Uncommon Ground
@uncommon2018
A one-day symposium exploring what it means to create socially engaged art today. 22.03.2018. By @ace_national @britisharts @the_lowry
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.Evie Manning of Common Wealth starts an impromptu workshop to get everyone involved with today's themes #Uncommon2018
So... in response to earlier conversations about the room not feeling socially engaged, Evie Manning got the whole room on their feet, interacting, and on/off the stage as we pleased... “Normal” service now resumed for those watching online! #uncommon2018
Patrick Fox of HeartofGlass "We're operating in crazy circumstances. We need to work together in solidarity" #Uncommon2018
"We can destabilise and play by our own rules. It's our responsibility to do that" Patrick Fox of HeartofGlass on the future of socially engaged art #Uncommon2018
Next up Chloe Meineck director of Studio Meineck who create social products designed with their intended users.... she’s telling us about Music Memory Box - a personalised box to help those living with dementia to reconnect with their past. #uncommon2018
Less frustration, confusion and anxiety and more connection, laughing, singing and dancing thanks to Music Memory Box << here’s the evidence. Now to the future... now to funders. Chloe Meineck #uncommon2018
The work of Chloe Meineck is incredible. Read more about her experiences in creation code.likeagirl.io/i-assume-that-… #uncommon2018
Ten Commandments of art from Abdullah as follows... #uncommon2018. Next up poet Jackie Hagan 🦸♂️✍🌈🎭!
.Jackie Hagan 🦸♂️✍🌈🎭 manages our expectations to kick off her talk with these two facts: “I am not going to stage another revolution” & “I might have council estate bones but cut me and I bleed hummus”. #uncommon2018
“We aren’t going to mug you just because we’ve got an accent... something needs to happen so we’re less embarrassed about class” - Jackie Hagan 🦸♂️✍🌈🎭 #uncommon2018
"People want the chance to create for themselves". Stella Duffy, Co-Director of Fun Palaces, shares how they are working to make the arts more inclusive, ahead of #Uncommon2018 our symposium on socially engaged art buff.ly/2Gw2zF1