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Author: François Matarasso

I'm a community artist, writer and researcher, working in Europe. My latest book, 'A Restless Art' (London 2019), is about the history, theory and practice of participatory art.
16 April 2021 Community arts / Guest posts / Thinking

Funding community arts – this month’s episode of ‘A Culture of Possibility’

In the fourth episode of our monthly podcast Arlene Goldbard and I talk about how community art is funded in

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7 April 2021 Experiences / Thinking / This changes everything

In a New Light – European theatre in lockdown

Theatre faces an existential crisis: doors closed, auditoriums empty, stages silent. That much is obvious. But theatre, like all the

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24 March 2021 Asides / Talks / Thinking

On not hanging around

Since the pandemic, and this lockdown life, I’ve been asked to speak in many webinars, for a wide range of

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17 March 2021 Thinking / This changes everything

Talking with playwrights about theatre

This photo was taken in Vienna, after a long and fascinating walk around Rotes Wien, the living fabric of 20th

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7 March 2021 This changes everything

Artistic Possibilists: Pandemic Responses #3

This is the third in a series about how arts and cultural institutions have responded to the pandemic. It draws

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27 February 2021 For itself / Talks

Mohan Rana: Cartographer of the Space Between

A few months ago, I had a call from Mohan Rana. His calls tend to come out of the blue:

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14 February 2021 Thinking / This changes everything

Rehearsals for retirement

The days grow longer for smaller prizes I feel a stranger to all surprises You can have them I don’t

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10 February 2021 Thinking / This changes everything

Notes for What Next UK

Here are the notes I prepared to speak at this morning’s meeting of What’s Next UK Preliminary No criticism: this

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2 February 2021 This changes everything

Rehearsing and performing co-created music remotely: Can you help?

The lockdowns and physical distancing measures introduced to contain the spread of Covid 19 have had a devastating impact on

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30 January 2021 Thinking / This changes everything

Into the digital world: Pandemic Responses #2

In March 2020, unable to use their theatres, concert halls, galleries and museums, cultural organisations went online like a buffalo stampede. The mood in those early days seemed to be excited and febrile, characteristic of how people respond in a crisis.

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      • A Wider Horizon (2015)
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François Matarasso

François Matarasso

I'm a community artist, writer and researcher, working in Europe. My latest book, 'A Restless Art' (London 2019), is about the history, theory and practice of participatory art.

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