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Category: First Generation

December 22, 2021 A Restless Art / England / First Generation / Music / Theatre / Writing

Innocence and experience: John Fox’s songs

Regular readers (thank you for your interest) will know my admiration and affection for John Fox, Sue Gill and the

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December 5, 2021 A Culture of Possibility / First Generation / Podcasts / Second generation / Third generation

Some thoughts on podcasting

In January, I began an experiment in podcasting, following an invitation from Owen Kelly and Sophie Hope, who host an

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November 28, 2021 A Restless Art / First Generation / Second generation / Third generation / Visual art / Where do you stand?

Safari park lions

BBC Radio has just broadcast a programme entitled ‘Everyone is an Artist’. It’s part of Archive on 4, a series

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October 2, 2021 A Restless Art / Cultural democracy / England / First Generation / Research

Other People’s Books: some recommendations

Over past year or two, I’ve had a series of conversations with people about books they’ve been working on. Some

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July 18, 2021 A Restless Art / Art and young people / Art in criminal justice / Cultural democracy / cultural diversity / Democratisation of culture / Ethics / First Generation / Funding / Ireland / Opera / Portugal / Reflexive practice / Research / Second generation / social change / Spain / Third generation

Still thinking about co-creation

In March, I posted a question on Twitter about co-creation.  What do artists mean by ‘co-creation’? I’m writing about the

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September 27, 2020 A Restless Art / First Generation / Guest contributions / Projects

What we have lost, and what we hold to still

I am looking up at the third floor window of number 36 – smaller than the windows below. We know there is a window seat inside. It’s where the midwife sat, almost 18 years ago, as our daughter Hannah gave birth to Rosa May, her second child, at 6am on a clear spring morning.

August 19, 2020 A Restless Art / England / First Generation / Visual art

Which murals are worth saving?

Murals were a cornerstone of the early community art movement. Between the 1960s and 1990s, hundreds were painted, mostly outdoors,

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June 1, 2020 A Restless Art / First Generation / Reflexive practice / Where do you stand?

The Roots of War: Continuing a conversation with Arlene Goldbard

A couple of weeks ago, I published a text on the ethics of participatory art by Arlene Goldbard on A

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May 24, 2020 A Restless Art / First Generation / Theatre / USA

Talking about the ethics of participatory art

When I invited Arlene Goldbard to take up this virtual residency, it seemed a simple idea, and so it has

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May 22, 2020 A Restless Art / Ethics / First Generation / USA

5. Practicing ethics

Welcome to Arlene Goldbard’s virtual residency on ‘A Restless Art’, in which she shares her ideas about the values and

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