This course serves as an introduction to understanding interactive art and the new media art scene in general. The class gives an overview of art history concerning active audience involvement in an artwork: starting from the roots of interactive art (such as Futurism, Dada, Fluxus movements) until the future scenarios in the age of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). Apart from references and history, the course contributes to critical thinking, reflection, contextualization, and understanding different types of audience interaction modes and interfaces. The core principles and methodologies of interaction design will be introduced. In addition to that, the problematics of preservation and also presentation of the interactive artworks in the exhibition space will be addressed.