Still from ‘Ghost Town’ The Specials, 1981 THE DEPOLITICISATION OF COMMUNITY ART IN BRITAIN, 1970-2011 In 2011, I was asked … More
Category: A Restless Art
Posts that relate to the project itself
More carpenters than jackasses
In this part of Northern Europe, midwinter skies are often bright and clear. The low sun floods in like stage … More
Watch the making of ‘La Gata Perduda’
Reading about ‘La Gata Perduda‘ in these posts must be a somewhat frustrating experience. After all, it has often been … More
There is always an alternative. Always.
On Tuesday, I facilitated a talk for the Scottish Culture Collective by my friend Heba El Cheikh. She spoke about her work as a … More
Building Capabilities: Rethinking the social value of culture
Today will see the third performance of O Tempo (Somos Nós) , “Time (It’s Us), this time at the Gulbenkian Concert … More
‘From little things, big things grow’
Between the Traction opera performances in the prison last week, and those that will take place in Lisbon at the … More
What matters
“And then this: do not depend on the hope of results. […] You may have to face the fact that … More
The View from East Lawrence
Dave Loewenstein, community murals and living democracy Browsing the artwork in Dave Loewenstein’s online shop, I was delighted by this … More
Renewing opera
The problem of opera Opera is a problematic art. It’s not just the extravagant cost of producing it, or the … More
Signal Fires
In another time, I was asked by Fuel Theatre to write the introduction for a book called Signal Fires, collecting … More
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