p_ART_icipate - Participatory Art, Design and Facilitation for Social Connectedness

通过新型冠状病毒的影响，社会对公共互联新工具的需求变得明显。英国主要资助机构（AHRC，UKRI，ACE）的研究使人们更深入地了解参与式艺术如何有助于提高心理健康，但关于有效的在线艺术促进策略的紧迫问题仍然存在。p_ART_EQUIPATE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，研究了在线参与式艺术对社会联系的影响，为在线促进艺术的发展制定了明确的指导方针。领先的研究人员（Gingrich博士，Havsteen-Franklin教授，Grant博士，Tymoszuk博士），从业者（Analema Group，NeuroCreate，噪音消除协会，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在线感知社会联系。四件艺术品探索了协作的多感官体验的潜力，以增加公众以及受影响群体的心理健康。这些是：KIMA：Colour是为国家美术馆开发的沉浸式艺术项目，将国家美术馆收藏的经典杰作诠释为360度的声音和视频体验。在与RNIB，北方爱尔兰，我们调查参与性艺术是否可以有助于感知的亲密感，通过多感官体验部分视力和色盲的人使用楔形阶梯模型（N=15）。Zeitgeist由一个界面组成，用于实时可视化表示Flow精神状态，通过EEG头带测量。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。与中央和西北伦敦NHS信托基金会合作，我们评估社会亲密度（IOS规模）和幸福感。使用焦点小组，标准化量表（IOS，sWEMWBS），观察和访谈，我们收集证据的影响参与艺术的医护人员（N=12），立即部署在艺术与健康方面（研讨会，团队参与）。KIMA：Voice探索参与者声音之间的和谐。语音频率、振幅和和声都以视觉方式呈现，为远程地点的参与者提供了一个协作界面。与Joy of Sound合作，Joy of Sound是一家专门为运动感官障碍群体提供参与性艺术的慈善机构，我们为护理院中无法口头表达自己的个人创造了基于实践的工作。在与表演科学中心的试点基础上，我们评估了通过参与式艺术进行的创造性参与是否与感知的亲密度和心理健康相关。这项N-of-1研究设计将采用三角测量方法（调查，观察，访谈），通过Joy of Sound招募3-5人及其护理人员的小样本。KIMA：噪音关注城市噪音对娱乐区健康的影响。在泰特现代美术馆与科学家Stansfeld教授（QMUL）之前的研究基础上，这件新艺术品将城市公园中的噪音作为一种互动的、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。招募是通过BU的公众参与团队进行的，包括MA和博士生。一个更大的，定量的纵向研究（IOS，sWEMWBS），包括所有四个艺术品，评估社会联系和更广泛的公众（N=200）的福祉。所有四件艺术品都将面向观众，无论感官残疾或年龄。该研究导致立即部署的输出，如出版物，新艺术品展览，研究报告和白皮书，以告知未来的从业者。

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.