THE RECEPTION OF PARTICIPATORY ART. THE CASE OF DOCUMENTA FIFTEEN
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https://doi.org/10.24193/subbphil.2023.1.07Keywords:
participatory art, documenta fifteen, lumbung, reception of art, evaluation of participatory artAbstract
Documenta fifteen in 2022 was par excellence the space for participatory art, so this edition can be seen as a touchstone for it. The research of the phenomenon of participatory art is based in this text on the one hand on the curatorial texts of ruangrupa, the collective that ensured the artistic direction of this edition of the documenta, and on the personal experience of the author as a visitor of the exhibition. Among the many issues raised by participatory art, the present text focuses on the aspect of reception of art in the case of the projects presented at documenta fifteen, and by extension, reflects on the experience of the receiver and the artistic value of participatory art projects.References
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