Comments on: Yes, we insult the audience.

By: maranamax

maranamax — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 23:38:32 +0000

We are witnessing the clash of two speeches on the techniques and media perception of the world. If the audience takes refuge in the arts critics media and its means of asserting their ability to build the world, the artist/poet claims the anti-artistic construction as form of creative resistance. A creative trial always convert a critical problem in an artist operation.

A creative artist operation always will be counteroperation.

Some artists are able to find a third option seeking a view from the other side of the mirror. But it´s not easy to escape the dilemma between the image and counter-image. I prefer to think that the most worthy and interesting outlet for the creative acts means to bring your own bomb that could expose your work to self-destruction. Thus the audience is denied, especially the fawning presence of experts who always fly over the success and failure. Very few want to go further.

By: Manuel

Manuel — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 09:39:26 +0000

Challenging the audience or the public can be done in many ways. Maybe one of those ways is to offer a portrait of themselves, describing them, talking to them, trying to involve them, even bothering them.
But this (including when you may be able to bother the audience) proves that you’re giving attention to the public because people are an important part of the art or the art system.
Either way, one way or another, you are giving importance to the public. But not in a popular or populist way, because you’re being demanding or exigent with the audience. Some populist people could say you’re elitist. It’s what they say when they want to attack someone who is not a populist or who is not afraid of speaking directly to the audience.
Requiring something from the audience is always a form of respect for them.
Demanding something from the audience means that you respect the public and even that you trust them.