{"product_id":"9781452039565","title":"Notes on Participatory Art: Toward a Manifesto Differentiating it from Open Work, Interactive Art and Relational Art.","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe are living in the \u003ci\u003eAge of Participation\u003c\/i\u003e. Social media are exploding, customer cooperation is sought in product development, and customer content is even built into media. But where is the art reflecting our times? Where are the artists making this kind of art? Who were their predecessors?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book the author traces the roots of \u003ci\u003eParticipatory Art\u003c\/i\u003e from Duchamp, Mondrian and Moholy-Nagy via less well\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e known artists like Lygia Clark and Charlotte Posenenske as well as via better known artists like Joseph Beuys and Öyvind \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFahlström to contemporary artists showing an interest in participation like Olafur Eliasson and Antony Gormley. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Participation is the most important thing that has happened in art” Gormley said in 2009.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat, then, is \u003ci\u003eParticipatory Art\u003c\/i\u003e? After around 40 years of practice the author tries to distill the essential principles in \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 suggestions for a Manifesto. Most central is its focus on the unfolding creative moment itself and on the creativity of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e the spectator.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140575674608,"sku":"9781452039565","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781452039565_p0.jpg?v=1763842400","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781452039565","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}