Art in Conversation

As art is subjective, it should be open to discussion rather than lectured about. Grant Kester developed the term “dialogical art” to describe his process-based conversation approach to art. I read an interesting article, “Look who’s Talking- dialogical aesthetics” which discussed a study that Kester conducted on a cruise ship circling Lake Zurich. He brought together a diverse group of people ranging from politicians to sex workers who were told to have a conversation about the plight of the homeless. Such an environment created more open and honest conversations because there was no judgment and the people disregarded their typical views to collaborate on a solution. I like the idea of people from different domains discussing a topic. I think it would be interesting to extend this study to discuss various types of artwork. I would imagine that people have varying views on what is considered art and what they find the most aesthetically pleasing.