Abstract
Coast to Coast is a visual and textual study of creative practice across Northern Ireland and Scotland. Looking at the question of in what ways to creative practitioners and creative practices impact our world and our society. It focusses on individual practitioners across a wide range of disciplines. Using photography, text and interviews, the work presents a qualitative picture of the lived experiences and concerns of creative communities and networks in Northern Ireland and Scotland. The work takes a ‘human centred’ approach to data gathering and strives to reveal and articulate not only the importance of the arts and creative industry in both regions but also the similarities and differences between these creative industries and regional hubs. One motivation for doing so is to inform future policy and strategy by gaining a deeper understanding of the long-term needs of the people that make up the creative industries in the UK.
It captures how art and creative practices have the potential to sow seeds; to lay beginning traces and help us imagine possible futures. They point us to corners of our society we may not be looking at, direct our gaze to issues we need to consider, signal to us what may be coming down the line, or help us imagine worlds we may be stepping into. Not only do art and creative practices have the potential to prepare us for such changes, they also help us to critically reflect on the desirability of these futures. Art can also consider the past, and in doing so it acknowledges that the past is a contested space open to multiple interpretations. The past can offer nostalgia and it is only when we accept the past that we can move forward. Speculation about possible futures is, in many ways, as much about understanding the past as it is about imagining futures. As well as asking the question what if creative practise can also reframe, the question to ask why are things the way they are.
It captures how art and creative practices have the potential to sow seeds; to lay beginning traces and help us imagine possible futures. They point us to corners of our society we may not be looking at, direct our gaze to issues we need to consider, signal to us what may be coming down the line, or help us imagine worlds we may be stepping into. Not only do art and creative practices have the potential to prepare us for such changes, they also help us to critically reflect on the desirability of these futures. Art can also consider the past, and in doing so it acknowledges that the past is a contested space open to multiple interpretations. The past can offer nostalgia and it is only when we accept the past that we can move forward. Speculation about possible futures is, in many ways, as much about understanding the past as it is about imagining futures. As well as asking the question what if creative practise can also reframe, the question to ask why are things the way they are.
Original language | English |
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Publisher | Boom Saloon |
Commissioning body | Creative Informatics |
Number of pages | 118 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781399959438 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 30 Jun 2023 |
Keywords
- Coast to Coast
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)