Crucial in realisation of such project is common experience. It is an experience shared as in common with others and as such it is a core of empathy: it makes empathy possible. Therefore my suggestion is to distinguish between participation and commons as two subjective experiences where the former focuses on individual experience that either tends to follow the rules or disagree with them, and the latter only exists in common. The argument I propose here is to think of participation in art not just in reference to the widely recognised move from the focus on art objects to people and to participation as open processes, as well as the recognition of the public (and its value) as an element of this process.
Analysis of participatory art requires extending discussions beyond the social and including complex relations that go beyond the gallery and the art and social context of the participatory projects. Ideological, structural, gender and biopolitical tendencies which shape the project from outside as well as various tools, devices and systems which create and organise forms of participation also need to be taken into account as actively participating in it and as being part of common experiences.