{"product_id":"playing-for-time-making-art-as-if-the-world-mattered-paperback-1","title":"Playing for Time: Making Art as If the World Mattered - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLucy Neal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow back in print... This groundbreaking handbook (first published in 2015 by Oberon and now needed more than ever in the face of multiple unfolding crises) is a resource for artists, community activists and anyone wishing to harness their creativity to make change in the world.\u003ci\u003e Playing for Time \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the pivotal role artists play in re-thinking the future; re-inventing and re-imagining our world at a time of systemic change and uncertainty.\u003ci\u003e Playing for Time\u003c\/i\u003e identifies collaborative arts practices emerging in response to planetary challenges, reclaiming a traditional role for artists in the community as truth-tellers and agents of change. Fifty experienced artists and activists give voice to a new narrative - shifting society's rules and values away from consumerism and commodity towards community and collaboration with imagination, humour, ingenuity, empathy and skill. Inspired by the grass-roots Transition movement, modelling change in communities worldwide, \u003ci\u003ePlaying for Time\u003c\/i\u003e joins the dots between key drivers of change - in energy, finance, climate change, food and community resilience - and 'recipes for action' for readers to take and try.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLucy Neal\u003c\/b\u003e is a theatre maker and writer exploring celebratory events that act as a catalyst for change. Co-founder Director of the influential London International Festival of Theatre (1981-2005), she has been active in the grassroots Transition movement in Tooting, SW London since 2008. Lucy tutors on The Arvon Writing Course Fierce Words and is a Trustee of the Aluna Foundation. She is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Great Imagining - how the arts spark cultural change in Zero Carbon Britain's Making It Happen\u003c\/i\u003e and a founder 'declarer' of Culture Declares.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 392\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.6 x 7.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 31, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175433814265,"sku":"9781913743819","price":41.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/tYnxZgnk0q9781913743819_d1fab9dc-c342-407e-b1b3-47573dea92e7.webp?v=1767668866","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/playing-for-time-making-art-as-if-the-world-mattered-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}