There is always an alternative. Always.
On Tuesday, I facilitated a talk for the Scottish Culture Collective by my friend Heba El Cheikh. She spoke about
Tag: resistance
‘Write this down’
It was the end of a long day. We’d run out of time and the guards needed to get us
‘From little things, big things grow’
Between the Traction opera performances in the prison last week, and those that will take place in Lisbon at the
This is not a level playing field
Evaluation has become a dominant preoccupation in participatory art in the past generation. It’s a fascinating field, and I’ve played
‘If not pure, then at least useful.’
Read this book. It is probably the most important book about art that will be published this year. Or about
Other People’s Books: some recommendations
Over past year or two, I’ve had a series of conversations with people about books they’ve been working on. Some
The parliament of invisible people
You see them sometimes, late at night, cleaning offices for people they never meet; or unloading vans from empty bus
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
Optimism is a valuable resource
Jubilee Arts was a pioneering community arts project founded in 1974, in West Bromwich, an industrial town west of
Sing out your bile
In Finland when a lot of people start complaining they might be called a ‘valituskuoro’, or a Complaints Choir. Two
François Matarasso 