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Social Art Library
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  • Article
    • Nov 28, 2013 The Artist as Social Worker vs. The Artist as Social Wanker (2013) Nov 28, 2013
    • Feb 4, 2018 Assessing Socially Engaged Art (2019) Feb 4, 2018
    • Jul 17, 2019 Research as Art in / as Context (2018) Jul 17, 2019
    • Jul 18, 2019 Useless Art: valuing the unnecessary in social practice (2018) Jul 18, 2019
    • Jul 19, 2019 (Mis)Representing Others: Ethical Dilemmas of Socially Engaged Art Practice (2017) Jul 19, 2019
    • Jul 19, 2019 A Note on Socially Engaged Art Criticism (2017) Jul 19, 2019
    • Aug 19, 2019 Socially engaged art in the 1990s and beyond Aug 19, 2019
    • Sep 21, 2020 The Migration Diaspora and the Invisible Women: The Forgotten Histories White Spaces Celebrating Slavery and the Empire Sep 21, 2020
    • Oct 5, 2020 Mapping and String Figuring (2020) Oct 5, 2020
    • Nov 9, 2020 Cultural equity in white space: the visibility of diaspora cultures (2020) Nov 9, 2020
    • Jan 13, 2021 Social Works? Open (2018) Jan 13, 2021
    • Sep 6, 2021 This Thing of Caring Sep 6, 2021
    • Sep 6, 2021 Making Space For Social Art In A Socially-distanced World Sep 6, 2021
    • Sep 6, 2021 Ou Ning’s Bishan Project (2011-2016) as a Case Study of Antagonism in China’s Social Practice Sep 6, 2021
    • Sep 6, 2021 Enacting Kinaesthetic Practice in East Leeds Sep 6, 2021
    • Sep 6, 2021 How Not To Be a Stoat Killer Sep 6, 2021
    • Sep 6, 2021 On Comfort Sep 6, 2021
    • Sep 6, 2021 The Presence of Past Voices Sep 6, 2021
    • Sep 7, 2021 Arguing for Open: a social artist’s call to action Sep 7, 2021
    • Sep 7, 2021 Turning the Tide: the role of social arts in reviving coastal places and building post-pandemic resilience Sep 7, 2021
    • Sep 7, 2021 D.A.R.P: "life is just a badly designed DARP” Sep 7, 2021
    • Sep 7, 2021 A Creative Dichotomy Sep 7, 2021
    • Sep 7, 2021 The Protectors Sep 7, 2021
    • Sep 7, 2021 Manifesto for Black Futures in the Arts Sep 7, 2021
    • Sep 7, 2021 A Double Image Within Social Art: White saviourism & the role of artists in decolonising social art. Sep 7, 2021
    • Sep 7, 2021 Keep The Home Fires Burning: Social practice as care work Sep 7, 2021
    • Sep 7, 2021 Archiving a Socially Engaged Practice Sep 7, 2021
    • Sep 7, 2021 Happiness Soup Sep 7, 2021
    • Sep 8, 2021 Editorial: Social Works? Open journal Sep 8, 2021
    • Oct 13, 2021 Practice the Process Oct 13, 2021
    • Jun 12, 2023 Does it Work? The Æffect of Art Activism Jun 12, 2023
  • Books
    • Sep 1, 2018 A Restless Art (2018) Sep 1, 2018
    • Mar 1, 2019 Vanguardia: Socially Engaged Art and Theory (2019) Mar 1, 2019
    • Jul 17, 2019 Teaching For People Who Prefer Not To Teach (2017) Jul 17, 2019
    • Jul 19, 2019 Socially Engaged Art and the Neoliberal City (2019) Jul 19, 2019
    • Jul 19, 2019 Bridging Communities through Socially Engaged Art (2019) Jul 19, 2019
    • Jul 19, 2019 Learning in Public: TransEuropean Collaborations in Socially-Engaged Art (2018) Jul 19, 2019
    • Jul 19, 2019 Socially Engaged Art after Socialism: Art and Civic Society in Central and Eastern Europe (2017) Jul 19, 2019
