Picture Yourself

BACKGROUND: Picture Yourself was a collaborative or co-productive project generated through a system that invited contribution from the future audience. Using a photo booth at a shopping centre, Pintos-Lopez photographed participants and recorded three-minute aural portraits as the images developed. The strip of photos was exhibited as a singular superimposed image, with the sound portraits presented as anonymous stories that viewers could listen to, disconnected from the particular portrait. The resulting portraits were exhibited at West Space Gallery. CONTRIBUTION: This project developed a new way of inhabiting consumerist public space through setting up a system that countered the singular narratives preferred by consumer experience. It sits within the field of participatory and relational art, drawing on ideas by Joseph Pine about the 'experience economy' and Michel de Certeau who describes a tactical, and essentially creative, way to negotiate the constructed environment. The research contributes to the field of experiential sculpture as it shifts relations between both the audience and the producer. This field has identified the audience as either passive consumers or engaged audiences, whereas this project presented a system that encouraged co-production of creative work, identifying the agency of the audience within any work as co-productive, not passive. SIGNIFICANCE: The significance of this work is evidenced by its selection by the West Space Gallery panel for inclusion in the Gallery's highly-competitive exhibition program. West Space has developed a significant reputation amongst Australian and international arts organisations in supporting experimental activities of artists within a critical context.

背景："Picture Yourself"是一项协作共创型项目，依托一套面向未来受众征集参与的系统生成。项目选址于购物中心的照相亭，由创作者Pintos-Lopez为参与者拍摄肖像照片，并在照片冲印流程中录制时长三分钟的声音肖像。后续将长条冲印照片整合为单幅叠加图像进行展览，同时将声音肖像转化为匿名故事供观众收听，且不与特定肖像绑定。最终创作成果于西空间画廊（West Space Gallery）展出。
贡献：本项目通过搭建一套对抗消费体验所偏好的单一叙事逻辑的系统，开辟了一种栖居于消费主义公共空间的全新创作路径。本项目隶属于参与性与关系性艺术领域，借鉴了约瑟夫·派恩（Joseph Pine）的"体验经济"理论，以及米歇尔·德·塞托（Michel de Certeau）提出的、用于协商建构环境的战术性且本质上具有创造性的行动路径。该研究推动了体验性雕塑领域的发展，因为它重构了受众与创作者之间的关系。该领域此前将受众划分为被动消费者与积极受众两类，而本项目所搭建的系统鼓励创意作品的共创，明确了受众在任何创作作品中的共创主体性，而非被动性。
意义：该作品的重要性得到了西空间画廊评审团的认可，被纳入该画廊极具竞争力的展览计划。西空间画廊在澳大利亚及国际艺术机构中享有盛誉，其始终在批判性语境下支持艺术家的实验性创作活动。