While much of spectatorship has to do with the idea of someone looking in or on to an image or piece of artwork, I find it fascinating that the spectator itself may in fact, BECOME the artwork. I got to thinking about this in reference to Alfred Hitchcock's The Rear Window, and decided that while it is true that L.B. Jefferie is using the concept of the social gaze, it is us as the audience that is actually watching Jefferie.
Thinking about this in real world application, I got to thinking about certain photographs and real life examples I've seen where the artwork itself features a spectator. For example, the photograph featured in TIME Magazine portraying the first 3D Movie event the world had ever seen.
It is here that we are a specatator to a spectator, where not only one, but two examples of looking come into play.
Below are a few more examples, because although you can talk about looking at someone else looking, I find it much more fascinating to see how and in what context it occurs.
Wonderful posting. You really took the idea of gazing and turned the mirror on us. How great! Keep up the good work! Your participation is also appreciated and welcomed!
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