What I find interesting after reading the two essays is that there seems to be a wide variation of emphasis on artists’ rights to their work when participation is involved. I feel that the organizations focused on by Group A were much more concerned with the ownership of art or the artists’ rights to their work (which makes sense since that is what Group A said they were going to focus on), versus Group B’s organization seemed more concerned with the outcome or products of participation. This view of these two papers could be completely invalid depending upon perspective or a different presentation of the organizations. The last project that Group B focused on where children are allowed to play and build with everyday objects, and then their play is observed is especially interesting to me because (in the paper) the children’s rights to what they create is not even touched upon. Is that something that this project focuses on? My guess is no, which would then surface more questions as to why the children are not being informed on this aspect of creating art. Is it because they are just children? I am not saying they should be informed, in fact I do not believe that is at all a purpose for that project. I just find it interesting that when an artist becomes more established and well-known, this is a huge issue. But when an artist is unaware of what they might be creating, it seems not to be an issue at all.
What I find interesting after reading the two essays is that there seems to be a wide variation of emphasis on artists’ rights to their work when participation is involved. I feel that the organizations focused on by Group A were much more concerned with the ownership of art or the artists’ rights to their work (which makes sense since that is what Group A said they were going to focus on), versus Group B’s organization seemed more concerned with the outcome or products of participation. This view of these two papers could be completely invalid depending upon perspective or a different presentation of the organizations. The last project that Group B focused on where children are allowed to play and build with everyday objects, and then their play is observed is especially interesting to me because (in the paper) the children’s rights to what they create is not even touched upon. Is that something that this project focuses on? My guess is no, which would then surface more questions as to why the children are not being informed on this aspect of creating art. Is it because they are just children? I am not saying they should be informed, in fact I do not believe that is at all a purpose for that project. I just find it interesting that when an artist becomes more established and well-known, this is a huge issue. But when an artist is unaware of what they might be creating, it seems not to be an issue at all.