I think the question of the aesthetics of a relational art should not be a question because I often think that when a project is related to the society and require a lot of people to get involved. There should be an information circulated in between the authors and the public. I often believe that it requires a certain financial support in order to make the project more systematic. As aesthetics of the art is part of the living and about the politics, it is no denial that an art project is somehow indirectly affected by the economy. While there is no immediate result of a project in terms of the visual effect and a quick transformation of a society, the return is low in a short run, therefore, not much investment in those projects.
I do think that aesthetics is affected by resources and when it has to be delivered to the public and ask them to get involved, the resources often used for information transfer to let people know, and attract them.
More than that, authors usually do not aim for a beautiful designed project over the intention of the project. Therefore, authors usually would make a decision to benefit the social return instead of the appearance of the project.
I worked in an art organization which serve the disabled people to get involved in art. The aesthetic standard was low and it almost blur the line between social service and art. I eventually quit the organization between I see myself like to pursue the aesthetics rather than serving the community.
I guess this is the difference of social workers and artists who work on social relational art.
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