OUR STORY
During the pandemic, as the arts sector came grinding to a dramatic halt, community and locality became central to everyone’s existence. Many of us became acutely aware of our surroundings, our neighbours, each one of us noticing that we were part of a locale, of a community, of a street.
This was the setting in which DISRUPT was first framed. Because while many of us felt more neighbourly closeness, the pandemic also intensified existing socio-economic inequalities, deprivation and isolation, all of which are still apparent today.
The arts sits within larger systems, acting as a microcosm for broader inequalities and inaction experienced by society. How can we collectively ensure arts and culture respond to community needs now, in an equitable, empowering and inclusive way?
DISRUPT is an antidote to some of these issues. It attempts to explore different ways of working with communities, centring lived experience, representation, and community voice.
We want to bring people together to explore the collaborations born from crisis, creativity and care, and to learn collectively about how we might change.
