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35 - Music, Drama, Dance and Performing Arts
Queen Mary University of London
Encounters Beyond Text: Art Transforming Lives 2010-2014
Abstract
Creation of live site-specific digital interactive installations building on knowledge and experience of young people as they seek to transform their worlds through the arts.
Research Imperatives
To create an interdisciplinary investigation into digital arts’ capacity to create active citizenship; to connect young people with policy makers in order to develop policy into practice; to combine academic expertise with contemporary arts practices; to create a framework for enquiry about the means by which young people seek to transform their worlds through the arts; to pursue the enquiry with young artists so they can articulate and disseminate their questions and understandings through a prototype for a multimedia exhibition; to seek the most effective formats and platforms for enabling young people to engage in public debates through digital installation.
Research Outputs
Installations sited at:
Morro de Providência, March 2011. Participants: young artists from peripheral communities, Rio de Janeiro. Partner: Spectaculu.
QMUL, April 2011. Participants: young artists from refugee/immigrant communities. Partner: Index on Censorship.
198 Contemporary Art Gallery, Brixton, September 2011. Participants: young artists from South London, Syria, Iraq, Palestine and Rio de Janeiro. Partner: British Council.
Avenida Paulista/Centro Cultural Itaú, São Paulo, December 2013. Participants: young artists from peripheral communities, São Paulo. Partners: Teatro Oficina; Cooperifa; Ponto de Cultura: Bola de Sabão.
Publication: Encounters Beyond Text: Art Transforming Lives, edited by Heritage and Stewart. People’s Palace Projects: London, 2011.
Website: www.encountersbeyondtext.com
Research Impact
Each live, interactive digital installation engages a range of policy-makers, artists and arts organisations. Increased impact comes from growing public visibility of each successive edition and development of a cumulative archive. Future actions include an installation at State Legislative Assembly in São Paulo and a public debate between legislators, policy makers, academics and young artists (March 2014; funding already secured from State Secretariat of Culture).
