Co-Creating Change Festival 2021
22–26 Nov • In-person and online • Pay what you can
Explore radical new ways of working together that the world urgently needs.
Five days of workshops, case studies, seminars and live performance. Some talk, lots of action.
22–26 Nov • In-person and online • Pay what you can
Explore radical new ways of working together that the world urgently needs.
Five days of workshops, case studies, seminars and live performance. Some talk, lots of action.
Information
The in-person events will take place at Battersea Arts Centre in London on Tues 23 and Weds 24 Nov. (120 places only).
Online-only sessions will take place on Airmeet on Mon 21, Thu 25 and Fri 26 Nov.
ALL the sessions (online or in-person) will be live-streamed.
You can book an in-person ticket or an online pass. Whichever kind of ticket you book, you’ll get access to ALL the online sessions. You can watch these live or whenever suits you.
All tickets are Pay What You Can (recommended price £25)
SEE / SHARE / CELEBRATE / LEARN
We’re bringing together examples from around the world of new ways to collaborate, commission and create – ways that work towards more just and equitable futures.
Join us for 5 days of workshops, case studies, seminars and live performance. Get big picture inspiration and a deep dive into the details. Some talk, lots of action.
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Photo by Lisa Whiting
We have bursary tickets to include support for the week-long festival and support for people wishing to attend for individual days.
The bursary amounts available are:
- 20 tickets per day @ £200 per person to support individuals attending the live festival days.
- 20 places per day @£75 per person to support individuals attending the digital days and events.
To apply for a bursary, please contact tombevan@bac.org.uk for more information. It is really important to us that the festival is accessible to all and that finances are no barrier. Please do contact us to discuss your access needs and ensure that we can support you well.
We have some financial support for childcare costs; please contact us to find out how to apply.
The Co-Creating Change Festival is a 5 day event, inviting anyone involved in the arts to come together, share expertise and explore vital questions: about how we might challenge and change the broken systems in which we find ourselves.
What does co-creative arts practice look like in the context of a world underpinned by exploitative economic systems, often rooted in white supremacy and oppressive, imperialistic capitalism?
Join an international gathering of artists, companies, funders, commissioners and practitioners to seek, together, new ways of working, different models, that we urgently need to shift broken power dynamics.
We want this to be a conversation that acknowledges the global context in which we find ourselves: from the pandemic, to the war on terror, hostile border control to climate change, we are trying to live/ thrive/ work/ survive under some trying circumstances.
And yet we resist through our everyday lives, through joyful interactions and sparks that centre our humanity. We believe co-creative arts projects that give space to these moments and allow space for rest and resistance are vital.
So how do we do this work, how can we learn from each-other and how do we share resources and power more equitably?
This conference is organised by the Co-Creating Change Network at Battersea Arts Centre. The Co-Creating Change Network is generously supported by Arts Council England, The Paul Hamlyn Foundation and The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
Browse the calendar to find the sessions you’re most interested in. One pass gets you access to every event, online and on-demand.
Click on any session title to expand and see the full details.
MONDAY 22 NOVEMBER • CO-CREATION AND INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE • ONLINE
10am-10.30am – Welcome
10.30am-11.30am – Thimali Kodikara x Louis VI: Climate Emergency and Colonialism
11.45am-12.45pm – Create Syria: A Space to Explore Arts and Social Change
1.30pm-2.30pm – Co-Creative Practice in South Africa and Wider Diaspora
2.40pm-4pm – Co-Creative Practice in Argentina and South America
4.15pm-4.45pm – closing comments
TUESDAY 23 NOVEMBER • LIVE AT BAC • IN-PERSON
12pm-12.30pm – Arrive
12.30pm-1.15pm – Lunch
1.30pm-1.40pm – Co-Creation: If Not Now, When? If Not Us, Who?
1.40pm-2pm – We Are the People We’ve Been Waiting For
2pm-2.15pm – When Needs Must
2.15pm-3.15pm – Response
3.30pm-5.30pm – Co-Creating Theatre and Place-Making. Can you Tour Co-Created Theatre?
6pm-6.30pm – Tour
6.30pm-7.30pm – Hot Dinner Dates
8pm – ‘Rent Party’ – Live Show
WEDNESDAY 24 NOVEMBER • LIVE AT BAC • IN-PERSON
10am-10.30am – Arrive
10.30am-1pm – Can We Change the Rules?
1-1.45pm – Lunch
1.45pm-3pm – How Do We Grow and Replicate Our Work?
3.15pm-4.30pm – Co-Creation and Young People
4pm-4.30pm – Final Questions
THURSDAY 25 NOVEMBER • REAL-WORLD EXAMPLES • ONLINE
10am-12pm – Who Pays?
10am-11am – Co-Creation and Ethics
12pm-1pm – Co-Creation and Hijinx
12pm-2pm – Co-Creating Cultural Programmes
2.30pm-3.30pm – Co-Creation with Children
4-5pm – Judah Armani
InHouse Records is a different kind of record label: it operates in and out of UK prisons with a remit of reducing the re-offending rate by operating as a fully functioning record label. Since launching in 2017 InHouse has a re-offending rate of less than 1%.An example of Co-Creation, come to hear InHouse Records founder and graduates from the programme talk about how co-creation evolved, some of the principles for co-creation in challenging circumstances and first hand experience of what that journey has been like, both in prison and since being released.
FRIDAY 26 NOVEMBER • SHOWCASE AND CELEBRATION • ONLINE
10.30am-11.30am – Creativity Works
12pm-1pm – SheSpoke
12.30pm-1.30pm – International Commissions
2pm-5pm – A Deep Dive on Evaluation
Workshops and sessions from the micro to macro level, looking at practical learnings about how to evaluate complex projects.Hosted by Susanne Burns, Independent Consultant and Evaluator of Co-Creating Change Network and Andy Curtis, Research and Evaluation Manager, Paul Hamlyn Foundation.
The in-person events will take place at Battersea Arts Centre in London on Tues 23 and Weds 24 November. (120 places only).
The online-only seminars will take place on Airmeet on Mon 21, Thu 25 and Fri 26 November.
ALL the sessions (online or in-person) will be live-streamed.
You can book an in-person ticket or an online pass. Whichever kind of ticket you book, you’ll get access to ALL the online sessions. You can watch these live or whenever suits you.
BATTERSEA ARTS CENTRE: VISUAL GUIDE
All tickets are Pay What You Can.
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We want our shows to be as accessible to as many people as possible.
We offer tickets to most shows on a Pay What You Can basis throughout the year.
Tickets for performances in 2025 start at £9.50, and we have recommended pricing to help you choose a price that works for you.
We know that ticket price is a huge barrier for some. If you can afford to pay the recommended price or more, choosing to do so supports those that can’t. It makes it possible for us to continue to offer Pay What You Can and welcome those who otherwise wouldn’t be able to attend.
This event takes place online.
You will receive an email from us before your event detailing important information about accessing the events.
All events will be Relaxed. We invite you to make yourself comfortable and move around if you need to. You can adjust the brightness and volume of your device at any time.
If you need to take a break, we recommend moving away from your device to do so.
All digital events will be captioned.
Further Information
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