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May 21, 2021 Democratisation of culture / Ireland / Opera / Research / Third generation

Using digital technology in co-creation workshops

The clue’s in the name: participatory art happens when people get to participate. The closure of cinemas, theatres and music

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April 24, 2021 A Restless Art / Music / Opera / social change / Spain / Third generation

‘What I’ve Been Looking For’

The Musicals Choir was started by Cristina Colomer, director of the Escola de Músics in Raval, for young people experiencing

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March 24, 2021 Art and young people / Democratisation of culture / Guest contributions / Ireland / Opera / Third generation

Leaning in to the uncertainty

The pandemic has caused all sorts of trouble to the Traction project, as it has to everything and everyone, everywhere.

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February 2, 2021 A Restless Art / Music / Opera / Theatre

Rehearsing and performing co-created music remotely: Can you help?

The lockdowns and physical distancing measures introduced to contain the spread of Covid 19 have had a devastating impact on

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January 3, 2021 A Restless Art / Opera

Take pride

In October, I wrote about a community opera being created in County Durham that had been stopped just weeks before

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November 13, 2020 England / Music / Northern Ireland / Opera / Research / Scotland / Wales

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

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October 28, 2020 Ethics / Opera

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

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October 3, 2020 A Restless Art / Applied art / Architecture / Circus / Comics / Craft / Cultural democracy / Dance / Film / Music / Opera / Photography / Sound art / Theatre / Third generation / Traditional art / Visual art / Writing

Holding onto community

Suddenly it’s October, and Fun Palaces weekend is here. Since its invention in 2014, the Fun Palaces idea has burst

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July 24, 2020 A Restless Art / England / Ireland / Netherlands / Opera / Portugal / Spain

Community opera in a pandemic

In February, I participated in the kick-off meeting of TRACTION, a Horizon 2020 project researching how digital technology can support

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April 13, 2020 Opera

The power of art

Last night, Streetwise Opera replayed the film of their 2016 production, The Passion, on YouTube, for a world in the grip

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