Interpassivity is a concept coined about a decade ago by Slavoj Žižek and Robert Pfaller, to explain how some works of art seem to provide for their own reception. In contrast with interactive works, that can ‘realize themselves’ through participation by visitors, interpassive works are ‘self-fulfilling’.

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van Oenen, G. (2008). Interpassivity revisited: a critical and historical reappraisal of interpassive phenomena. International Journal of Zizek Studies, 2(2), 1–16. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1765/93971