'With out a doubt I completely agree with Delacroix's idea that 'a successful picture temporarily 'condensed' an emotion and that it was the duty of the beholder's eye to bring it to life and develop.' Unless it is inherent to the purpose of the artwork, I don't believe an artist should be relied upon to create a 360 degree experience for their audience every time. The respondent needs to react to the artwork and that reaction forms the experience, not the artwork itself. It's the audience’s reaction to Fluxus happenings and performances that form the experience (this reminded me of performing Fluxus in the middle of the city in wk 2 foundation!!). Without an audience, there is no artwork; there is no recognition or reaction.
On another note, I thought this was very interesting in pg 30
'A work may operate like a relational device containing certain degrees of randomness, or a machine provoking and managing individual and group encounters... In the early 1970s, Stephen Willats painstakingly mapped the relationships existing between the inhabitants of an apartment block.'
I personally find it hard to understand how Willats work relates to art? I can understand how it relates so social relations and interactions and would love to see the findings; I just don't see how it relates to art?'
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