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From Regular Marvels: ‘What we talk about when we talk about love’
‘You know, while doing this, going through this journey, it has changed me. And, yes, I had a spiritual inkling, but being with them – they taught me what unconditional love is all about. They taught me what being non-judgmental was all about.‘ Alokananda Roy in conversation with the Traction Team, 2 December 2020 In…
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Understanding community music – can you help?
About five years ago, a group of musicians and academics set up an international research platform to foster understanding of the social impact of music making. The people involved have decades of commitment to the idea that music can transform people’s life chances. They’ve worked in difficult, sometimes dangerous situations, and published important research that extends and…
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Whose (community) opera is it anyway?
Intellectual property rights have rarely been an issue during my life in community art. The projects I’ve worked consciously rejected market values and therefore rarely produced anything that could be commercialised. Still, the world has changed a lot in that time, and the creative industries – a concept only defined in the 1990s – are…
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How the internet saved a community opera
It began with open workshops in community halls across County Durham, from ancient places sheltered in mountain valleys to younger ones, grown up around pits that closed a generation ago. Not all those who came had much idea what taking part in a community opera might mean, but they knew they enjoyed singing or music…
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Holding onto community
Suddenly it’s October, and Fun Palaces weekend is here. Since its invention in 2014, the Fun Palaces idea has burst into thousands of gorgeous, diverse, open-hearted blooms. Each one is unique, shaped by its combination of people and place. Each one is a gift, of a community to a community, strengthening its bonds of acceptance…
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François Matarasso 