Flower Wall Project: A Case Study in Participatory Art Utilizing Social Media

Gyung Jin  Shin

Flower Wall Project: A Case Study in Participatory Art Utilizing Social Media

Academy of Visual Arts

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Abstract

Among the various labels for art’s social engagement that have diversified since the 1990s, “participatory art,” as first coined by Claire Bishop, theorizes and emphasizes its “participatory” rather than political characteristics. In the recent “nonviolent” tendencies of political protests around the globe, this “artistic” collaboration of citizens has been facilitated by social media, lowering the threshold for participation. This study aims to investigate this new emergent genre of art, namely “participatory art utilizing social media,” through a case study of Flower Wall Project conducted in South Korea's 2017 "Candlelight Protest." Rather than assessments based on political achievement or technological determinism, this paper seeks to lay the groundwork for establishing sophisticated evaluation criteria with a balanced perspective between esthetics, politics, and technology.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 25th International Symposium on Electronic Art, ISEA 2019
Editors	Juyong Park, Juhan Nam, Jin Wan Park
Place of Publication	Gwangju
Publisher	International Symposium on Electonic Art (ISEA)
Pages	611-615
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	9791187275060
Publication status	Published - Jun 2019
Event	Lux Aeterna: 25th International Symposium on Electronic Art, ISEA 2019 - Gwangju, Korea, Republic of Duration: 22 Jun 2019 → 28 Jun 2019 http://isea2019.isea-international.org/ (Conference website) https://isea-archives.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ISEA2019_Proceedings.pdf (Conference proceedings)

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Name	Proceedings of the International Symposium on Electronic Art

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Conference	Lux Aeterna: 25th International Symposium on Electronic Art, ISEA 2019
Country/Territory	Korea, Republic of
City	Gwangju
Period	22/06/19 → 28/06/19
Internet address	http://isea2019.isea-international.org/ (Conference website) https://isea-archives.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ISEA2019_Proceedings.pdf (Conference proceedings)

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social networking service
social media
Web 2.0
Candlelight Protest
participation
authorship
spectatorship
patronship

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Shin, GJ 2019, Flower Wall Project: A Case Study in Participatory Art Utilizing Social Media. in J Park, J Nam & JW Park (eds), Proceedings of the 25th International Symposium on Electronic Art, ISEA 2019. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Electronic Art, International Symposium on Electonic Art (ISEA), Gwangju, pp. 611-615, Lux Aeterna: 25th International Symposium on Electronic Art, ISEA 2019, Gwangju, Korea, Republic of, 22/06/19.

Flower Wall Project: A Case Study in Participatory Art Utilizing Social Media. / Shin, Gyung Jin .
Proceedings of the 25th International Symposium on Electronic Art, ISEA 2019. ed. / Juyong Park; Juhan Nam; Jin Wan Park. Gwangju: International Symposium on Electonic Art (ISEA), 2019. p. 611-615 (Proceedings of the International Symposium on Electronic Art).

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