The difficulty of thinking outside of the box
Community and participatory art has long roots in Britain. Its practice owes much to ideas that were developed in the
Category: Music
Nothing but the best
I’ve often heard that high artistic standards are unattainable, or even unimportant in socially engaged work. Nothing could be further
Against the odds: Opera in a Portuguese prison
The old carpentry workshop looks like something from Piranesi’s Carceri, which seems appropriate since it’s in the Youth Prison of
Participatory art in Portugal
Two or three years ago, I began to hear about some of the participatory arts projects happening in Portugal and
Participation can be more important than art
My talk at last week’s SIMM-posium in Ghent was an opportunity to share some concerns about widely held assumptions in the
Community or amateur?
The first day of the symposium on the Social Impact of Music Making that I’m attending in Ghent (Belgium) closed
A Restless Art 