I had discussion with my friend recently about action-based art (I have no idea if this is right term to describe).

My friend and I agreed that those forms of art lacks certain quality that traditional form of art has; especially, in-between space for viewers to get in. This sort of lackness(?) often happens with technology-based or interactive art as well. If we think about Superflex’s work, for example. I wonder if people see this kind of aspect as lacks or different.

If we make argument more specific to the Superflex’s works, especially on those of FREE BEER or COPYSHOP for example, then it seems that what they try to talk is so clear and so obvious and that makes clear difference with other art which usually have ambiguous quality. It looks like Free Beer/Copy Shop want us to think more about what they’re addressing through the work rather than think about work itself.

It is good that it makes real action to reality and it allows people to think about more concrete issue but in a sense, isn’t this more like Journalism or Design? If we look at our history, It seems when art has expanded through this challenge.

Rather than the question of whether this is art or not, what is nature of in-between space in art for viewer to get in; a space that gives free interpretation/imagination for viewer?