly colored and form a pattern on the floor. When you walk across it you destroy the pattern and for a time laps the pattern wont go back. However when it does go back, the pattern itself doesn't go back to the way it was before. It is different everytime! The interactive part to it is no one person can wipe out the floor, so the more people you have working together the more that you can rearange. Sure it may not compare to any halo game that you've played but at the same time in a way it's getting a message across.
One of the message that they could be sending to people is simply, inorder to complete the act you need to work together and work as a team. Another way to look at it is, in this world we have destory and have altered the world. Whether it is building a new sky scrapper, cars poluting, or cutting down trees. After the damage is done, the planet will evolove and try to fix the damage done. So in other words it will never really be the same ever again.
The second piece i decided to write about was the line floor that i believe was built by the same artist. This art piece again is a mat on the floor. If one person is standing on it nothing will happing. Now if two or more people are on it there is a line that will show up and divide the people with a line. So no matter where you move that line will still be there.Now if two poeple decide to hold hands, then there space will combined and the line will desipear.
To me this piece went on to show me again how important it was to work together, no one person could interact or complete the art by themselves. So you need team work other wis eit would just simply be a blank floor. Sure the graphics aren't out of this world. But watching walk up to it and try and figure out this art piece works Is quite interesting. And sometimes people wont speak and they will just work together to create the art. So no words were even exchanged but art was just created.
George fifield, had a lot of good points in his essay when he talked about the differences between Video games and interactive art. Video games themselves as graphics are art yes. However, interective art isn't about the most kills, or defeating they alliens. it's simply about experiencing and completing the art itself. You get to creat the art and take what you will from it.video games art fun and usually have a plot and you get to choose what happens to you. Take guitar hero for example, The music exsistd before, and the artist themselves created a master piece. Now you take a condensed verson and play it, so now all the little things that they artist put in the work of art, is over seened and changed for the player to have an easier time.
Over all i thoughtthe act react exhibit was amazing and great i wish i could go in a further dicussion about other pieces that were there. But i feel that i have made a good selection choosing the ones that i did. i highly recommend you going and checking out this exhibited while it is still there.