Critical Communities

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I am currently participating in Critical Communities, a project inviting dialogue, discussion and writing around the notions of 'the critical' in relation to critical writing both on and as new work (live and interdisciplinary art).

The project is taking place in London and Yorkshire, and invites online communication between the two groups. The London Critical Community includes Emma Bennett, David Berridge, Chloe Dechery, Rikke Hansen, Tim Jeeves, Emma Leach, Bill Leslie, Johanna Linsley, Mary Paterson, Jim Prevett and Cally Spooner. The Yorkshire Critical Community includes Rachel Lois Clapham, Emma Cocker, Amelia Crouch, Joanna Loveday, Charlotte Morgan and Nathan Walker. With special guest provocateurs Sohail Khan, Alfredo Cramerotti and Derek Horton.


'Critical Communities will run from February to May 2009, and will take place through face to face meetings and online. The project will culminate in a print-on-demand publication, produced by the writers and artists involved in Critical Communities, to be published in 2009. The community will also act as a sustained network for experimental writing/new work practitioners in the London and Yorkshire areas.'

Critical Communities has been developed by Open Dialogues and New Work Network (NWN) and is supported by East Street Arts, The London Consortium and Space.

http://www.newworknetwork.org.uk/

http://www.open-dialogues.blogspot.com/

http://www.londonconsortium.com/

http://esaweb.org.uk

http://www.spacestudios.org.uk