Monday, April 23, 2007

Audience Becomes Art

In our I2 class we have been discussing and sharing ideas for the April 28th concert between NYU and UCI. One of the plans is to film the people as they enter the Loewe Theatre and show the images on the main screen during the concert to include them as part of the production.

When I was reading the New York Times a couple of days ago this article caught me eyes: "Art's Audiences Become Artworks Themselves." It tells about an artist who created artworks with the same concept. Thomas Struth's works at Marian Goodman Gallery show photographs of spectators at the museum looking at various artworks. Pictures are quite amusing; some crossing their arms, some listening closely to the audio guide, some taking pictures---all of them are unaware that they are being photographed.

How eye catching these works are! They provide a whole different perspective to the notion of visual art.

The article: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/10/arts/design/10stru.html

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