Best Interactive Art
People flocked to Laura E. Korch’s interactive sculpture during her MFA thesis exhibition at ASU’s Step Gallery, intrigued by the way the piece, shaped like an oversized oblong vessel, cradled the human form. After Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art added the work to its collection, it reappeared as part of an exhibit focused on women artists and gender disparities in the art world. People who laid face down within this Baltic birch plywood piece could put their arms into a pair of tunnels, an act that triggered vibrational frequencies and sound reminiscent of the human heartbeat. Art spaces are filled with “interactive” artworks that merely entertain those who encounter them, but Korch’s sculpture is a truly transformative piece that’s powerful enough to change the way people think about themselves, their community, technology, and, of course, art.