"The Aesthetics of Emergence" Review

Here are the few things I was able to get out of the article.

The article talks about an A-life sculpture. The goal of the sculpture is to give the viewer/user a interactive process which involves the behavior of the artwork and of the viewer.

There are different types of interaction. Participatory, Joint, and Autonomous. participatory requires the participation and coordination from the users. Joint requires a collaboration of effort between two participants. Autonomous activity only uses a single participant.

Creating a interactive system requires going beyond the users completing the goal. This includes the design and interface of the system. The experience might not be how the user interacts or is challenged but by how the user is effected by the aesthetics.

In creating my own interactive system I would want the goal more focused on the aesthetics. I want the viewer to be affected by the actions created with visuals. The system would be an Autonomous activity.