Relational Aesthetics

I find it interesting that in Relational Art, the artist is no longer the centre of the work. Carriere states that "...The artist instead, is the catalyst. They kick-start a question, frame a point of consideration, or highlight an everyday moment. And then, they wait. They wait for a response from the random stranger, the passer-by, the usual suspect" With this type of art..."

It is so different to my own understanding of what art is and how the audience should view and respond to ones work... its made me curious to see a Relational artwork live, to experience this social environment which these artworks tend to create.

"the role of artworks is no longer to form imaginary and utopian realities, but to actually be ways of living and models of action within the existing real, whatever scale chosen by the artist." (Bourriaud 2002:13). i find this quote quite interesting as i find it diffiucult to understand how an artwork can be a way of living.