So many references
Hi @Natasha_Kabir and welcome to edgeryders! I suppose @albertorey introduced you to our community? I see a connection there, geographical and also in using art for awareness raising and advocacy.
I skimmed through two of your references, but they are too many and too long to read in one go! The video is especially inspiring…
In the opencare research of which OpenVillage Festival is part of, we have been engaging with community projects to understand how the very groups projects are intended to serve are participating actively in shaping them. Opencare means, to some extent, very participatory community approaches to solving a problem. I’m curious if and how the artists you work with are involved in the BRIDGE Foundation, or taking the lead somehow…? To give you an example, in the WeHandU project in Milano the disabled are invited to jointly design customized prostheses better than those on the market, and a project team is there to support putting them in practice, more than offering a readymade solution. I think the team - in its early days would very much appreciate your feedback as a comment to their post, thanks!