The Emancipated Spectator

Following up on his acclaimed work The Future of the Image Ranciere exploresthe meaning of critical art and suggests how we may overcome the potential trapof be... » 

Following up on his acclaimed work The Future of the Image Ranciere exploresthe meaning of critical art and suggests how we may overcome the potential trapof being a spectator. As passive spectators he argues we risk consumeristoppression and an upheaval of social relations. Suggesting a more active partin the process of observation Ranciere reveals how we may affirm the status ofspectatorship and build upon it. In our contemporary age of mass visual mediaRancieres lucid perspective stands alone in a sea of trivializing critiques ofspectacle. «