I'm not familiar with the terminology, so correct as necessary. Isn't some of this partially due to membership or patronage of art institutes and other places? Especially when you see older, completely out of their element people in the ranks. I can remember even going to Dead Can Dance performances at otherwise art venues, seeing people far outside any common demographic in the audience. I later found out many of them were big donors, season ticket holders, people with fellowships, and other situations that tied them to the venue or art scene. They didn't necessarily have interest in that particular thing, but they systematically showed up to support the venue, scene, artists in general, etc. And if some of those are active creative types, it's also an invitation to dabble out of mild curiosity. Here's this shiny new thing to them, so let's try it. They don't care about the cultural aspect. They have no interest in noise, as an example, culture or society. This thing they randomly experienced via their normal art institute habits piques their interest for a minute. It's within their context, but outside of general context. I've always viewed art culture like an ant colony. That's not to be read as negative, either. Lots of activity. Scrambling about. Movement. Distractions. Highly social, and easily influenced, while simultaneously being sequestered.
