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
Category: Thinking
More carpenters than jackasses
In this part of Northern Europe, midwinter skies are often bright and clear. The low sun floods in like stage
Guest post: Arlene Goldbard on her new book
NOTE: This post is to introduce you to the 24th episode of the monthly podcast, ‘A Culture of Possibility’, which
Old Words #10 – ‘Approximate Visions’
‘Descriptio Maris Pacifici’,, the first known map of the Pacific, drawn by Abraham Ortelius, in 1589, Antwerp This month’s Old
A museum is a strange place
On 9 November 2022, I was invited by Fondazione Brescia Musei to contribute to a discussion on ‘participatory museums today’,
Old Words #9 – ‘Another Angle of Vision’
The Brough of Birsay from Orkney, August 2011 (photo François Matarasso) In 2011, I was commissioned to research cultural life
A time of endings
This morning’s news bulletin led with the takeover of Twitter by Elon Musk, so I’ve deleted my account. I’d kept
The night of the première
Nature doesn’t have a sense of humour, so it’s just coincidence that I’ve caught my first dose of Covid-19 in
Virtual Realities (Part Three)
But for the first two hundred years of its life spectacle, associated in particular with stage technology – referred to
Virtual realities (Part Two)
If you go to experience Out of the Ordinary/As an nGnách at the Dublin Fringe Festival today, you’ll be greeted
Parliament of Dreams 