    • Jul 19, 2019 Social Objects: Essays, Interviews, Projects and Interventions on Socially Engaged Craft (2017) Jul 19, 2019
    • Jul 19, 2019 Rhetoric, Social Value and the Arts: But How Does It Work? (2017) Jul 19, 2019
    • Jul 19, 2019 Seeing Power (2016) Jul 19, 2019
    • Aug 12, 2019 21st Century Folk Art: Social Art and / as Research (2019) Aug 12, 2019
    • Sep 14, 2020 Crypto-knitting Circles Sep 14, 2020
    • Sep 21, 2020 Like it. Lump it. We Are All Connected. (2019) Sep 21, 2020
    • Sep 22, 2020 provoked 2 madness by the brutality ov weath (2020) Sep 22, 2020
    • Oct 6, 2020 Industria (June 2020) Oct 6, 2020
    • Oct 12, 2020 Soil City (2016) Oct 12, 2020
    • Oct 13, 2020 Greening Arts Practice (2020) Oct 13, 2020
    • Oct 26, 2020 Dialogue (1992-95) Oct 26, 2020
    • Nov 2, 2020 Cracked Eggs (2016) Nov 2, 2020
    • Dec 21, 2020 Deptford is Changing: a creative exploration of the impact of gentrification (2020) Dec 21, 2020
    • Jan 25, 2021 Ridley Road Market (2019) Jan 25, 2021
    • Mar 16, 2021 Elan Falls (2019) Mar 16, 2021
    • Nov 9, 2021 The Dream Library Nov 9, 2021
  • Download
    • Sep 22, 2020 EYE CONTACT OK! (2020) Sep 22, 2020
    • Oct 13, 2020 Greening Arts Practice (2020) Oct 13, 2020
    • Nov 23, 2020 Activity Book (2020) Nov 23, 2020
    • Mar 8, 2021 Water Memories Making History Mar 8, 2021
    • Mar 8, 2021 Creativity Works (2009) Mar 8, 2021
    • Jul 20, 2021 Toolkit for Gallery Visits (2019) Jul 20, 2021
  • Film
    • Jul 18, 2019 Social Works?: Live film (2019) Jul 18, 2019
    • Jul 18, 2019 Beauty in Transition (2013-16) Jul 18, 2019
    • Sep 2, 2020 Mother (2019) Sep 2, 2020
    • Sep 21, 2020 The Butterfly Effect (2020) Sep 21, 2020
    • Sep 22, 2020 Stretches of earth shared, exchanged and collected... (2018) Sep 22, 2020
    • Sep 28, 2020 Footprint Modulation Sep 28, 2020
    • Sep 28, 2020 Britishness (2018 - 2019) Sep 28, 2020
    • Sep 28, 2020 The River Project Sep 28, 2020
    • Sep 29, 2020 [birdsong] Sep 29, 2020
    • Oct 19, 2020 Manoeuvres (2019) Oct 19, 2020
    • Oct 19, 2020 Outsiders (2016) Oct 19, 2020
    • Nov 17, 2020 CAER HEDZ (2015) Nov 17, 2020
    • Nov 17, 2020 Still Waters (2020) Nov 17, 2020
    • Dec 21, 2020 The Farm: Narratives of Home (2018-19) Dec 21, 2020
    • Feb 9, 2021 The Last Resident (2014) Feb 9, 2021
    • Feb 9, 2021 A trace of a virtual residency in social practice (2020) Feb 9, 2021
    • Mar 1, 2021 Threading through Communities (2019-20) Mar 1, 2021
    • Mar 8, 2021 Bridging the Gap (2010) Mar 8, 2021
    • Mar 10, 2021 Rain (2014) Mar 10, 2021
    • Apr 12, 2021 The Machinic Dreams the Future into Being (2021) Apr 12, 2021
    • Apr 12, 2021 Trade Routes (2016-17) Apr 12, 2021
    • Apr 12, 2021 The Troubled Bear and The Palace Apr 12, 2021
    • Apr 26, 2021 Age & Legacy (2017-18) Apr 26, 2021
    • May 5, 2021 Of One (h) Being, Is One (2021) May 5, 2021
    • May 12, 2021 Shy Radicals (2020) May 12, 2021
    • Jun 15, 2021 Am I Not A Woman and A Sister (2019) Jun 15, 2021
    • Oct 13, 2021 The Virtual Ark (2020-21) Oct 13, 2021
