The power to act in Interactive Art

Abstract

This paper proposes to problematize some aspects in Interactive Art through the approach of the concepts of power to act (potentia) and affect brought by the philosopher Spinozan. We aim to think the possibilities of instigation of alternative modes of subjectivity in present time. The Interactive Art is responsible for giving continuity to experimental issues that unite art and life, using the interaction as a means of research It is possible to notice in it a potential to explain the affections that our bodies suffer and affections that they produce. Therefore, it is problematized interactive processes with the ethico-aesthetic implications in Interactive Art.

Keywords

• Interactive Art
• power to act
• potential
• affect