ABSTRACT
One of the delights of The Emancipated Spectator has been the prospect of taking at least parts of it literally. Rancire's focus in The Emancipated Spectator tends to be on art that can be looked at. There is a distinction to be drawn, however, between consensus and community, and the latter term runs as a shadow through Rancire's thinking. Equality stands as an abiding principle across much of Rancire's work. Equality applies communally, in that it entails equivalent prospects and opportunities across groups. There is a distinction to be drawn, however, between consensus and community, and the latter term runs as a shadow through Rancire's thinking. A sensus communis involves three forms of community. The book talks about Cloud Gate takes the two separate sides of Sky Mirror and puts them together in a different shape entirely. It is a machine for spectating.
