WE ARE FREE TO CHANGE THE WORLD
We Are Free To Change The World was a series of three Dash Cafés exploring how artists and creative activists respond to the urgency of our times.
Through performance, film and conversation, each event, chaired by Dash Arts artistic director Josephine Burton, brought together creative voices to consider how we act – and how we do this together. A collaborative act between Artsadmin and Toynbee Studios resident, Dash Arts, the series also celebrated Dash Arts’ 20th birthday, and 18th year in the building, and part of the Fête of Britain.
Framed around preparation, balance and movement, the series made space for connection and reflection, for building or sharing tools and practices, and might be the starting point for something new we imagine together.
In this episode of OffScript Josephine Burton is joined by Professor Lindsay Stonebridge. They delve into Hannah Arendt's belief in collective action as the essence of freedom.
Lindsay discusses Arendt's life, her impact on political philosophy, and her relevance in contemporary social movements…
What does it take to prepare for change — artistically, emotionally, politically?
This episode of OffScript was recorded live at the opening event in Dash Arts’ We Are Free To Change The World series.
Through performance and conversation, the event explored the conditions that help artists and creative activists find their ground to listen, to make, to resist, and to come together.
In this episode of We Are Free to Change the World, Dash Arts’ Artistic Director Josephine Burton is joined by the legendary artist Peter Kennard.
Inspired by Hannah Arendt’s belief in our freedom to begin anew, Josephine and Peter examine how art becomes a form of political action—shifting public consciousness, exposing injustice, and giving shape to the possible futures.
For Dash Arts’ 20th anniversary, OffScript host Josephine Burton is joined by one of the UK’s leading champions of justice, Baroness Helena Kennedy LT KC.
Helena and Josephine explore how the arts and the law shift public imagination, from movements for social justice to the urgent need for transitional justice in Ukraine and beyond.
In the second episode of our mini-series, "We Are Free to Change the World," inspired by Hannah Arendt's call to action, Dash Arts' Artistic Director Josephine Burton is joined by Labour MP for Norwich South, Clive Lewis.
Through a series of live and digital conversations - we’re exploring how artists and activists challenge, inspire, and motivate us to see the world differently.
What does it mean to stay balanced and grounded in a shifting world?
This episode of OffScript was recorded live at STEADY, the second event in Dash Arts’ We Are Free To Change The World series. Through live performance and conversation, the evening focused on staying; on staying open without burning out, staying yourself in dialogue without collapsing into agreement or disagreement and staying human amid pressure, speed and polarisation.