    • Jan 19, 2022 19 in 20: Conversations on Community, Creativity and COVID-19 in 2020 (2020-21) Jan 19, 2022
    • Jun 7, 2023 Bus Stop Gallery (2001) Jun 7, 2023
    • Jun 12, 2023 in this element (2002) Jun 12, 2023
    • Jun 12, 2023 Moving Parts (2002) Jun 12, 2023
  • Forthcoming
    • Nov 17, 2020 Yarmouth Springs Eternal (forthcoming, 2021) Nov 17, 2020
    • May 10, 2021 Being South Asian: Photography Workshops + Exhibition (2021—) May 10, 2021
    • Oct 16, 2023 RE:COLLECTION - Regathering Social Practice Oct 16, 2023
  • Podcast
    • Jul 18, 2019 Culture, Democracy and the Right to Make Art (Episode 017) Jul 18, 2019
    • Jul 18, 2019 The Conversation Art podcast with Deborah Fisher Jul 18, 2019
    • Sep 30, 2020 Facing Death Creatively (2019) Sep 30, 2020
    • Oct 13, 2020 Social Art in the Time of Social Distancing (2020) Oct 13, 2020
    • Oct 21, 2020 The Invisible Skin: an audio walk from inside out Oct 21, 2020
    • Dec 14, 2020 Mutual Effects (2020) Dec 14, 2020
    • Jan 18, 2021 Memory of Water (2018 -20) Jan 18, 2021
    • Mar 3, 2021 The Right to Record (2020-21) Mar 3, 2021
    • Jul 26, 2021 You, Me, the World & Barnet (2021) Jul 26, 2021
    • Oct 19, 2021 Voicing the Archive (2021) Oct 19, 2021
  • Project
    • Jul 18, 2019 Beauty in Transition (2013-16) Jul 18, 2019
    • Jul 18, 2019 Choreographing Care (2016-2018) Jul 18, 2019
    • Jul 18, 2019 Recyclables (2018) Jul 18, 2019
    • Jul 18, 2019 Dwell Time (2019) Jul 18, 2019
    • Aug 12, 2019 Your Reluctant Diplomat (2016) Aug 12, 2019
    • Aug 12, 2019 Reading the Realness (2017) Aug 12, 2019
    • Aug 12, 2019 Antarctica (2019) Aug 12, 2019
    • Aug 16, 2019 Your Name Here (2015) Aug 16, 2019
    • Aug 16, 2019 Rogue Trades (2014) Aug 16, 2019
    • Aug 16, 2019 Socially Awkward (2019) Aug 16, 2019
    • Aug 16, 2019 Blue Plaques of Intangible Experiences (2019) Aug 16, 2019
    • Aug 16, 2019 Glimmer and the Goddess (2018) Aug 16, 2019
    • Aug 16, 2019 Chasing the Harestail (2019) Aug 16, 2019
    • Aug 16, 2019 Futurist Women (2018) Aug 16, 2019
    • Aug 16, 2019 Fuck it, let's make a band! (2016) Aug 16, 2019
    • Aug 16, 2019 Invisible Spaces of Parenthood (2012) Aug 16, 2019
    • Sep 2, 2020 Rambles with Nature (2013—) Sep 2, 2020
    • Sep 2, 2020 Use Histories (2005—) Sep 2, 2020
    • Sep 14, 2020 In Kind Sep 14, 2020
    • Sep 14, 2020 The People's Bank of Govanhill Sep 14, 2020
    • Sep 15, 2020 The Field Sep 15, 2020
    • Sep 15, 2020 Typewriter Analogue (2019) Sep 15, 2020
    • Sep 15, 2020 Take 10 Sep 15, 2020
    • Sep 15, 2020 The Circle of Life (2001-2) Sep 15, 2020
    • Sep 15, 2020 River Banksy (2017) Sep 15, 2020
    • Sep 15, 2020 Lutopia (2018-19) Sep 15, 2020
    • Sep 16, 2020 For the Love of Labour (2018) Sep 16, 2020
    • Sep 16, 2020 Glitter & Guilds (2020) Sep 16, 2020
    • Sep 21, 2020 The Justin Campaign Sep 21, 2020
    • Sep 21, 2020 Project Shed (2017) Sep 21, 2020
    • Sep 22, 2020 GRAIN Projects delivering Socially Engaged Photography (2015 - 2020) Sep 22, 2020
    • Sep 22, 2020 Choreographic Objects (2014-2016) Sep 22, 2020
    • Sep 22, 2020 Lust for Life (2019) Sep 22, 2020
