Interactive Art Opening.

Last night Kendal and I went to an art opening at the McLeod Residence in Seattle. The show is titled Interactivity: Artists working with Technology; Technologists working with Art.

Kendall and I both liked the interactive textiles by Maggie Orth. Imagine a consantly evolving plaid patterned quilt with stripes fading in and out.

Speaking of evolving, people were captivated by the Genetic Mandalas created by Barry Tolnas. This interactive exhibit displayed a series of multicolored figures on a touchscreen. By touching one of the figures a new generation of figures was created expressing the phenotype of the chosen figure. It was really exiting to watch the evolution of the figures. Near monocultures could be created but by design (I think) Barry always left some diversity in the system to prevent pranksters from disabling the exhibit.

I highly recommend the show to anyone in, near or passing through Seattle. The show will run through September 1st, 2007.