Response to Andrew Roiter "Observers as participants in art"

Andrew brought up an interesting point. How do external factors, or unintentional factors affect what art is.

Art is vague enough, controversial, and pretty much boundary-less.

So how would one interpret the crowd in the concert? Viewers viewing a picture?Bystanders in a groomed garden?

I believe these unaccounted for factors, add to the original art piece.

What would a Mona Lisa be if people didn't think it was beautiful?

Art is affected by its viewer, and viewer of the viewers.

Not a significant, permanent way, but in some temporary design.

Who is viewing who? when it comes to art?

can viewers be interpret as part of the art work?