Trusting the process, again
In January 2021, for the first time in my life, I wrote a long, detailed outline for a community art
Mohan Rana: Cartographer of the Space Between
A few months ago, I had a call from Mohan Rana. His calls tend to come out of the blue:
Rehearsals for retirement
The days grow longer for smaller prizes I feel a stranger to all surprises You can have them I don’t
Notes for What Next UK
Here are the notes I prepared to speak at this morning’s meeting of What’s Next UK Preliminary No criticism: this
Rehearsing and performing co-created music remotely: Can you help?
The lockdowns and physical distancing measures introduced to contain the spread of Covid 19 have had a devastating impact on
Into the digital world: Pandemic Responses #2
In March 2020, unable to use their theatres, concert halls, galleries and museums, cultural organisations went online like a buffalo stampede. The mood in those early days seemed to be excited and febrile, characteristic of how people respond in a crisis.
How arts and cultural institutions have responded to the pandemic #1
Surviving to do what? The Covid 19 pandemic and the public health measures imposed to limit infections have been devastating
Because I am involved in humankind
A little over 30 years ago—in May 1989 to be exact—the Communist authorities in Hungary began to dismantle the barbed
Silence
We know each other but there is nobody here to translate for us. We’ve talked before. Now we pretend to
Reflecting on culture and development
For the past 18 month or so, I have been working with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
Art and love
Last night, in an effort to arrest a rapidly-rising Covid-19 infection rate, France returned to a strict lockdown. Until at
