No One Is Watching

The art gallery is a physical or digital space designed to exhibit works of art for both private and/or public viewership. It is relatively understood that the art gallery provides a specific type of attention for the works of art being displayed. A kind of importance outside the material, aesthetic and intellectual qualities of the work itself. The art gallery gives the artwork additional value, power, and “social status.”The often reverent environment (or wall text, signs, security, tape) instruct the viewer to respect the artwork and the space surrounding it. The art gallery provides a platform for the work, a stage to perform on, and a (invisible or literal) barrier that separates the viewer from the artwork..

What happens if the barrier is lifted?
What happens if the viewer is indifferent to the established rules of the art gallery?
What happens if there is no context for the art beyond the viewers personal perception?
What happens if there is no security, no signs, and no red tape? What happens if no is watching?