Transforming Lives: young people, art and the city

改变生活：年轻人、艺术和城市。这是一个互动的视听沉浸式装置，旨在调查和庆祝年轻人如何通过艺术改变他们的世界。后续研究提出了两个问题：*如果我们要创建一个现场视听和互动展览，利用多学科的辩论来说明和调查年轻人如何通过艺术改变他们的世界，它的外观，感觉和声音是什么样的？*在伦敦和里约热内卢之间正在兴起的奥林匹克文化对话的背景下，我们如何促进和丰富关于艺术与公民社会之间关系的知识交流？这项研究的目的是使年轻人能够通过他们所做的艺术来记录和展示他们改变生活和城市的方式。“改变生活”旨在将年轻人的变革性艺术实践的价值观与奥林匹克运动的理想联系起来，从而将超越文本与文化对话、可持续性、残疾人的无限可能性和“奥林匹克休战”等奥林匹克主题联系起来。这项研究将从事艺术创作的年轻人聚集在一起，他们的想法是艺术如何改变生活，并找到创新的方式来表达从这种相遇中可以做出什么。年轻人的艺术作品在给人们的生活带来真正改变方面所取得的成就往往被忽视和忽视。这个原创的互动装置是由年轻人制作和策划的，他们记录了自己和其他年轻人的工作。它将再现英国和巴西年轻人的经历和历史，为辩论和庆祝创造一个平台。在研究过程中开发的互动技术可以从参观每个地点的装置的公众那里收集新材料，从而以不同的方式塑造和策划“改变生活”。该装置将于2011年在盖茨黑德、索尔兹伯里和伦敦展出，之后将回到2012年1月首次开发的巴西里约热内卢。在每个地点都将有一个研讨会，来自与城市年轻人合作的机构的高级代表，每次都将关注与文化奥运会的一个关键主题相关的主题。最后一场研讨会将在伦敦举行，与会者包括文化政策制定者、关注艺术和社会正义的基金会的代表，以及与年轻人合作的艺术组织的高级主管。合作伙伴：这个后续项目是人民宫项目（伦敦大学玛丽皇后学院的实践艺术研究中心）、割草机剧院公司（总部位于盖茨黑德的学习困难人士的国家组织）和索尔兹伯里国际艺术节之间的合作。Spectaculu[一所面向里约热内卢b里约热内卢周边社区年轻人的平面/风景设计学校]是最初的“改变生活”项目的合作者，并将主持并支持该项目在2012年回归里约热内卢（后续申请不需要财政支持）。在他们的支持信中，他们的支持和承诺对项目的影响和文化交流的成功至关重要，但他们不会将资源投入到本后续申请中概述的英国工作中。

Transforming Lives: young people, art and the city. An interactive, audio-visual immersive installation that investigates and celebrates how young people transform their worlds through the arts. The Follow-On research asks two questions:* If we were to create a live audio-visual and interactive exhibition drawing on multidisciplinary debates to illustrate and investigate how young people transform their worlds through the arts, what would it look, feel and sound like?* how can we stimulate and enrich knowledge exchange about the relationship between art and civil society within the context of the emerging Olympic cultural dialogue between London and Rio de Janeiro?The aim of the research is to enable young people to archive and to represent the ways in which they transform their lives and their cities through the art they make. Transforming Lives seeks to link the values of young people's transformational artistic practices with the ideals of the Olympic movement and thereby connect Beyond Text to Olympic themes of cultural dialogue, sustainability, unlimited possibilities for disabled people and the 'Olympic Truce'. The research brings together young people making art with ideas about how art transforms lives, and finds innovative ways to express what can be made from that encounter. Art work by young people is too often lost and unrecognised for its achievements in bringing about real change in people's lives. This original interactive installation is produced and curated by young people who have documented their own work and the work of other young people. It will re-present the experiences and histories of young people in Britain and Brazil, creating a platform for debate and celebration. The interactive technologies developed during the research enable new material to be collected from the general public who visit the installation in each location so that Transforming Lives is shaped and curated in different ways as it travels. The installation will be seen in Gateshead, Salisbury and London in 2011 before travelling back to Rio de Janeiro where it was first developed in January 2012. At each location there will be a seminar for senior representatives from agencies that work with young people in the city, each time with a focus related to one of the key themes from the Cultural Olympics.There will be a final seminar in London for cultural policy makers, representatives from foundations which focus on arts and social justice, and senior directors of arts organisations that work with young people. Partners:This Follow-On project is a collaboration between People's Palace Projects [a practice-based arts research centre at Queen Mary, University of London], Lawnmowers Theatre Company [a national organisation for people with Learning Difficulties based in Gateshead], and Salisbury International Arts Festival. Spectaculu [a graphic/scenic design school for young people from peripheral communities in Rio de Janeiro] is a collaborator on the original Transforming Lives project and will host and support the return of the project to Rio in 2012 [financial support not required as part of this Follow-On application]. Their support and commitment, demonstrated in their Letter of Support, is essential to the impact of the project and the success of the cultural exchange, but they will not be committing resources to the UK work outlined in this Follow-On application.