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The discussion of the idea of ready-made and the uncertainty of the boundaries between art and life questioned the position of the audience; the distance between the work of art has blurred. In this context, this relationship, transformed between the work of art and the audience, motivated a new art production that focused on participation. These audience-oriented (interactive) art practices, whose examples have become more widespread after the 1990s, reveal a new understanding that gives freedom to the audience, rather than the passive attitude of modern art. This new understanding of art, enriched with the participation of the audience, has transformed it from a passive to an active position and transformed art into a life-related act. Participatory (interactive) art practices provide a new meeting space for individuals by moving their audience away from their usual static form. Despite the increasing momentum of individualization, the idea of a “togetherness” realized by the participatory art, especially as an implicit social mission, harmonizes the environment of socialization through art. In this context, participatory art activities that create collective consciousness tend to be the cultural procedure of bringing together people who have not crossed paths on a common ground. The general scope of this article is to examine how the audience is positioned according to the changing art perspectives and how the audience who is acting in contemporary art is reflected in the art practices.

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