    • Sep 22, 2020 A Meal with the Tiffin Carrier (2017-2018) Sep 22, 2020
    • Sep 22, 2020 with loves-ragings much turns (2020) Sep 22, 2020
    • Sep 22, 2020 The Town Collection (1995—) Sep 22, 2020
    • Sep 28, 2020 Anchor and Magnet (2012 - 2016) Sep 28, 2020
    • Sep 28, 2020 York Zine Fest Sep 28, 2020
    • Sep 28, 2020 hashtagdreamphone (2018—) Sep 28, 2020
    • Sep 28, 2020 Drinking It All In / The Shock Of The New (Bottlers) (2019) Sep 28, 2020
    • Sep 28, 2020 Broadcast Bartender (2015—) Sep 28, 2020
    • Sep 28, 2020 Relative Poverty (2016 - 2019) Sep 28, 2020
    • Sep 30, 2020 Fail Book Sep 30, 2020
    • Oct 5, 2020 Culture Shifts (2018) Oct 5, 2020
    • Oct 5, 2020 Voices (2020) Oct 5, 2020
    • Oct 12, 2020 Walking Reading Group (2013—) Oct 12, 2020
    • Oct 12, 2020 The Lost Library Oct 12, 2020
    • Oct 13, 2020 It's All About The Road (2014-15) Oct 13, 2020
    • Oct 13, 2020 Tribe v Tribe (2015) Oct 13, 2020
    • Oct 14, 2020 Fabric of Place (2017-2019) Oct 14, 2020
    • Oct 14, 2020 Extending Practice / Celebrating Place Oct 14, 2020
    • Oct 19, 2020 The Factory Art School (2019—) Oct 19, 2020
    • Oct 19, 2020 Bollard Art (2018-19) Oct 19, 2020
    • Oct 19, 2020 Wall of Fame (2019-20) Oct 19, 2020
    • Oct 26, 2020 Dialogue (1992-95) Oct 26, 2020
    • Nov 2, 2020 A Different Lens (2019-2020) Nov 2, 2020
    • Nov 2, 2020 Cracked Eggs (2016) Nov 2, 2020
    • Nov 2, 2020 Baa Baa Baric: Have You Any Pull? (2007—) Nov 2, 2020
    • Nov 9, 2020 Draw Me a Home (2020) Nov 9, 2020
    • Nov 10, 2020 Rose Queen Revisited (2013) Nov 10, 2020
    • Nov 16, 2020 Consequences (2020) Nov 16, 2020
    • Nov 16, 2020 'What Do You Dream Of?' (2020) Nov 16, 2020
    • Nov 16, 2020 Hyenas in Petticoats (2016—) Nov 16, 2020
    • Nov 17, 2020 The Vital Role of Hands - an ongoing photo diary (2020) Nov 17, 2020
    • Nov 17, 2020 Yarmouth Springs Eternal (forthcoming, 2021) Nov 17, 2020
    • Nov 17, 2020 Still Waters (2020) Nov 17, 2020
    • Nov 23, 2020 Studio COCOA Nov 23, 2020
    • Nov 23, 2020 Galleries R Us (2018) Nov 23, 2020
    • Nov 23, 2020 Co-zines (2020—) Nov 23, 2020
    • Nov 30, 2020 The Notice Board and Flag Pole (2019—) Nov 30, 2020
    • Dec 7, 2020 Welcome Home (2020) Dec 7, 2020
    • Dec 7, 2020 Epic Luxe (2019-20) Dec 7, 2020
    • Dec 14, 2020 The Commoners' Fair (2016) Dec 14, 2020
    • Dec 14, 2020 Age in the Frame (2018—) Dec 14, 2020
    • Dec 14, 2020 Front of House (2020) Dec 14, 2020
    • Dec 21, 2020 The Oxenham House Neighbourhood Project (2014) Dec 21, 2020
    • Dec 21, 2020 Eipprova 19 (2007-2009) Dec 21, 2020
    • Dec 22, 2020 Kitchen Cultures (2020—) Dec 22, 2020
    • Dec 22, 2020 Forms of Intelligence (2020—) Dec 22, 2020
    • Jan 11, 2021 Multipaws (2017) Jan 11, 2021
    • Jan 11, 2021 Concoctions (2020) Jan 11, 2021
    • Jan 11, 2021 Mycelium Mail (2021) Jan 11, 2021
    • Jan 11, 2021 We're All in This Together (2016) Jan 11, 2021
    • Jan 12, 2021 ds2 (2018-19) Jan 12, 2021
    • Jan 12, 2021 Flowing Free (2019) Jan 12, 2021
    • Jan 18, 2021 Pandemic Pullovers (2020—) Jan 18, 2021
    • Jan 25, 2021 Sign of the Times (2012-2017) Jan 25, 2021
    • Jan 25, 2021 Virtual Social Science (2013-2014) Jan 25, 2021
