p_ART_icipate - Participatory Art, Design and Facilitation for Social Connectedness
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Roehampton
Department Name: School of Arts
Abstract
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.
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.
Publications
Gingrich O
(2024)
Participatory Presence - Social Connectedness through Collaborative Art Practices
in Special Issues on Telepresence of the International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media
Gingrich O
(2023)
Social Flow: Social connectedness and flow in participatory art
Gingrich O
(2022)
KIMA Voice: The Human Voice as Embodied Presence
in Virtual Creativity
Gingrich O
(2024)
Experimental Animation as Pedagogical Practice
Gingrich, O.
(2022)
Neuro Art: liminal reflection, introspection, and participatory art
Related Projects
| Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Award Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AH/W000598/1 | 31/03/2022 | 13/09/2022 | £188,489 | ||
| AH/W000598/2 | Transfer | AH/W000598/1 | 14/09/2022 | 31/12/2024 | £163,628 |
| Title | KIMA Colour (Monet) - guided facilitation video |
| Description | Developed in co-creation workshops with RNIB, this facilitation video provides context to the 360 artwork KIMA: Colour by the Analema Group produced for the National Gallery. The idea is to interpret an existing artwork and to provide context and accessibility through a purposefully created facilitation video that makes the artwork accessible for sight impaired audiences. mI |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | - A cohort of 8-12 RNIB participants with varying degrees of sight impairments noticed significant change in their experience of artworks. - Findings are being published and shared |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSijNLuwV |
| Title | KIMA Colour - Van Eyck Facilitation Video |
| Description | The artwork KIMA Colour Van Eyck by the Analema Group had originally been commissioned by National Gallery in 2020. This development forming part of the p_ART_icipate research project resulted in a new facilitation video that revisits the original artwork by providing context and accessibility for the seeing impaired. This new facilitation video was created in collaboration and co-creation workshops with RNIB participants. now provides additional layers to the artwork experience. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | The newly created facilitation video now provides context and accessibility to the seeing impaired and recontextualises the original artwork KIMA: Colour Van Eyck by the Analema Group. In addition to the facilitation video, the Analema Group led by Dr. Alain Renaud created a How To video, that would enable Seeing Impaired to experience the artwork while wearing a Woojer belt, a subwoofer wearable, that translates deep sound frequencies in vibrations that can be felt on the body. This add-on co-created with RNIB participants |
| URL | https://youtu.be/y1Cy_FoJ3xY |
| Title | KIMA Colour - Van Gogh - with Narration |
| Description | While the other two artworks KIMA: Colour Van Eyck and KIMA: Colour Monet remained unchanged, the Analema Group created a new reinterpretation of the original artwork KIMA Colour Van Gogh in collaboration with RNIB. The new artwork includes a narrative layer, letters sent by Vincent Van Gogh to his brother, describing the colours that the 360 sound and video artwork relates to. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | - 8-12 participants of the RNIB p_ART_icipate workshop noticed significant change in experiencing the new artwork. - Findings will be published publically in 2023 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/GSlhzoQUJKo |
| Title | KIMA Noise Map |
| Description | A global map that allows users to stream their noise scapes from wherever they are and to explore each other's soundscapes interactively through drawing. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Impact | 4 cohorts of undergraduate students (Animation, Graphic Design, Arts & Health and Arts Therapy) have experienced the artwork and playfully learned about the effect of noise on health and wellbeing. |
| URL | https://kima-noise.vercel.app/ |
| Title | KIMA Noise Map at Cable Depot gallery |
| Description | Immersive Noise is an exhibition by the Analema Group and researchers and undergraduate students of the BA (Hons) Animation at University of Greenwich. The installation will feature the participatory artwork KIMA Noise by the Analema Group and experimental practice-based research into Gaussian splats and ambisonic sound by staff and students at the School of Design. KIMA Noise is a participatory artwork originally exhibited as a site specific installation at Tate Modern by the Analema Group. KIMA Noise invites audiences to explore the impact of urban noises interactively through 360 sound installation and drawing an ambisonic sound trajectory - a virtual sound walk. Using specific urban sound sources, the audience experiences urban noise as spatial soundscapes, responding to it, physically engaging and interacting with it. The audience is invited to interact with noise and sound streams from across the globe and to stream their own noise soundscape from wherever they are. Originally intended to raise aware of the phenomenon of noise pollution, and exhibited at Tate Modern, the project was reimagined as part of the AHRC-funded p_ART_icipate research project on the effect of participatory online art on health and wellbeing in collaboration with University of Greenwich, CNWL NHS Foundation trust and Brunel University. In this sense, KIMA Noise not only explores the effect of participatory art on wellbeing, but also raises awareness for the effect of noise on health. The Analema Group consists of Dr Alain Renaud, Olive Gingrich, Evgenia Emets, David Negrao, Marc S. David and