An insightful exploration of early manifestations of participatory art and the various (f)actors that contributed to its emergence.

Participatory art practices allow members of an audience to actively contribute to the creation of art. Annemarie Kok provides a detailed analysis and explanation of the use of participatory strategies in art in the so-called long sixties (starting around 1958 and ending around 1974) in Western Europe. Drawing on extensive archival materials and with the help of the toolbox of the actor-network theory, she maps out the various actors of three case studies of participatory projects by John Dugger and David Medalla, Piotr Kowalski, and telewissen, all of which were part of documenta 5 (Kassel, 1972).

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Annemarie Kok works as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Groningen, where she also did her doctorate. Having attained her research master's degree in art history from Utrecht University in 2009, she has lectured at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam, the University of Groningen and Utrecht University. She is the author of a book on Dutch art criticism between 1989 and 2015 and a member of the board of the Horst Gerson Lectures Foundation. Her research focuses on participatory art and participatory heritage.