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A Culture of Possibility Podcast #25 – Jasmina Ibrahimovic 

NOTE: This post is to introduce you to the 25th episode of François Matarasso’s and my monthly podcast, “A Culture … More

‘The MIAAW Monthly’, a cultural democracy email

For the last couple of years, I’ve been doing a podcast with Arlene Goldbard, in which we talk with like-minded people … More

Community art, Cultural democracy, Podcasts

Virtual Realities, Part One

Early in 2020, Irish National Opera (INO) began work on an unusual community project—a new VR opera, co-created with people from three … More

Community opera, opera, Traction, Virtual Reality, VR

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

Community art, Democracy, Mahatat, Port Said, Resistance

‘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

Community art, Community opera, Lithuania

This is special

In the dusty hall of a disused prison workshop, 30 people shuffle into a big circle. Silence falls. They draw … More

Art work with people, Community art, opera, Participatory art, Traction

Signal Fires

In another time, I was asked by Fuel Theatre to write the introduction for a book called Signal Fires, collecting … More

Cultural democracy, Theatre

Some thoughts on podcasting

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

A Culture of Possibility, Arlene Goldbard, Community art, Podcast

Safari park lions

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

Community art, James Fox, Participatory art, Radio, Tate, Turner Prize

Another Standard: How to judge community art

How do you judge a work of art? Even asking the question implies a series of judgements and beliefs. The … More

Community art, Community theatre, National Theatre Wales, NTW TEAM

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