    • Jan 25, 2021 Taking Up Space (2020 - 2021) Jan 25, 2021
    • Jan 25, 2021 Telepoetry (2020) Jan 25, 2021
    • Jan 25, 2021 Ridley Road Market (2019) Jan 25, 2021
    • Jan 25, 2021 Dark Fibre Network Drift (2019) Jan 25, 2021
    • Jan 26, 2021 Stories from the Market (2016) Jan 26, 2021
    • Feb 1, 2021 The Margate Manifesto (2019-20) Feb 1, 2021
    • Feb 1, 2021 Hospitals Talking Art (1995-96) Feb 1, 2021
    • Feb 1, 2021 Patch (2020-21) Feb 1, 2021
    • Feb 9, 2021 A trace of a virtual residency in social practice (2020) Feb 9, 2021
    • Feb 16, 2021 The Vital Role of Hands: part 2 (2020-21) Feb 16, 2021
    • Feb 16, 2021 Kitty: Queen of the Washhouse (2018-20) Feb 16, 2021
    • Feb 16, 2021 Mapping Sanctuaries (2020-21) Feb 16, 2021
  • Report
    • Jul 18, 2019 Redistributing Power?: A Poetics of Participation in Contemporary Arts (2018) Jul 18, 2019
    • Jul 18, 2019 Validation beyond the gallery (2015) Jul 18, 2019
    • Jul 19, 2019 Social Art Summit (2018) Jul 19, 2019
    • Sep 2, 2020 From Network to Meshwork: Validation for Social Practice Art and Artists Sep 2, 2020
    • Sep 22, 2020 provoked 2 madness by the brutality ov weath (2020) Sep 22, 2020
    • Dec 16, 2020 Hidden Forces: some participant observations of an artist residency in Llandudno Dec 16, 2020
    • Jan 11, 2021 We're All in This Together (2016) Jan 11, 2021
    • Jan 13, 2021 Social Works? Open (2018) Jan 13, 2021
    • Jan 26, 2021 Stories from the Market (2016) Jan 26, 2021
    • Mar 1, 2021 Settling (2017-19) Mar 1, 2021
    • Mar 8, 2021 Water Memories Making History Mar 8, 2021
    • Mar 8, 2021 Creativity Works (2009) Mar 8, 2021
    • Mar 16, 2021 Living Legacies (2011) Mar 16, 2021
    • Mar 16, 2021 Presence (2008) Mar 16, 2021
    • Mar 16, 2021 Changing Lives: the social impact of participation in culture and sport (2019) Mar 16, 2021
    • Mar 16, 2021 Our Side of the Story (2008) Mar 16, 2021
    • May 5, 2021 Whose Story Is It? (2021) May 5, 2021
    • May 5, 2021 The Farm: Narratives of Home Research Dossier May 5, 2021
    • May 5, 2021 Storytelling for Artists: How a personal event influenced my work May 5, 2021
    • May 5, 2021 PLAY THE GAME (2020-21) May 5, 2021
    • Jul 12, 2021 An Evaluation of Ambassadors project, Social Art Library (2021) Jul 12, 2021
    • Mar 3, 2022 The Milky Way (2021) Mar 3, 2022
    • Oct 3, 2023 Phygital Toolkit Oct 3, 2023
    • Oct 3, 2023 Let’s Get Phygital: Process and Findings Report Oct 3, 2023
  • Work in progress
    • Dec 14, 2020 Age in the Frame (2018—) Dec 14, 2020
    • Dec 22, 2020 Kitchen Cultures (2020—) Dec 22, 2020
    • Dec 22, 2020 Forms of Intelligence (2020—) Dec 22, 2020
    • Feb 9, 2021 A trace of a virtual residency in social practice (2020) Feb 9, 2021
    • Apr 21, 2021 A Refracted View (2021) Apr 21, 2021
    • May 10, 2021 Being South Asian: Photography Workshops + Exhibition (2021—) May 10, 2021
    • Jun 15, 2021 Storytelling for Artists: A portrait of a studio in the time of Covid-19 Jun 15, 2021
    • Oct 13, 2021 SAN Northeast Target Diagram (2021) Oct 13, 2021

 

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