Category: The Failure of Participation

Failure of Participation 1: Good Failures

This event brought together 30 people - 10 artists, 10 commissioners/arts managers and 10 researchers - to consider the concept of a “Failure of Participation”. In attendance were artists, academics, commissioners, local, national and international representatives from organisations that are engaged in participatory practices It featured the following: A ‘Sabotage Exercise’ with Rachel Blanche (QMU) … Continue reading Failure of Participation 1: Good Failures →

Failure Update

Recently, researchers at QMU Rachel Blanche and Anthony Schrag brought together 30 people - 10 artists, 10 commissioners/arts managers and 10 researchers - to consider the concept of a “Failure of Participation”. The workshop had emerged out of an understanding that art projects were invariably required to “provide evidence of their benefit to the economy, … Continue reading Failure Update →

The Failure of Participation: Save The Date (Monday 13th May, 2019)

“There is an urgent need to undo the innocence of participation” (Mouffe + Miessen, 2007) Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh will be hosting the first of 3 conferences exploring participatory art practices and failure. The first event -  titled: The Failure of Participation 1: Good Failures - is being held 9am - 5pm, Monday 13th May, 2019. We will be … Continue reading The Failure of Participation: Save The Date (Monday 13th May, 2019) →

Questions to ask yourself

(Introductions) From where do you start? From yourself? From a community? Either is fine, but be clear. And if it is intended to be a participatory project, perhaps you can start with a conversation? How you start that conversation is vital, and sets the tone for the rest of the programme. (Contextualisation) What are your intentions? Sometimes, … Continue reading Questions to ask yourself →