ACE - Week 1

Questions that I gathered as I read: 

What defines the difference between site, community, location, and audience specific works? 

What makes site-specific works ‘specific’? 

How does this reading then effect how we look at art in a museum? 

Would that then be considered site/location specific? More so, wouldn’t the space in which the artist of a painting be part of the art that they are creating? 

The idea of creating a site specific work is very interesting, however the ability for that piece to adapt to the location or site that it is located in would be interesting and not a far off thought. Many theatrical shows, and productions do this on a regular basis, really, it happens all the time. Not every theater is made the same, and not every music venue alike… With that in mind the productions scale and designs must change to adapt to every place. In that case do those productions then become site or location specific as the specific quirks of that theater or venue are imparted on the productions designs as well? I also find the points made about an audience watching an artist create works very engaging. This is does not make the art public, rather it creates a public display of art making. On that thought, the reading brought me to think of a lot of the 'art' which is created here at CalArts where, in my eyes, can be seen as highly community and audience specific.