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
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Culture and community development in Bulgaria
NOTE: This post introduces the new episode of the podcast, “A Culture of Possibility’, available on 21 October 2022. You
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
‘The MIAAW Monthly’, a cultural democracy email
For the last couple of years, I’ve been doing a podcast with Arlene Goldbard, in which we talk with like-minded
Four years to get here, four weeks to go
Exactly a month from now, on 7 October 2022, the second and final performance of La Gata Perduda will happen
Access ≠ Democracy
When I began in community art, the photocopier was new technology. In the printshop where I was an apprentice, we
Old Words #6: Cultural policy in a post-political age (2021-22)
Neglecting the origins and principles of cultural policy is damaging because it will lead to to confusion at best and illusion at worst, both of which will make democratic accountability more difficult. In that respect, these developments are in keeping with the powerful—and dangerous—practices of many politicians in democratic societies today. Cultural policy is not immune from this infection.
Can you teach community art?
TL;DR? No. In the 1980s, when the first generation of community artists had been around for long enough to feel
Parliament of Dreams 