Community opera in a pandemic
In February, I participated in the kick-off meeting of TRACTION, a Horizon 2020 project researching how digital technology can support
Category: Spain
When we were in the streets
With everything that is happening to us, I’ve rather neglected this site recently, writing elsewhere about community opera and how
Next steps for ‘A Restless Art’
The publication of A Restless Art, long-delayed, is now almost a year in the past. Time has flown, and the
‘Here we found a space to think’
When I argued – as I still do – that people benefit from participating in art, it is because of its potential for learning, emancipation and empowerment. Experience changes us. Powerful experiences, such as those that come from creating art with other people, can change us deeply. But that change is something we do for ourselves: it is not done to us
A bao a qu (Catalonia)
A Bao A Qu is a small Catalan organisation, founded in 2004 by friends passionate about sharing their love of cinema,
Who gets paid – and why?
Like a lot of freelance artists, what I get paid ranges from a lot to nothing, according to the commissioner’s
Be SpectACTive!
Be SpectACTive! describes itself as ‘a European project based on audience development, involving some of the most innovative European organizations working
Anyone can do it
This guest post was written by Julia Rone, a Bulgarian friend who has been researching social activism in the wake
‘A gift for fiction’
Theatre changes people. Mostly, it does so in small ways by rearranging our mental furniture, hanging around for a bit
In unstable times, we need a restless art.
Why describe participation as a ‘restless’ art? My original reason was simply that the practice of professional artists involving others in
