Jakson and Fabio
Almost exactly five years ago. I filed into the Leiria youth prison, along with about 250 other outsiders—officials, funders and,
Author: 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.
Traction goes live
For the past four months, I have been working intensively with my colleagues in the Traction project – intensively but
Osman and the snails
Governments across the world have taken extraordinary measures to arrest the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. Since March, entire populations
Opera in a pandemic
When the Traction project was conceived, its broad aim of exploring how digital technology might reconnect opera with contemporary European
Opera during lockdown
The public health measures taken to slow down the Covid-19 pandemic have had a devastating effect on millions of businesses
The power of art
Last night, Streetwise Opera replayed the film of their 2016 production, The Passion, on YouTube, for a world in the
'The Cabbage Field': a community opera in the making
In June 2018, I spent a week in Kaunas (Lithuania) for a community art summer school organised by Ed Carroll
Is opera exclusive?
For better or worse, opera sits at the symbolic summit of European culture. Those who love it see it as
Tell me about community opera…
One reason I was attracted to the TRACTION project was the feeling of exploring new territory. I really don’t know
Returning to Regular Marvels
Regular Marvels has been hibernating since 2015, when the last of the books created under that title was published. The
