Mag Gingrich, Oliver ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1656-0032 (2024) Multicomponent Output: p_ART_icipate. University of Greenwich.

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Abstract

p_ART_icipate! - an AHRC-funded ECR research project explores the effect of participatory art on social connectedness in digital and online settings. Drawing upon previous studies within the field of art and health that articulated a general correlation between artistic participation and wellbeing - such as the Alma Alta declaration (1978), the foundation of the Centre for Arts and Humanities in Health and medicine (2000), or the Inter-parliamentary Report on Health and Wellbeing (2017) - the p_ART_icipate! project seeks to uncover the specific relationship between wellbeing and artistic participation in online environments, with a focus on design and facilitation of participatory art experiences.

p_ART_icipate! brings together key players in the field of Arts & Health. Led by the University of Greenwich under PI Dr Olive Gingrich (School of Design), with collaborators CNWL NHS Foundation Trust - Claire Grant -, and Brunel University’s Professor Havsteen-Franklin, the project involves research institutions as well as cultural players including The National Gallery, and the art collective Analema Group, as well as third sector organisation such as the charity Joy of Sound and the Royal National Institute of the Blind.

Set against the backdrop of the COVID pandemic, the project identified an urgent need for participatory methodology to counter the documented rise in loneliness and isolation. Evidenced in the UK’s Office of National Statistic report indicating 3.7 million adults ‘often’ or ‘always’ feel lonely since the pandemic. Lastly, the project focused on a diverse range of specific groups with unique social and participatory needs, the visually impaired, people with complex access needs, young people, and NHS healthcare workers.

Across four case studies, focusing on these groups of beneficiaries, the project resulted in participatory artworks that were co-designed with our stakeholders
as well as ethical and accessible guidelines for participatory art in digital and online contexts. Research outputs have been disseminated across exhibitions including Sound/Image exhibition (2024, Cable Depot Gallery and Somerset House (2024), The Royal Society (2023), British Computing Society (2023) and Barbican and The National Gallery (2022), conferences and presentations including ACM Siggraph (2023, 2024), Bletchley Park (2023, 2024), EVA London Conference (2023, 2024), London Conference for Critical Thought (2024), The Royal Society (2024) and publications including ACM Siggraph Proceedings (2024), International Journal of Performance Art and Digital Media 2024 (2024), EVA London Proceedings (2023 and 2024), Virtual Creativity (2022), and others. p_ART_icipate has resulted in AHRC-follow-up funding for Commercialisation, the publication of the aforementioned guidelines, as well as a GRI impact funded accessible website co-designed by accessibility expert Natasha Trotman to support their dissemination: p_ART_icipate guidelines have been shared with NHS stakeholders, artists and cultural institutions (Arts Council England) and are being disseminated through stakeholder events at University of Greenwich, Wellcome Collection, Somerset House, and Houses of Parliament, Westminster.

Item Type:	Other
Uncontrolled Keywords:	particpatory art
Subjects:	N Fine Arts > N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR N Fine Arts > NX Arts in general
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences > School of Design (DES)
Related URLs:	https://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/49964 https://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/49962
Last Modified:	19 Mar 2025 13:36
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/50010

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