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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If you missed any of the talks (or the brief dance break) at #uncommon2018, you can watch all of the sessions again online here: uncommon2018.org
"People want the chance to create for themselves". Stella Duffy, Co-Director of @FunPalaces, shares how they are working to make the arts more inclusive, ahead of #Uncommon2018 our symposium on socially engaged art buff.ly/2Gw2zF1
Thanks to everyone who attended or watched the live stream of #Uncommon2018. Recordings of the event will be available soon. Until then, take a look at our blog where the conversation continues...👀 buff.ly/2puhcQU
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Brilliant closing remarks! #uncommon2018 xitter.cf/cbigley02/status/97685…
"I didn't know arts was a career, cos it isn't, I'm not paid" #Sarah @artwith_heart
HUGE issue and needs addressing #Uncommon2018
Action has to come out of today...not just words @uncommon2018
Reflection set from a number of delegates now - take a look uncommon2018.org #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” - @jackiehagan #uncommon2018
.@jackiehagan 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
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Ten Commandments of art from Abdullah as follows... #uncommon2018.
Next up poet @JackieHagan!
Now we have Abdullah Al-Kafri from from socially engaged arts org Ettijahat, in Syria, asking us what different images of art represent to us and challenging our perceptions of war, displacement and communities #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. @chloemeineck #uncommon2018
Next up @chloeMeineck 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
"We can destabilise and play by our own rules. It's our responsibility to do that" Patrick Fox of @TheHeartofGlass on the future of socially engaged art #Uncommon2018
Patrick Fox of @TheHeartofGlass "We're operating in crazy circumstances. We need to work together in solidarity" #Uncommon2018
So... in response to earlier conversations about the room not feeling socially engaged, @eviemanning 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
.@EvieManning of @Common_WealthHQ starts an impromptu workshop to get everyone involved with today's themes #Uncommon2018
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Our last panel ran out of time before we could show this but here is the film from @wshed Claire Reddington #Uncommon2018 xitter.cf/wshed/status/975109928…
"We don’t buffer any more.
Stop.
Patience.
Pause.
Now creaking relics of a dying past..."
We commissioned poet @Vanessa_Kisuule to make a piece responding to #5GBristol and we're delighted to share it with you...
Art means different things to different people. Olivia Lee thinks "We need to look at where the idea of art starts. With young people. We need to get into the educational systems." #Uncommon2018