Interactive Art with Genetic Moo

These days, almost every artwork is described as interactive. The word has become meaningless. In this book, Genetic Moo explain what they mean by interactive art and why they believe it is the best way to create art with computers. They describe how they built up an acclaimed art practice from a single interactive starfish to the large scale museum exhibitions they put on today.

They could not have achieved this without working with others: researchers, creatives, curators, producers and technicians. Each role is reflected in a short essay by an expert in that field, culminating in the perspective of a 10-year-old boy who visited the Magic Place exhibition 14 times.

Contributors

• Nicola Schauerman and Tim Pickup (Genetic Moo)
• Ernest Edmonds, Computational Art Pioneer
• Sean Clark, Artist-Researcher and Chair of CAS
• Carla Rapoport, Founder of the Lumen Prize
• Edward Liddle, Artist-Curator and Exhibitions Officer at The Amelia
• Jack Addis, Creative Producer at KitMapper
• Ryszard Lewandowski, Deputy Director at KitMapper
• Claire Longrigg, Exhibitions and Events Officer at Ferens Art Gallery
• Julia Schauerman, Electroacoustic Composer
• Isaac Hollands, 10-year-old Fan of Interactive Art
• Rebecca Bell, Customer Experience Advisor and Apprentice Curator at The Amelia

Publication Details

Commissioned by the Computer Arts Society (CAS)
© 2026 The authors and artists.
Copyright in the essays and images is held by the respective copyright holders unless otherwise stated.
All rights reserved.
ISBN 978-1-9195043-2-2
Published by Gainsborough Press
First published 2026

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