This new survey covers the rich and varied history of participatory art, from early happenings and performances to current practices that demand audience interaction. As the internet mindset - browsing, sharing, collecting, producing - increasingly permeates every aspect of society, this timely project reveals the ways in which artists and viewers have approached the creation of open works of art. Original essays identify seminal moments in participatory practice from the 1950s to the present day, while a rich array of plates reproduces the work of the movement's major figures in vivid detail.

A thorough history of participatory art, from early happenings and performances to current practices that demand audience interaction

About the Author
Rudolf Frieling is San Francisco MoMA's curator of media arts. Boris Groys is a German philosopher, curator, art critic and expert on late-Soviet postmodern literature and art, as well as the Russian avant-garde.


Book Information
ISBN 9780500238585
Author Rudolf Frieling
Format Hardback
Page Count 212
Imprint Thames & Hudson Ltd
Publisher Thames & Hudson Ltd
Weight(grams) 1060g