Synthesized answer
The provided passages do not directly detail the "practical implications" of participatory art.
However, they do discuss the concept and criticism of participatory art. Claire Bishop's book, "Artificial Hells," is described as a "searing critique of participatory art—from its development to its political ambitions" [Passage 2]. She scrutinizes the "emancipatory claims" made for participatory projects and offers an alternative to ethical criteria for such artworks [Passage 1]. Bishop calls for a "less prescriptive approach to art and politics, and for more compelling, troubling, and bolder forms of participatory art and criticism" [Passage 1]. The passages mention that critics and curators have widely accepted the idea that participatory art is the ultimate political art, promoting new emancipatory social relations by encouraging audience participation [Passage 2].
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and Dada; the Situationist International; Happenings in Eastern Europe, Argentina and Paris; the 1970s Community Arts Movement; and the Artists Placement Group. It concludes with a discussion of long-term educational projects by contemporary artists such as Thomas Hirschhorn, Tania Bruguera, Pawel Althamer and Paul Chan. Since her controversial essay in Artforum in 2006, Claire Bishop has been one of the few to challenge the political and aesthetic ambitions of participatory art. In Artificial Hells, she not only scrutinizes the emancipatory claims made for these projects, but also provides…
Title: Artificial Hells by Claire Bishop Description: This searing critique of participatory art—from its development to its political ambitions—is “an essential title for contemporary art history scholars and students as well as anyone who has . . . thought, ‘Now that’s art!’ or ‘That’s art?’” (Library Journal) Since the 1990s, critics and curators have broadly accepted the notion that participatory art is the ultimate political art: that by encouraging an audience to take part an artist can promote new emancipatory social relations. Around the world, the champions of this form of…