Participationa new paradigm

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Content

• Definitions

• A new paradigm

• The Art of Connection

• Typology

Definitions

• In participatory art projects artists use participation as a component of art making.

• In participative art projects however, participation IS the project and the artist creates the framework allowing for participation with no pre-conceived ideas of the outcome.

A New Paradigm: cognition & art

Prehistoric Era

EmergingExperience

Middle AgesBelievingFaith

Modern TimesMirroring

Individuation

Ancient TimesBelonging

Myth

Renaissance DiscoveringImitation

Our TimeUniting

Connection

The Art of Connection

• Modern Art

• Conceptual Art

• Participative Art

Public Art Artist

Modern Art

Public Art Artist

Conceptual Art

Public Art Artist

Participative Art

Typology

• Connecting & Networking time sensitive artworks to be experienced under specific conditions or at a specific date and time

• Meetings & Conviviality art generating encounters or meetings of all kinds

• Contract & Collaborationcontractual relationship and collaborative art processes.

Connecting & Networking

• Robert Barry (1969) “ This morning I release half a cubic meter of

helium..”

• Liam Gillick (1999) Designed a conference room & organized a

symposium

• Flash Mobs (2003)

Meetings & Conviviality

• Rirkrit Tiravanija (1984) Cooked dinner for the public

• Braco Dimitrijevic “Casual Passer-by” giant posters of anonymous

passer-by

• Philippe Parreno (1994) Organized a party during the Dijon art fair

Contract & Collaboration

• Noritoshi Hirakawa (1994) Placed an ad in newspaper for a travel companion

to Greece and created a show about the experience

• Alix Lambert (1992) Wedding Piece - got married 4 times in 6 months

• Spencer TunickPhotography of hundreds nude people in public places

Participation & technology

• The Saatchi Gallery Saatchi gallery website invites all artists to

present their work

• Rhizome.org Online platform to promote contemporary art

• CaféPublic art competition hub for online artist submissions

• Art-Eco.netContemporary art projects selected & funded by the public