Collaboration, participation and inviting the audience in as joint constructors of meaning

What this note covers

1. Locate control in the conditions, not only the object
2. Differentiate assistance, collaboration and participation
3. Design participation that produces meaningful agency
4. Let audience action alter authorship and time
5. Evaluate readings the artist did not anticipate
6. Write about participatory practice without romanticising it
7. Worked participation design: distribute agency through a constrained map
8. Worked reception problem: respond when participants turn reflection into a game

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