This document summarizes the Installation Art - Interactive Exhibits conference held on November 15-16, 2013 at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. The conference included 14 presentations, 4 panels over 2 days with 250 attendees. Topics included interactive installations, emerging experiences, dividing space, regulations for digital signs, and designing interactive projects for spaces. It provides links to various interactive art installations and suggests treating small projects like parties as labs to experiment with new ideas. The document emphasizes the challenges of unpredictable environments, technology bugs, and managing budgets and timelines for interactive art projects.

1. LISA B. WOODS
@LWOODS21
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INST-INT.COM // #INST-INT
INST-INT 2013

2. NOVEMBER 15 – 16, 2013
INSTALLATION ART // INTERACTIVE EXHIBITS //
ENVIRONMENTS // DISPLAYS //
ARCHITECTURE & TECHNOLOGY

3. 44°F
46°F
WALKER ART CENTER
MINNEAPOLIS
2 DAYS // 14 PRESENTATIONS // 4 PANELS //
250 ATTENDEES // 2 SHOW+TELLS //
2.5 PARTIES // 1 Q+A REVOLT

5. IT’S YOU
http://inst-int.com/speakers/karolina-sobecka/
UNIVERSAL
EVERYTHING
& YOU
http://inst-int.com/speaker/universal-everything/
AUDIENCE
http://inst-int.com/speaker/stuart-wood/
21 SWINGS
http://inst-int.com/speaker/mouna-andraos/

6. ANTHROPOMORPHISM
NARRATIVE
CHARACTER
THE GAZE
THE FORM
THE IDLE STATE

7. OUTSIDE
AMONG
SURROUNDED
BY
WITHIN

8. THE TREND:
SCREENS GET CLOSER
AND CLOSER

9. THE CULTURAL BATTLE:
VIRTUAL VS.
THE HERE & NOW

10. A PREDICTION:
“IN 50 YEARS, CELL
PHONES WILL BE SEEN
AS THE CIGARETTES
OF OUR AGE.”
Mouna Andraos • Daily tous les jours

11. DAY 1: AUDIENCE REVOLT
“Why are we doing QA via email when we’re all...here?”

12. ARE INTERACTIVE INSTALLATIONS
ONLY ART PROJECTS?

13. MUSEUM EXHIBITS
NOT JUDGING BY
ATTENDEES I MET
NON-TRADITIONAL
SCREENS
EXIBITS AND SPACES
ARCHITECTURAL
PROJECTION
BURNING MAN
RETAIL INNOVATION LAB
EMERGING EXPERIENCES
DESIGN PROMOTER

15. DIVIDING SPACE
https://vimeo.com/14351862
NORDSTROM
INNOVATION LAB
http://nordstrominnovationlab.com
CLEVELAND
MUSEUM OF
ART
https://vimeo.com/60866008
URBAN
PROTOTYPING
http://sf.urbanprototyping.org

16. TO TEACH
TO SELL
TO ENGAGE
TO TRANSFORM

17. “UNPREDICTABLE ENVIRONMENTS,
BLEEDING EDGE TECHNOLOGY,
CUSTOM FABRICATION, CODE, BUGS,
INSECTS, GREASY FINGERS, HACKERS,
CRASHERS, CRASHES, CACHES,
SPOILERS, LAWS, LANDLORDS,
CURATORS, COMMITTEES, WORKERS,
SHIPPERS, SOLDER, ELECTRICITY,
SUNLIGHT, MOONLIGHT, FLUORESCENT
LIGHT, REFLECTIONS, BAD IDEAS,
EGOS, FEASIBILITY, DURABILITY,
PRODUCTION PLANNING, SCOPE,
SCALE, BUDGETS, AND ON, AND ON.”

18. 21 SWINGS SWINGING
30,000 A DAY

19. REGULATIONS, SMREGULATIONS
“DON’T CALL IT
A LIGHT
INSTALLATION, CALL
IT A DIGITAL SIGN.”
Camille Utterback
http://inst-int.com/speaker/camille-utterback/

20. YOUR COMPETITION
IS DESIGNING FOR
SPACES
BLUE CADET,
PHILADELPHIA, PA
http://bluecadet.com

21. HOW TO START DESIGNING FOR SPACES:
PARTIES AS LABS

22. LITE-BRITE
WALL
LIGHTTRIKE
RACING
ZEN ROBOT
AUGMENTED
PORTAPOTTY
https://vimeo.com/62824778
http://bit.ly/1bWKB6j
https://vimeo.com/38664454
https://vimeo.com/62824778

23. “IF YOU GUYS CAN DO THIS IN YOUR
SPARE TIME, WHAT COULD YOU DO
WITH 10 MILLION DOLLARS?!”
Jared Ficklin • frog

24. PARTY AS LABS
TAKEAWAYS
PLANNING
Treat party projects like any other work projects—budget, timeline, deliverables.
MESSAGING
How an interaction is framed is as important as its implementation.
Make sure it has a concept,give it a name and a catchy description.
APPEARANCE OF WORKING
It’s okay if you can’t tie up all the technical loose ends.
Use some behind the curtain “human computing.”
“IT JUST NEEDS TO WORK FOR 3 HOURS!”
Get it going, keep it going. Once the guest go home, your work is done.
TURN THE LIGHTS DOWN SERVE BEER
Don’t be too much of a perfectionist—users will be drunk ;-)

25. WE ALL NEED SOME
INSPIRATION
NINA GOLDBERG
EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE
JULIE EHRETU
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
KARL SIMS
FRITZ HEIDER + MARIANNE SIMMEL

26. WE ALL NEED SOME
AWESOME
SKETCHNOTES
www.flickr.com/photos/jalderman/with/10952725536/

27. THANKS FOR READING AND SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!
LISA B. WOODS
@LWOODS21
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