A Restless Art – TL;DR
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
Understanding participatory and community art (Part 2)
Participatory art The term participatory art is used in the arts, policy and academia to signify a very wide range
Work in progress
In the heart of midwinter, people in Kaunas shared their community opera as a work in progress, a 40 minute celebration of
Letting go
Today, I approved the printer’s proofs—the moment of letting go. Even on Sunday, as I went through it one last
A brief observation on aerosols
Sometimes you miss the obvious thing, even when you’ve been looking at it for years. Yesterday, as I walked along
Everyone can cook
The idea that everyone can be an artist has always underpinned my work. It seems straightforward to me, but some
Cultural democracy is a fox
A podcast about cultural democracy A long bus journey through rainy Pembrokeshire gave me time to listen to the latest
An elegy for ‘The Public’
I only saw The Public from a distance, from the other side of the Midlands, but I liked what I
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.
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
Cultural democracy and the European Parliament
Today, I got to speak at the European Parliament, at a conference organised by the Progressive Alliance of Socialists &
