Uncommon Ground

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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Attended #uncommon2018 or watched the livestream? The feedback survey is now open! Please let us know what you thought: https://t.co/Srrexzn4Tz

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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: https://t.co/aaJSOPzBZO

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@DrNickOMBE We are yes - we'll be sending one via email this week. Thanks for checking! #uncommon2018

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"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 https://t.co/MWmEHrIaTB

[Evie Manning @EvieManning]

Hi #Uncommon2018 people, just in case anyone's interested (few people asked!) here's what I would've said today before it all went chaotic for 10 minutes as it only could've done 😘 https://t.co/gU8klULKF7

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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...👀 https://t.co/R4TcJzn7uY

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And we’re finished! Thanks for joining #uncommon2018 - and recordings will be made available soon https://t.co/aaJSOPzBZO

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Brilliant closing remarks! #uncommon2018 https://t.co/X1E4oruB9f

[Claire Bigley @cbigley02]

"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

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Reflection set from a number of delegates now - take a look https://t.co/aaJSOPzBZO #uncommon2018

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“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

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.@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!

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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

[clarered @clarered]

The work of @ChloeMeineck is incredible. Read more about her experiences in creation https://t.co/pZbNuhRGix #uncommon2018

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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

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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

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"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

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Patrick Fox of @TheHeartofGlass "We're operating in crazy circumstances. We need to work together in solidarity" #Uncommon2018

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@wshed Sorry @clarered!!

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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 https://t.co/hEZartRU9Y

[Watershed @wshed]

"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...

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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