Interactive Contemporary Art

Audience participation has polarized recent debates about contemporary art.

This collection of essays sheds new light on the political, ethical and aesthetic potential of participatory artworks and tests the very latest theoretical approaches to this subject.

Internationally renowned art historians, curators and artists analyze the impact of collaborative aesthetics on personal and social identity, concepts of the artist, the ontology of art and the role of museums in contemporary society.

Essential reading for students and specialists, Interactive Contemporary Art offers a vital critical evaluation of interactivity in contemporary art.

Kathryn Brown holds a D.Phil in French from the University of Oxford and a PhD in Art History from the University of London. Her books include Women Readers in French Painting 1870-1890 (2012) and (as editor and contributor) The Art Book Tradition in Twentieth-Century Europe (2013), Interactive Contemporary Art: Participation in Practice (2014)