Q1: Ward brought up a couple of reasons why Burden may have done Shoot. One was to protest the brutality of war with his self-victimization, another reason was to put people in a position of "what do I do in this situation?" The third reason that Ward discussed was because Burden wanted to know what it felt to be shot and believed that everyone, even if subconsciously, wondered what it was like. Considering all of these reasons, what impact did Burden want to have on his audience and others who learned about his art? Did he want people to protest the war? Did he want people to take a stand in the future instead of letting the bystander effect affect them? Or did he just want to show people the experience of being shot?
Q2: The bystander effect increases as the number of people increase. If Burden wanted to make an impact, why didn't he have a larger audience?
No comments:
Post a Comment