Tom Marioni: Artistic intoxication

This thesis, through a monographic inquiry into the work of artist Tom Marioni, examines the role of a critical participatory strategy in artistic practices. As a result of the participatory model Marioni employs, he calls into question the inherent social conditions experienced within social, public spaces such as museums or institutions. Through a humorous but critical position, his work serves to introduce a sociability that is currently lacking in these spaces, and ultimately stimulate criticality towards normative behavior expectations in public experiences. Marioni's role as an artist should not be romanticized, nor should his work be considered as a utopian claim, but instead, recognized as a temporary intervention that values communality and exchange in a space predicated on disavowing plurality.