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22 February 2020 A Dead Good Life

Trusting the process

We thought we were making a play, when we started this process a couple of years ago. Instead, we’ll present

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24 May 2014 Regular marvels

Authorship and authenticity

 In 1841, a young father and musician was kidnapped in Washington DC, shipped in chains to New Orleans and sold

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10 April 2014 The Light Ships

Filming creation

Each Regular Marvel is the result of conversations, reflection and shared creativity. They only exist because of many people’s willingness

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2 March 2014 From My Life

Restless meanings

Classical music is as important as photography in Terence Davies’ elegiac film about the people and city of Liverpool in

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15 September 2013 Bread and Salt

The power to transform

Originally posted on Parliament of Dreams:
  Aquatopia, the latest of Alex Farquharson’s highly original themed exhibitions at Nottingham Contemporary, explores the…

17 June 2013 Bread and Salt

You’ve still got to laugh

‘Racist B&B’ is a comedy sketch by Tara Flynn. She explains why she made it on her blog. I tip

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6 April 2013 A Wider Horizon / Bread and Salt / Regular marvels / Where we dream / Winter fires

Making sense

I got an email from a Dutch friend, partly in response to my post about waiting for feedback. Margreet wrote

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1 February 2013 Winter fires

‘The Crystal Quilt’, Suzanne Lacy

On Sunday, the American artist Suzanne Lacy will create a new performance piece called Silver Action at Tate Modern in London. She has invited

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27 June 2012 Where we dream

Where We Dream: The Film

My friend Eugène van Erven been documenting community arts for many years, both in his native Netherlands and in other

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30 April 2012 Where we dream

‘Where We Dream’ published

Everybody’s a dreamer… Almost a year ago, I began a series of conversations with people in West Bromwich about their

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I’m a community artist, writer and researcher, working mostly in Europe. My latest book, 'A Restless Art', describes the history, theory and practice of participatory art.

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