Gaelle Berton The exhibition also features work by researchers of students and staff at the University of Greenwich: Gaussian splats are Neural Radiance fields or NeRFs are AI-based neural networks to represent and render realistic 3D scenes based on an input collection of 2D images. In recent years, NeRFs have revolutionised 3D scanning, 3D asset generation as well as streaming technology. The team has expertise in combining NeRFs with background image and generation, augmented reality (George Spencer, Ryan Flynn), immersive sound (Ian Thompson) and immersive technology (Julie Watkins, Olive Gingrich, George Spencer). The artwork has been created by undergraduate researchers Eulalia Civit, Christopher Gainz, and Maria Reyes Reyes. |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Impact | - Awareness-building on the effect of participatory art on health among 200 visitors including local residents of the Royal Borough of Greenwich; - Sharing of findings on inclusive and accessible design and facilitation of participatory artwork to Higher Education representatives including researchers at University of Greenwich, University of the Arts London, and the Arts Council England; - Dissemination of research output KIMA Noise Map (Case Study 4) of the p_ART_icipate research project |
| URL | https://cable-depot.com/ANALEMA |
| Title | KIMA Voice |
| Description | A digital artwork that allows two users to visualise vocal harmonies in real-time. Artwork has been co-designed with charitable partner Joy of Sound and CNWL NHS FoundationTrust. Artwork was tested across 4 sessions of user studies and feedback points to effectiveness of the artwork in facilitating social connectedness among participants. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Impact | The artwork enables participants with access needs to cocreate sound and sing together with little latency through this new online interface. The artwork forms part of the Joy of Sound website offering. |
| URL | https://kima-voice.nuiblanc.com |
| Title | KIMA: Colour Van Gogh - Guided Facilitation Video |
| Description | This new facilitation video co-created in design and co-creation workshops with RNIB, NHS experts and visually impaired and blind participants provides new context to the experience of the artwork KIMA: Colour Van Gogh. Providing historic insights into the creation of the artwork 'A Wheatfield with Cypresses' by Vincent Van Gogh as well as an onboarding introduction into the 360 artwork KIMA: Colour - Van Gogh by the Analema Group commissioned by The National Gallery (2020), this new guided facilitation video is designed to create a more holistic experience, that involves participants by taking them on an emotional journey. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | The artwork has been made more accessible to blind and partially sighted people, but also the general public. Feedback by the RNIB members attested the new-gained suitability of the artwork for partially sighted and blind audiences. |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tAt9KXc8SQ&t=12s |
| Title | KIMA: Voice development |
| Description | The original artwork KIMA: Voice was created for on-site and site specific installations in 2019. KIMA Voice visualise harmonies between human voices as geometric shapes, turning the artwork into a visual tuner. With this new development led by the Analema Group and their programmers Marc David and Gaelle Berton, the artwork is now available online: https://kima-voice.pages.dev (please try logging in with two computers and use your voices to aim to achieve harmonies between your voices). The artwork has been publically premiered at Barbican in November 2022. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | The artwork development will allow for the p_ART_icipate user study and co-creation workshops with Joy of Sound in Spring 2023 |
| URL | https://kima-voice.pages.dev |
| Title | Milton Keynes Islamic Arts Showcase at Houses of Parliament, Westminster |
| Description | The artwork the Hive was shown as part of the Milton Keynes Islamic Arts and Culture showcase at Westminster Palace on 27 February 2025 |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2025 |
| Impact | Sharing of participatory arts practices with MPs, representatives of the Arts Council England and community interest groups; |
| URL | https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/people/milton-keynes-islamic-group-impresses-mps-in-house-of-com... |
| Title | Reflecting Change exhibition |
| Description | The artwork the Hive which was a result of the p_ART_icipate research project and demonstrated some of its findings was exhibited at the Reflecting Change exhibition at Stephen Lawrence Gallery, University of Greenwich spired by the notion of legacy championed by the Stephen Lawrence Day Foundation, this exhibition invites artists to reflect on the past to change the future. Celebrating societal changes that are created of, by, and for communities. The exhibition poses questions about the power of animation to change cultural perceptions, contribute to public discourse, and to provide a voice for communities and individuals that often remain unheard. Asking the question, 'What is the societal role of animation as a change-maker?' Reflecting Change explores a broad reading of the term 'Animation', from experimental moving image, to 2D and 3D animations, and even the use of immersive technologies. Exhibiting Artists: Anastasia Tomskaya, Anna Shvets, Aphra Shemza, Aria Papamali, Daniel Alexander Hignell-Tully, Lee Copleston, Ivy Vo, J.C. Kristensen, Kim Noce, Louise Owusu-Kwarteng, Shayma Fouad, Eleni Charalampaki, Dan Dyer, Karol Dyderski, Loren Hykaj, Elizabeth Wright, Margo Frederiksen, Cat Lum, Dev Saxena, Andy Anisimenko, Mim Sorentino, Miranda Barton, Natasha Trotman, Olive Gingrich, Shama Rahman, Neus Tamarit, Ben Murray, Mindful Drawing Group, with design & edit by Julie Watkins Curated by: Dr Julie Watkins, Mary Martins, Ryan Flynn, George Spencer, Dr Olive Gingrich |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2025 |
