From media art archeology to contemporary interaction design-the term interface culture is based on a vivid and ongoingdiscourse in the fields of interactive art, interaction design,game design, tangible interfaces, auditory interfaces, fashionabletechnologies, wearable devices, intelligent ambiences, sensortechnologies, telecommunication and new experimental formsof human-machine, human-human and machine-machine interactionsand the cultural discourse surrounding them.This books aim is to give an overview of the current state ofinteractive art and interface technology as well as an outlookon new forms of hybridization in art, media, scientific researchand everyday media applications.
Christa Sommerer (Prof. Dr.) and Laurent Mignonneau (Prof. Dr.) are professors and heads of the master and doctoral study course Interface Cultures at the University of Art and Industrial Design in Linz. They rank among the most influential media artists creating pioneering interactive art works. Dorothée King (M.A.) teaches and works on her doctorate at the Interface Cultures study program. Her main research field is emotionality in interactive arts.