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
Category: Second generation
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
‘Just watch, and listen, and take in their story.’
Don’t feel guilty. Don’t feel sorry. Don’t look away. Just watch, and listen, and take in their story. This Is
‘I hope it was a slight jolt for the public.’
We’re here Choked by this #Somme100 commemoration. At a time when being British makes little sense, just beautiful. #wearehere Tweet
‘We want to be remembered.’
‘Sometimes you’ve got to take risks for the unknown. You don’t know what you are going into but you’ve got
Access to the means of cultural production
Participatory art depends on many things, including some that it is easy, in more affluent parts of the world, to
‘Have I got to go somewhere?’
‘Care in the Community’ was a flagship policy of the third Thatcher government at the end of the 1980s. It
Lycéens à La Dynamo
(Scroll down for the English text) L’élection présidentielle française, dont le second tour aura lieu le 7 mai, remplit en
3 – Nearly building a Fun Palace in West Bromwich
‘But what is it for?’ was a question often asked by funders. There has been at least one serious attempt
Men & Girls Dance – Successful risk-taking in participatory art
‘That’s a bad idea.’ It was months ago and I don’t remember now who told me about a proposed dance project
