The Emancipated Spectator
“To be a spectator is to be separated from both the capacity to know
and the power to act” (Ranciere, J, pg. 2) I’ve found Ranciere’s writing about
‘The Emancipated Spectator’ to be very helpful in understanding my own and
other artists ideas. The spectator’s role in interacting with an art piece is
very important as they create all the meaning without any prior knowledge of
what they are looking at. The audience uses a combination of previous
experiences to translate and interpret what they understand in the artwork.
When Ranciere talks about the spectator being separated from the capacity to know and the power to act, I believe he’s talking about combining the act of looking and doing into one experience you have with an art piece. By looking you are doing some of the work for the artist in the sense that you are talking for them about their work.
When Ranciere talks about the spectator being separated from the capacity to know and the power to act, I believe he’s talking about combining the act of looking and doing into one experience you have with an art piece. By looking you are doing some of the work for the artist in the sense that you are talking for them about their work.
I want the viewer to interact with my art work. Walk around, in, out of different parts. This will give them the chance to view the work from all angles and notice that the work isn't one sided and i have created a whole new object out of these recycled materials.
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