Democratic relational art

After reading Claire Bishop's 'Antagonism and Relational Aesthetics', the concept of purely democratic experiences-as a result of relational art- proved to be a personally intriguing one.

Works produced by Tiravanija and Gillick will most likely always be successful when it comes to producing or provoking dialogue driven relations between viewers/visitors. This is because, as Bishop stated, they (visitors) immediately have "something in common." Whether it be a general interest in art or simply the predetermined obligation to arrive at a specific gallery/institution at a particular time- viewers will always have some sort of common ground or level of compatibility.

I believe this makes Tiravanija and Gillick's works rather banal as the outcome can almost be predicted- i.e a "harmonious" experience shared between a congregation of like-minded people.

This in turn made me realise that the only true democratic relations are those born out of spontaneity where outcome and intention are non-existent and can therefore not affect or stifle the relations being experienced. So, in a sense, I don't believe that democratic relational art can ever exist outside of theory because of the inevitability of compatibility between people involved.