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Tag: Old Words

3 June 2022 Old Words / Thinking

Old Words #4, ‘The Art of Uncertainty’ (2010)

This month’s Old Words are unusual, since they don’t get around to the arts until the last quester of the

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4 March 2022 Old Words

Music. What is it good for? (Old Words #1)

Click here to download ‘Music. What is it good for?’ (PDF) THE RISING SUN I first heard The House of the

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24 February 2022 Old Words / Thinking

Old words

Next Friday, 4 March, I’ll add a new thread of work to this website. I’ve called it ‘Old Words’ because

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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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