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Art of Common Space | | Our programme of Dialogues were a series of interdisciplinary discussions about 'common' space - the value, relevance and future of public space - bringing together a wide range of participants including artists, designers, architects, local government representatives, planners, property developers, park managers, landscape architects, anthropologists, environmentalists, cultural, religious and political leaders and the public. | | 
| |  Gazebo TV
September 27, 2008: Artist's collective The People Speak presented "Gazebo TV", a television studion in a tent. The People Speak investigated current affairs of the area at Hackney Wick Festival and presented a live video of the discussions.
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| |  Civworld/Interdependence Day
September 2007 + 2008: Dr Benjamin Barber, American author and political theorist, founded Interdependence Day as an annual conference to promote a more integrated democracy to a global audience, and has featured The Art of Common Space in its annual programme since 2007.
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| |  Whose Common Now?
September 6, 2008: In collaboration with Portavillion, produced by UP Projects, LANS commissioned poet and performer Mark Gwynne Jones to create a series of site specific performances around the temporary 'Portavillion' artist structures in London's central parks.
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| |  Parked Art: Designing Art for Common Space
July 18, 2008: Parked Art was a discussion forum exploring the possibilities for temporary public art projects, the relationship between art and architecture and the social and environmental value that art can create for public spaces.
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| |  Redefining Common Space
May 29-30, 2008: Over forty cultural, political and religious leaders; cultural practitioners, policy makers and entrepreneurs, congregated over two workshop days to challenge individual and collective thoughts about our common spaces.
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