Research Article
Art as an Expanded Field: The Case of the R/Place Social Experiment
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-031-55319-6_9, author={Marcela Jatene Cavalcante Botelho and Hosana Celeste Oliveira}, title={Art as an Expanded Field: The Case of the R/Place Social Experiment}, proceedings={ArtsIT, Interactivity and Game Creation. 12th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2023, S\"{a}o Paulo, Brazil, November 27-29, 2023, Proceedings, Part I}, proceedings_a={ARTSIT}, year={2024}, month={3}, keywords={R/Place Artification Art as an Expanded Field}, doi={10.1007/978-3-031-55319-6_9} }- Marcela Jatene Cavalcante Botelho
Hosana Celeste Oliveira
Year: 2024
Art as an Expanded Field: The Case of the R/Place Social Experiment
ARTSIT
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-55319-6_9
Abstract
In this paper, we will present the social experiment originating from the website Reddit, r/place, and our findings regarding how this experiment has been analyzed and understood, with three interpretations of our studies that could be associated with r/place. On top of that, we will introduce our art research methodology, “art as an expanded field,” in which r/place will be our subject of analysis, with the concept of artification described by scholar Ellen Dissanayake as our theoretical starting point for such an endeavor. It is not in the interest of this work to thoroughly analyze r/place but to present a paradigm for understanding it and possibly further experiments, as well as present the beginnings of our methodology currently developed.
