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Category: Reflexive practice

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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March 18, 2020 A Restless Art / Reflexive practice

Do you have questions about community art?

Many artists who work with people now find themselves with time on their hands as governments escalate measures to slow

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February 12, 2020 Reflexive practice

On the value of ‘good enough’

Listening to a radio discussion about failure in the arts, I asked myself why I’ve always had reservations about the

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September 12, 2019 A Restless Art / Ethics / Reflexive practice / Where do you stand? / Writing

Who are you writing for?

Reading yet another account of a community outreach project undertaken by an arts organisation, I could feel my heart sinking

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November 6, 2018 A Restless Art / Book extracts / Ethics / Reflexive practice

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.

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October 28, 2018 A Restless Art / Ethics / Italy / Malta / Reflexive practice

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

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September 29, 2018 A Restless Art / Cultural democracy / First Generation / History / Reflexive practice / Second generation / Third generation

Relieved of duty

Today, I turn sixty. Such anniversaries are foreseeable, and this one’s long presence on my personal horizon was a reason

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September 16, 2018 A Restless Art / Ethics / First Generation / Guest contributions / India / Netherlands / New Zealand / Philippines / Reflexive practice / Research / Second generation / Theatre / Third generation / Where do you stand?

Restless Research: Confessions of a Confused Community Art Scholar

  If you’ve read some of the material published on this site, I hope you’ll understand why I describe participatory

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July 30, 2018 A Restless Art / Education / England / First Generation / Reflexive practice / Research / Scotland / Second generation / Third generation / Wales / Writing

Why are there so few books about community art?

There are very few books about community art in Britain, despite its 50 year history. The key texts are: 1978, Artists

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July 17, 2018 A Restless Art / Case studies / Dance / England / Ethics / Professional artists / Reflexive practice / Third generation / Where do you stand?

‘‘I didn’t realise I had so much to say until we began this conversation.’

Click here to download this case study in English (PDF 22MB) Clique aqui para descarregar este caso de estudo em

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