Social media art and/or interactive art?Exhibitionist: PeeP Streamby Ye Funa and Bei Ou

Abstract

In December 2015, three artistic events of the Exhibitionist: PeeP Stream Series were held, initiated by Ye Funa (b. 1986) and Bei Ou (b. 1987). The artists and other participants took part in a performance, which was shown live online. The artists used social media and live streaming to make the work. Viewers were invited to post their comments about it and their statements became part of the artistic project. For the artists, their intent was to break down boundaries between daily display and art exhibition, and to reduce the distance between the public and contemporary art. The Series raised questions about contemporary consumerism, sexual identity, the aesthetics of Camp, and stylizations derived from Japanese pop culture. The essay also considers if Exhibitionist: PeeP Stream should be regarded as ‘social media art’, a genre of interactive art, or an ‘interactive spectacle’. The article highlights the innovation of Exhibitionist: PeeP Stream as an artwork created on the border of art and daily life and indirectly continuing the artistic tradition of Fluxus.

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