When Elon Musk bought Twitter, in October last year, I deleted my account. I’m wary of social media, which feeds…
Time to go inward
It’s time to go inward man I hope I have the nerve To take an inventory of the causes that…
Principles of co-creation?
Three years after it began, the Traction project is finally complete. A review meeting with the European Commission two weeks…
Research on participatory opera and music theatre
SIMM (Social Impact of Music Making) is a platform linking academic researchers with practitioners committed to music as a path…
Co-creating Opera: Presenting the learning from the Traction project
Regular visitors to this site (and its retiring companions) will know that I have spent much of the past three…
There is another way
A guest post by Richard Willacy, General Director, Birmingham Opera Company I’m arriving at a foyer buzzing with excitement; youth,…
A Culture of Possibility Podcast #25 – Jasmina Ibrahimovic
NOTE: This post is to introduce you to the 25th episode of François Matarasso’s and my monthly podcast, “A Culture…
Old Words #11 – ‘All in this together’
Still from ‘Ghost Town’ The Specials, 1981 THE DEPOLITICISATION OF COMMUNITY ART IN BRITAIN, 1970-2011 In 2011, I was asked…
More carpenters than jackasses
In this part of Northern Europe, midwinter skies are often bright and clear. The low sun floods in like stage…
Watch the making of ‘La Gata Perduda’
Reading about ‘La Gata Perduda‘ in these posts must be a somewhat frustrating experience. After all, it has often been…
A Selfless Art 