p_ART_icipate - Participatory Art, Design and Facilitation for Social Connectedness

通过Covid-19的影响，社会对公共互联互通新工具的需求变得明显。英国主要资助机构（AHRC， UKRI， ACE）的研究使人们对参与式艺术如何促进心理健康有了更深入的了解，但关于有效的在线艺术促进策略仍然存在迫切的问题。p_ART_icipate是一个由艺术从业者和艺术与健康专业人士组成的研究团队，他们研究了在线参与式艺术对社会联系的影响，并为在线促进这种联系制定了明确的指导方针。主要研究人员（Gingrich博士、Havsteen-Franklin教授、Grant博士、Tymoszuk博士）、从业者（Analema集团、NeuroCreate、Noise Abatement Society、Joy of Sound）、文化机构（Brunel、QMUL、国家美术馆）以及社会和健康组织（NHS、皇家国家盲人研究所），调查参与式媒体艺术是否以及如何有助于感知在线社会联系。四件作品探索了协作、多感官体验的潜力，以增加公众以及不成比例受影响群体的心理健康。为英国国家美术馆开发的沉浸式艺术项目“KIMA: Colour”，将英国国家美术馆收藏的经典杰作演绎成360度的声音和视频体验。在与北爱尔兰RNIB的合作中，我们使用楔形阶梯模型（N=15），通过在弱视和色盲人群中进行多感官体验，研究参与式艺术是否有助于感知亲密感。Zeitgeist由一个界面组成，通过脑电图头带测量实时可视化的心流心理状态。参与者远程共同创作音乐，同时观察他们自己的创造性刺激的视觉指标。与伦敦中部和西北部NHS信托基金会合作，我们评估了社会亲密度（ios量表）和幸福感。通过焦点小组、标准化量表（IOS、sWEMWBS）、观察和访谈，我们收集了关于参与式艺术对医护人员影响的证据（N=12），这些证据可立即应用于艺术与健康背景（研讨会、团队参与）。KIMA: Voice探索参与者声音之间的和谐。声音的频率、振幅和和声被直观地表示出来，为远程参与者提供了一个协作界面。我们与Joy of Sound合作，这是一家专门为有运动感觉障碍的群体提供参与式艺术的慈善机构，我们为那些无法用语言表达自己的人创造了基于实践的作品。在表演科学中心的试点基础上，我们评估了参与式艺术的创造性参与是否与感知的亲密感和心理健康相关。这项N-of-1的研究设计将采用三角法（调查、观察、访谈），对通过Joy of Sound招募的3-5个人及其护工进行小样本研究。KIMA：噪音的重点是城市噪音对娱乐场所健康的影响。基于之前在泰特现代美术馆与科学家斯坦斯菲尔德教授（QMUL）的研究，这个新的艺术作品将城市公园的噪音作为一个互动的、特定地点的装置。观众设计自己的音景，无论是在现场，还是在家里。这项研究测量了在家工作的专业人士（N=60）的心理健康和社会联系。招聘是通过波士顿大学的公众参与团队进行的，包括硕士和博士研究生。一项更大规模的定量纵向研究（IOS, sWEMWBS）涵盖了所有四件艺术品，评估了更广泛公众的社会联系和幸福感（N=200）。所有四件艺术品都将向观众开放，无论感官残疾或年龄。这项研究产生了可立即部署的产出，如出版物、新艺术品展览、研究报告和白皮书，为未来的从业者提供信息。

Through the impact of Covid-19, societal needs for new tools for public interconnectedness, became evident. Research by key UK funding institutions (AHRC, UKRI, ACE) led to a deeper understanding of how participatory art contributes to greater mental wellbeing, but urgent questions remain about effective art facilitation strategies online. p_ART_icipate, a research team of artistic practitioners and Arts & Health professionals, examines the effect of online participatory art on social connectedness, devising clear guidelines for the online facilitation thereof. Leading researchers (Dr Gingrich, Prof. Havsteen-Franklin, Dr Grant, Dr Tymoszuk), practitioners (Analema Group, NeuroCreate, Noise Abatement Society, Joy of Sound), cultural institutions (Brunel, QMUL, National Gallery), and social and health organizations (NHS, Royal National Institute of the Blind), investigate if and how participatory media art can contribute to perceived social connectedness online. Four artworks explore the potential for collaborative, multi-sensory experiences to increase mental well-being for the general public, as well as disproportionately affected groups. These are:KIMA: Colour, an immersive art project developed for the National Gallery, interprets classic masterpieces of The National Gallery's collection as 360 sound and video experience. In collaboration with RNIB, Northern Ireland, we investigate whether participatory art can contribute to a sense of perceived closeness, through multi-sensory experiences among partially-sighted and colour-blind people using a wedge stepped model (N=15). Zeitgeist consists of an interface for real-time visual representation of Flow mental states, measured by EEG headbands. Participants co-create music remotely, while observing visual indicators of their own creative stimulation. Working with Central & North West London NHS Trust Foundation, we assess scales of social closeness (IOS-scale), and wellbeing. Using focus groups, standardized scales (IOS, sWEMWBS), observation and interviews, we gather evidence on effects of participatory art among healthcare workers (N=12), immediately deployable in the Arts & Health context (workshops, team engagements). KIMA: Voice explores harmonies between participants' voices. Voice frequency, amplitude and harmonies are visually represented, offering an interface for collaboration to participants in remote locations. Working with Joy of Sound, a charity specializing in participatory art for groups with motor-sensory difficulties, we create practice-based work with individuals in care homes unable to express themselves verbally. Building on a pilot with the Centre for Performance Science, we assess whether creative engagement through participatory art correlates with perceived closeness and mental well-being. This N-of-1 study design will apply a triangulation of methods (survey, observation, interviews), on a small sample of 3-5 individuals and their care-workers, recruited via Joy of Sound. KIMA: Noise focuses on effects of urban noise on health in recreational areas. Building on previous research at Tate Modern with scientist, Prof. Stansfeld (QMUL), this new artwork sonifies noise in urban parks as an interactive, site-specific installation. The audience designs their own soundscapes, be it on site, or from home. This research measures mental wellbeing and social connectedness, in the context of working-from-home professionals (N=60). Recruitment is conducted via BU's public engagement team and includes MA and PhD students.A larger, quantitative longitudinal study (IOS, sWEMWBS) encompassing all four artworks, assesses social connectedness and wellbeing in the wider public (N=200). All four artworks will be accessible for audiences, regardless of sensory disabilities or age. The research leads to immediately deployable outputs such as publications, exhibition of new artworks, a research report, and a whitepaper to inform future practitioners.