A brief observation on aerosols
Sometimes you miss the obvious thing, even when you’ve been looking at it for years. Yesterday, as I walked along
Category: Ideas
Everyone can cook
The idea that everyone can be an artist has always underpinned my work. It seems straightforward to me, but some
Respecting other people’s reasons for (not) participating
Making a book is enjoyable but demanding too, especially as the deadline for sending digital files to the printer approaches.
More questions than answers: stories, art and ownership
On Tuesday, I spoke about participatory art at a conference in Valletta. The questions people raised afterwards were mostly the
Cultural democracy and the European Parliament
Today, I got to speak at the European Parliament, at a conference organised by the Progressive Alliance of Socialists &
Is there a community arts movement once more?
ICAF (the International Community Arts Festival in Rotterdam) has just published a photo book of the 2017 edition, and an
One for the historians
In my view community arts must still be regarded as an experiment—an experiment in ‘cultural democracy’ of great importance not
Relieved of duty
Today, I turn sixty. Such anniversaries are foreseeable, and this one’s long presence on my personal horizon was a reason
‘Ja sam Muzej’ (Bosnia Herzegovina)
“I am the Museum” is a civil society and media action aimed to mobilize a massive citizens engagement to save
(Other people) thinking about cultural democracy
This is a quick post to let people know that Alison Jeffers’ and Gerri Moriarty’s book about the first 20
