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25 July 2015 Experiences

Dancing about migration

It’s been said that writing about music is like dancing about architecture. I’ve never been convinced. Human beings are not

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22 March 2015 Experiences / Talks

Theatre and community

It’s been a while since I last added anything here, partly because I’ve been meeting artists whose work is supported

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20 January 2015 For itself / Thinking

A Masterclass in Participatory Art

I was thinking about you guys yesterday. I’ve been here three times before and I think I understand a little

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11 July 2014 Experiences / For itself

Art across borders

Migranland It is in the nature of artistic work to reach beyond the boundaries of language, culture and context. You

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7 February 2014 Asides / Thinking

Beyond control

 I want the heart, I want the soul, I want control right now Badlands (1978) Bruce Springsteen ‘Shackled and Drawn’ During

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12 January 2014 For itself

Rene and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog after the War

One of the Internet’s delights is the chance of finding, and sharing, art. I’ve always loved the elegiac tone of Paul

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20 October 2013 Experiences / Thinking

Art, religion and meaning

Last night’s piano recital in a Sheffield church highlighted once again the permeable boundaries between art and religion. The performance—which

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4 August 2013 Experiences / Thinking

Life is precious, not safe

It’s a widely held idea that art is dangerous—or at least challenging. It threatens established thinking, especially the complacency of

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13 July 2013 Experiences / Thinking

A question of evaluation (MCV5)

It ain’t what you do it’s the way that you do it It had been a wonderful performance, the culmination

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3 July 2013 Thinking

Art’s alternative economies

It’s been hard to escape the Glastonbury Festival in the past couple of weeks and clearly many people had no

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  • Principles of co-creation24 March 2023
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  • Old Words #11 – ‘All in this together’6 January 2023
  • More carpenters than jackasses1 January 2023
  • Guest post: Arlene Goldbard on her new book16 December 2022
  • Old Words #10 – ‘Approximate Visions’2 December 2022
  • There exists a genuine mystery at the heart28 November 2022
  • Radical Hope: Carol Bebelle on Belonging, Becoming, and Healing18 November 2022
  • A museum is a strange place13 November 2022
  • Watch the making of ‘La Gata Perduda’6 November 2022
  • Old Words #9 – ‘Another Angle of Vision’4 November 2022

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    1. jennifer hinves on Principles of co-creation24 March 2023

      Brilliant project! Well done all the co-creators.

    2. François Matarasso on Radical Hope: Carol Bebelle on Belonging, Becoming, and Healing21 November 2022

      I’m so glad you enjoyed it. Fx

    3. fionahope on Radical Hope: Carol Bebelle on Belonging, Becoming, and Healing20 November 2022

      Thank you Francoise for this inspiring talk of Carol's Fiona and Mark xxxx

    4. anthonysargent0 on Watch the making of ‘La Gata Perduda’6 November 2022

      What a beautifully made film - it really captures the dynamic of this kind of intense journey ...

    5. Rebecca Manson Jones on A time of endings31 October 2022

      Thank you for all the work you share here. Wishing you well. Pondering the Twitter deletion. Haven’t been there much…

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