Co-creation as if people mattered
A Restless Art describes the history, theory and practice of community art. Published in 2019, the book is free to download, along with case studies and other resources.
A Selfless Art is a companion to that book, a rebalancing, more personal and reflective; it is in its early stages.
Elsewhere on this site you can find the books in the Regular Marvels series, reports, essays, and other writing. There are also documents on the early history of the community arts movement.
My other work includes a European project on opera co-creation, publications on culture and international development and community heritage. My podcast with Arlene Goldbard is here.
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Although I’ve been working on the AMPLIFY project for nearly 18 months, I have written about it here, partly because of other priorities and partly because its relation to co-creation…
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Here is the latest post from my new project, A Selfless Art, which I’m publishing here because it has a bearing also on A Restless Art. I mostly post on…
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It will take time to process my thoughts and impressions of ICAF 2026. If I do have something coherent to share about current practice, I’ll add it here in due…
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At the end of day two of the Rotterdam festival, some images of a few of the events, by turn inspiring, frustrating, joyous and intriguing. I know no better way…
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The SIMM Platform exists thanks to the vision and tenacity of Lukas Pairon, a musician, activist and researcher who has worked for many years at the interface of music and…
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In listening to the opening speeches at ICAF 2026, I’m encouraged at a time when courage is more needed than ever. We can help each other and ourselves by working…
François Matarasso 