Research – A Restless Art

This is not a level playing field

Evaluation has become a dominant preoccupation in participatory art in the past generation. It’s a fascinating field, and I’ve played

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

This photograph of the artists working on Irish National Opera’s Out of the Ordinary project was taken on 20 August 2021, at

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

The clue’s in the name: participatory art happens when people get to participate. The closure of cinemas, theatres and music

About five years ago, a group of musicians and academics set up an international research platform to foster understanding of the social

This is quite something. The European Commission has developed a tool to monitor and assess the performance of ‘Cultural and

In the course of working on A Restless Art, I’ve met many people from what I think of as the

Too long; didn’t read? Fair enough: so here’s a quick summary of the ground covered in the book: 80.000 words reduced to about 1,350

This is a quick post to let people know that Alison Jeffers’ and Gerri Moriarty’s book about the first 20