Reviewing the impact and value of the September 2021 Glass House exhibition as an examination of art and policy and a case study of practice-based research
Read MoreLability, transference, activation energy: conceptualising the impact of art in policy (Article 5/6)
Artists and funders often ask how artwork can have a policy impact. This article sets out thoughts with reference to three scientific concepts: lability, transference and activation energy.
Read MoreTHE ART-POLICY MATRIX II (ARTICLE 4/6)
This article, the fourth in a series on the role of art in policymaking, situates real life artworks in a theoretical art-policy matrix. It starts by describing two case studies - Blue Planet II and The Museum of Extraordinary Objects - in more detail, before outlining nineteen other artworks, all which, in some way, link to policy.
Read MoreTHE ART-POLICY MATRIX (Article 3/6)
This blog looks at how policies are made and what role art may play in that process, if any. It proposes an art-policy matrix, matching some of the effects of art to stages in the policy process.
Read MoreWHAT IS POLICY & does it matter (to artists)? (Article 2/6)
Why would it even matter if art or culture had a role in policy? As a policymaker of 15 years experience (as well as being a practising visual artist), I acknowledge that this is something I take for granted. This blog attempts to dig a little deeper, and consider: what ‘policy’ actually is, the relationship between art/culture and policy; whether policy actually matters.
Read MoreFACTS, EMOTION, ACTION: Why research A Use for Art and Culture in Policy? (Article 1/6)
This blog explains the deep lying socioeconomic and technological trends which are changing how policy is made, and possibly opens up a need for art and culture to be used in policymaking.
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