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Artists move to effect change
OpenAIR, the first annual members’forum of AIR: Artists Interaction and Representation, offers a unique platform for artists’ dialogue and debate, empowered and enabled through speakers drawn from very different disciplines and fields of work, all committed to campaigning for effective change.
Running 1.00-5.30pm Saturday 11 February, OpenAIR is hosted by Colchester's Firstsite as part of their new building and launch. The event is free to AIR members. AIR asks its 17,000 strong membership: how will you effect change? Orchestrated by artist and author of Enhanced Performance and Cream Pages, Richard Layzell, OpenAIR kicks off with insights from keynote speaker Carrie Bishop, director of FutureGov a consultancy and social innovation incubator specialising in new media for government in the UK and USA. Carrie has led projects focused on using social technologies for better collaboration, open innovation and organisational change, leading on the development and implementation of the Safeguarding 2.0 project. Carrie has also worked with several local authorities and public bodies, having been a consultant at the public sector consultancy Capita Consulting. Following Carrie will be short provocations from three 'Action Presenters'. Tessy Britton is Director of Social Spaces, which aims to research, understand and spread new emergent knowledge and practice for positive citizen-led community action. The project she is best known for is The Travelling Pantry which visited...
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