‘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
Category: Third generation
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
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
‘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
This is special
In the dusty hall of a disused prison workshop, 30 people shuffle into a big circle. Silence falls. They draw
Signal Fires
In another time, I was asked by Fuel Theatre to write the introduction for a book called Signal Fires, collecting
Some thoughts on podcasting
In January, I began an experiment in podcasting, following an invitation from Owen Kelly and Sophie Hope, who host an
Safari park lions
BBC Radio has just broadcast a programme entitled ‘Everyone is an Artist’. It’s part of Archive on 4, a series
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
The difference between a professional and a non-professional artist – Part 3
In the previous post, I outlined a range of resources that professional artists can draw on in their work, including
A Restless Art 