Participatory art
参加型アート
Art that brings the audience directly into the making of the work, so that visitors become part of what happens.
01About
Participatory art directly engages the audience in the creative process, so that they become participants in the event. The artist is seen as a collaborator and co-producer of the situation with the audience, and such situations can often have an unclear beginning or end. Its origins lie in the Futurist and Dada performances of the early twentieth century, which were designed to provoke, scandalise and agitate the public. In the late 1950s Allan Kaprow devised performances called happenings. The name first appeared in the title of his 1959 work 18 Happenings in 6 Parts, staged at the Reuben Gallery in New York; happenings typically took place in an environment or installation made inside the gallery and included an element of spectator participation. Among contemporary artists, Monster Chetwynd relies entirely on willing participants to create her performances.
02In the gallery
Look near the work for a sign or instruction showing how to take part, whether by touching, entering, or joining, and watch how other visitors' movements become part of it.
Wall label terms in Japanese
- 参加型アート
- Participatory art
- ハプニング
- Happening
- 未来派
- Futurism
- ダダ
- Dada
03Notes
In participatory art, the artist and the audience make a situation together.
Where in the space are you invited to touch, step in, or join?