Trusting the process
We thought we were making a play, when we started this process a couple of years ago. Instead, we’ll present
Thinking about the purpose of conversation
On Thursday evening and Friday morning I spent several hours talking about participatory art with two diverse groups in Berlin.
Culture is a right, not a solution
Originally posted on François Matarasso:
‘This week, faith leaders, unions and others called for 2020 to be the “decade of reconciliation…
In praise of podcasts
What the world of podcasts shows, above all, is that anyone can make good radio, if they put their mind to it.
Rummaging in the archives
This site began in the summer of 2015, as I started work on the book it was intended to support.
Instrumentalisation: a convenient mask
For as long as I can remember, the accusation of instrumentalising art has been flung at community artists, as a
The invisible participants
This is quite something. The European Commission has developed a tool to monitor and assess the performance of ‘Cultural and
None of this is easy
A couple of days ago, I gave a lecture about art in criminal justice contexts. It’s not a field in
Anne Peaker Memorial Lecture
Tomorrow evening at the Young Vic Theatre in London, I will give the 10th Annual Anne Peaker Memorial lecture, on
Contemporary European dance and the Commons
Originally posted on ramsayburt:
I made this video for my keynote panel paper for Plenary I, Reservoirs of Movement: Common…
It’s Fun Palaces weekend
When I was a young and earnest community artist, I bridled at the word fun. The art we made wasn’t
