Participation in Practice; Authorship, Authority, Methods and Ethics

How do artists generate participation? Through her practice-based doctoral research, Elizabeth Pedler conducts research on the methods of dialogue, exchange, gifting and confrontation, to compare how these approaches produce differing forms of engagement and experiences for the participants and artist. How these approaches align with the ethics of consent, and how the artist ensures reciprocity, are key concerns. The research presented is grounded in a participatory practice, and directly informed by interviews with, and feedback from, participants.