with the installation as well, from my first visit to the gallery as a college freshman. On that day, I remembered students falling in line to sit on the bench facing the wall – posing with their back turned to the camera as if in a moved, introspective state – and then walking away, past the informative notecards provided.
“I cannot impose that others should experience my work in this certain way alone; that they devote this amount of attention or do these certain actions to prove the intensity of their interactions,” said Mars Bugaoan, a contemporary visual artist and printmaker. “I just feel like these things are generally out of my control. All I’m in charge of is creating an environment and letting visitors in: whatever they feel, however they choose to connect with what I do is entirely up to them already.
Even artists benefit from the wide reach that can only be afforded by algorithms. “It’s a given that those you know will like your work and tell you about it, but if a stranger reaches out to me or posts my work online, it’s one way of validating that they truly did connect with my piece,” Bugaoan shared. “It’s a way of measuring engagement as well, especially since I’m the kind of artist that creates an atmosphere that doesn’t exactly have a definite meaning.
Dela Merced also recalled an ongoing trend she would observe among visitors, who would pose in front of the white walls between their paintings. “There are plenty of other spaces outside with equally bright walls and even better lighting. It irks me a bit when they have to do it inside because it disrupts others’ experiences.”While there are no requirements for re-entry into these establishments, it still helps to enhance one’s experience by extending it beyond its four walls.
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