We don’t even need the art object to have that art experience.

Interviewee: Mary Jane Jacob

So if we were to go with this broader definition of aesthetics that is not about beauty or taste, then we actually don’t need an art object to have an art experience. If we believe that the art experience is the important thing, then that should be the focus, not whether it’s art or not. We could not worry about locating the art at all and just say the experience is there and the experience was an art experience. When we are dealing with an art form that seeks to create processes that offer deep experiences, then Dewey offers insight. Social practice is not the only art that does this, but maybe we no longer know how to look at art works in museums and have experience.