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1 “The creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and interpreting its inner qualifications and thus adds his contribution to the creative act.” – Marcel Duchamp

2 Interactive art needs the spectator to achieve its purpose

3 Lascaux Cave, Southwestern France

4 Relational Aesthetic/Art: the artist is the catalyst, the facilitator, the curator for the involved Artist constructed social experiment What takes place between the people/the communal experience Rikrit Tiravanija, 1992, 303 Gallery, NY

5 Rirkit Tiravanija, 1992, 303 Gallery, NY

6 Public Performance/Performance Art The artist needs the audience/viewer in turn creating an experience Guillermo Gomez Pena

7 The Couple in the Cage, 1992-1992, Coco Fusco and Pena

8 Lazaro Saavedra- “El Espectador y la obra”, “The Spectator and the Work” How is the spectator (Viewer) involved here to “complete” the piece as Duchamp has mentioned?

9 Lazaro Saavedra, El Espectador y la Obra, 1998

10 Pablo Picasso, Self Portrait, 1907 Is the spectator needed for this piece?

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