Interactive communication has been defined as being the main element of new media art. In order to communicate with modern spectators who possess new sensibilities and ways of perceiving things, there is a need to combine and expand various forms of m...
Interactive communication has been defined as being the main element of new media art. In order to communicate with modern spectators who possess new sensibilities and ways of perceiving things, there is a need to combine and expand various forms of media.
Owing to the avant-garde art movement, the spirit of futuristic artists have deeply influenced technological art by accelerating the combination of art and science. This influence has become the motivating factor in the development of lighting art.
In this context, it is no exaggeration to say that lighting art has expanded its boundaries all the way into our urban space by combining with various other media as well as incorporating the advancement of digital technology. It indeed constructs urban ecosystems reflecting the forms of life of urban residents.
However, the modern urban space, which has become a new venue for lighting art, is losing its appearance as a subjective space for urban residents due capitalism.
It is hard to deny that the exhibitions limited only to forms of light festivals or in a few popular locations of the city encourage biased city growth. This is also true for some of the current cases of lighting art in urban spaces.
In this capitalistic mechanism, individuals become segregated from creative and subjective life and are isolated from their life and society.
This paper proposes interactive lighting art as mediator in the appropriation space that is newly restored by urban residents. They recover from isolation by becoming active participants in artistic activities in their everyday lives by themselves in the urban space which lost its existential value.