Phygital Toolkit — Social Art Library

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R.M Sánchez-Camus + John Whall

Developed by JOHN WHALL and R.M Sánchez-Camus, check out the Phygital toolkit to support navigating the digital /physical world.

This action learning resource is a point of reference to identify new ideas, new ways of working and opportunities to develop an understanding of an ever growing medium of artists working with people.

Let’s Get Phygital commissioning series for hybrid physical/digital participation, was part of Social ARTery action research project funded by Arts Council England National Lottery and run by Axis in collaboration with Social Art Network.

Led by project team, R.M Sánchez-Camus, Daniela Liberati and John Whall (Digital Mentor) who worked closely with the commissioned Phygital artists to help deliver their innovative work and share that learning through our Axis community.

Read it here:

More information:https://community.axisweb.org/c/from-axis/phygital-toolkit

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John Whall

John Whall is a Digital Participation Artist, Curator and Producer who uses digital tools and materials to creatively engage audiences with arts and contemporary culture. His work explores the intersectionality between digital and participatory practice, through collaborative and co-creative processes, with a focus on creating together. This involves the developing of processes that translate complex digital practice into accessible creative activities, which inspire and empower audiences in the creation of immersive experience.

John was recently supported by the Arts Council England’s (ACE) Developing Your Own Creative Practice (DYCP) fund, where he explored participant-led co-creation in immersive spaces, with the aim of developing high quality digital experiences that championing the diverse creative expression of our communities. He also provides specialist sector support through digital skills, knowledge and experience, to help participatory, learning and socially engaged organisations to realise their digital ambitions.

John’s work also includes exploring participatory practice through our conscious experiences of online and offline immersive creative spaces. Aligned with phenomenological philosophies and the basic intentional structure of consciousness, I’m intrigued by how our first-person perspectives of collaborative physical and online spaces can allow us to explore our individual conscious experiences and their relationship to others.

John supports the collective approaches to sector development and is the Specialist Interest Representative in Digital for Engage Visual Arts, Digital Champion for ArtWorks Alliance (AWA), as well as East Midlands Participatory Arts Forum (EMPAF).

R.M. Sánchez-Camus

R.M. Sanchez-Camus is a creative practitioner who develops works of art in collaboration with community partners. He creates site-responsive works that activate dialogue, interaction, visual impact and community cohesion. His interests lay in neighbourhood narratives, hidden mythologies, psychogeography, and outdoor works.

He has been commissioned by leading organisations with remits in public art and social practice such as Artangel, People United, and Freedom Festival, and in 2017 co-founded Social Art Network UK, which he continues to co-manage.

https://www.appliedliveart.com

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