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My reflections-as an exhibiting artist- on the Viewer Participant/Artist Methodology employed during the 5th Gwangju Biennale, South Korea in 2004. (An experiment where many artist were paired with a non-artist during the production process)
Have you wondered about an experimental idea where an artist is paired with a non-artist during the production process?
It was an interesting experience where one was expected to allow an input from a third party. It may be likened to a critic physically holding the artist by the hand but that would have been very a humiliating experience.
Some art connoisseurs might even say this idea resembles a situation where a work is examined by a first line of a participating curator - the Viewer Participant (VP) or likened again to an art director of an advertising agency giving instructions.
The process and the successful outcome of this novel interaction all depend on the understanding, respect and maturity on the side of the VP and artist.
I like the idea in a situation where a completed work is ready for modification when the artist shows such to his VP and thereafter waits to get the reaction of the latter in terms of understanding of the message that is being conveyed.
The VP"s reaction and understanding might be- at the extreme situation-far from the artist"s earlier thought process or his interpretation might jell with the artist"s idea coming close to what the artist was trying to conceptualise at onset.
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