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The moving image is no substitute for a great work of art - one takes time to watch, the other can take a lifetime to appreciate...

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I wish art galleries would stop turning themselves into TV lounges. The other day I visited H Box, a touring display space for video art that's been at Tate Modern this summer. H Box is a big H-shaped metal container with a snug black videotheque inside. You find a black foam seat, or stand, and watch a sequence of recent artists' videos. I was in it for about five minutes before I looked around at everyone else, settled in to watch these images as if we were sat in front of the television at home. And in a fit of nausea I had to get out....

- Jonathan Jones

guardian.co.uk, Monday 11 August 2008 12.23 BST

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(PDF) Encouraging Witting Participation and Performance in Digital Live Art | © Jennifer G. Sheridan, Nick Bryan-Kinns, Alice Bayliss, 2007 Published by the British Computer Society People and Computers XXI – HCI… but not as we know it: Proceedings of HCI 2007 Linden J. Ball, M. Angela Sasse, Corina Sas, Thomas C. Ormerod, Alan Dix, Peter Bagnall, and Tom McEwan (Editors) | "We describe a framework for characterizing people’s behavior with Digital Live Art. Our framework considers people’s wittingness, technical skill, and interpretive abilities in relation to the performance frame. Three key categories of behavior with respect to the performance frame are proposed: performing, participating, and spectating. We exemplify the use of our framework by characterizing people’s interaction with a DLA - iPoi. This DLA is based on the ancient Maori art form of poi and employs a wireless, peer-to-peer exertion interface. The design goal of iPoi is to draw people into the performance frame and support transitions from audience to participant and on to performer. We reflect on iPoi in a public performance and outline its key design features."