bursting the bubble: connecting with communities making culture on their own terms (2014)
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BURSTING THE BUBBLEConnecting with people making culture on their own terms
@timj0nesabout.me/timj0nes
Arts & Audiences Conference, Reykjavik, Oct 2014
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innovation in“community
arts”
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innovation in“community (using the)
arts”
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‘communities’ and boxes
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3 challenges: 3 projects
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it’s all (post) digital now
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CHALLENGE 1: COMMUNITY LED CREATIVITY
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NODE.LONDONusing digital to build cultural
infrastructure
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• a month long city-wide season of art & technology events
• networked, open, distributed, events• 90+ volunteer organisers (artists, producers,
venues, mavericks)• no centralised curation• volunteers worked only on aspects of the project
they were motivated to• no voting – consensus based approach• model adopted by NODE.Stockholm (2008)
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SEASON OF MEDIA ARTS LONDON, March 2006
• 450 events• 40 venues, from major cultural institutions to
grassroots• print catalogue, ‘central’ website, publication• huge boost to networking and resource awareness• audiences ‘beyond the fold’?
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CHALLENGE 2: USER CENTRED DESIGN
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THE POTLUCKmixing food, art & creativity for intercultural placemaking
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CHICAGO
urban geography, race/ethnicity
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harnessing the potential of the
‘intercultural neighbourhood’
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we think that to bring neighbourhoods together
FOOD JUST WORKS
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it’s a fun and popular wayto explore themes of
CULTUREPLACE
IDENTITYMIGRATION
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the ingredients
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FOOD SHARING EVENTSinviting dialogue about neighbourhood futures
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proactive inclusivity as a design principle
everyone is welcomed to the table
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TRAININGin creative/artistic community activism
2
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so forming local practitioner groups committed to
inclusive neighbourhood development
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we’ve worked with 35 artists/activists and our events have reached
thousands of local people
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an interactive installation at the Smart Museum of Contemporary Art
Audience 80,0001,700 public contributions
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A NETWORK OF PARTNERS
• Columbia College• The Jane Addams Hull House
Museum• The Inspiration Kitchen• Dorchester Projects• En Las Tablas Performing Arts
Center
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Potluck: Chicago has been established as a sustainable collective
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CHALLENGE 3: ENTERPRISE
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MULTIWALKS www.multiwalks.com@multiwalks
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inspired by global mass migration and urbanisation
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• a free mobile app offering neighbourhood walks by migrant artists (Italy, Norway, UK)
• a workflow to create more walks
• a ‘@Diversity’ award from the European Commission
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collaborating withBusiness Improvement Districts
(BIDs) to develop the Local Visitor Economy
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revealing coexistent stories of place to encourage emergent forms of tourism
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using a digital platform to invent socially engaged
street art
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• street art murals reflecting historical figures from the history and politics of Reggio Emilia, Italy
• young people from migrant backgrounds interviewing local residents to provide media content for the app
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BONUS CHALLENGE
persistent platforms and frameworksbeyond ‘pond to pond’ funding
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SOME FOCUSSING QUESTIONS
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how can we make more inclusive and representative the ways we bring together
communities, artists, producers, technologists?
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how can we give communities ‘producer power’
as well as the benefits of participation?
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what changes in our institutions do we want?aims: structure: make up: programme:
partnerships
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what changes to financing structures
are needed for greater impactand to support greater social
change?
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what ideas and approaches might engage artists
with the potential of social creativity
in new and important ways?
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how can we routinely build digital ‘ladders of
participation’ into projects and
programmes?
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thank you for taking part!
@timj0nesabout.me/timj0nes