| Impact | 500 Visitors learned about the cultural and societal impact of media arts practices; Students and staff of the School of Design and Creative Industries gained insights into participatory arts and its role in creative health Awareness raising for the effect of participatory art on social connectedness |
| URL | https://www.greenwichunigalleries.co.uk/reflecting-change/#:~:text=Inspired%20by%20the%20notion%20of... |
| Title | Sound/Image exhibition at University of Greenwich |
| Description | The exhibition featured the artworks KIMA Noise Map (2024) as well as KIMA Colour revisited (2022); |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Impact | The Sound/Image exhibition 2024 ran for a month from November to December at University of Greenwich's Stephen Lawrence Gallery. The exhibition was visited by over 5,000 visitors, including the Associate Dean for Student success, as well as groups of BA Animation, MA Sound Design and MA Digital Art students at University of Greenwich. |
| URL | https://www.greenwichunigalleries.co.uk/sound-image-festival-exhibition-2024/ |
| Title | The Hive |
| Description | Co-created by PI Oliver Gingrich and collaborator Shama Rahman the participatory sculpture The Hive uses neuroscience, AI data analysis, and data visualisation to represent and understand complex data; Students of two Schools, Shenley Brook End School and South Central Institute of Technology were invited to measure and visualise their own brain activities while engaging in participatory art activities, providing them with valuable insights into neurodesign, AI and working with complex data; The Flow data captured in these interactions i.e. the output of their collaborative creative activity informed the design of a collaborative artwork The Hive; Commissioned by Milton Keynes Islamic Arts and Culture, The Hive, was exhibited at Milton Keynes Library throughout October 2024 and then at Houses of Parliament in Westminster on 24 February 2025, as well as at Stephen Lawrence Gallery Greenwich during the Reflecting change exhibition January - February 2025. The Hive was a centrepiece of Milton keynes Festival of Codes and Lights |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Impact | - 12 students at South Central Institute of Technology and 12 students at Shenley Brook End School learned about neurodesign, creativity and AI and the effect of participatory art on health and wellbeing; - Students co-created their own digital participatory artwork learning about Islamic art, and creative health in the process - 300 visitors of the Reflecting Change exhibition - including staff and students at the School of Design and Creative Industries at the University of Greenwich, learned about accessible participatory digital art, creativity and AI, and creative health; |
| URL | https://www.mkiac.org/calendar/city-of-codes-and-light---launch-event/ |
| Title | Transformation Event at National Gallery X |
| Description | National Gallery X is the National Gallery's innovation lab, operated by National Gallery and King's College London. Discussing the potential for media arts to bring about societal transformations and impact, this event combined talks by Kay Watson (Serpentine Gallery), Ali Hossaini (National Gallery), Natasha Trotman (artist) and Art in Flux with an exhibitions and performances by the Analema Group and others. Introduced by NGX co-director, Ali Hossaini against the backdrop of the National Gallery's collection, with presentations by Art in Flux founders Aphra Shemza, Maria Almena and Olive Gingrich, 'Transformations' opened a discourse on seismic changes, and how media art practitioners contribute to societal change through their artworks. p_ART_icipate presented all four participate artworks: KIMA: Voice, KIMA: Noise, KIMA: Colour and Zeitgeist as part of an exhibition. The exhibitions was visited by students at University of Greenwich's BA (Hons) Animation degree, hosted community workshops with community groups including the Samaritains, Black Heroes Foundation, RBKC Arts, Westway Trust and others. Artworks inspired discussions around the societal and community impact of media arts post-Covid. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM1cdKZ2408 |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | - Network building |
| URL | http://www.artinfluxlondon.com/transformations-ngx.html |
| Title | Zeitgeist |
| Description | The Zeitgeist online artwork is still in development, but enables users to share their creative stimulation values (Flow states) as detected via an EEG with each other. The artwork will be launched end of March at Somerset House, London after successful IRAS ethics approval |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Impact | Keyworkers (nurses) will be developing interpersonal skills through creative engagement with each other |
| Description | Through working with our partner organisations, beneficiaries and stakeholders including the work with vulnerable groups, we devised a catalogue of recommendations for good practice on the design and facilitation of participatory art experiences. Across four case studies we have looked at the relationship between participatory art and social connectedness and established a profound link between the two. In three out of four case studies we were able to show a significant effect on the participatory artwork on how connected participants felt with each other. Supporting a growing body of evidence on the link between participatory art and mental wellbeing, we looked specifically at participatory art online: How can participatory art be facilitated? What are the challenges for vulnerable groups around access? What are good practices for the design and facilitation of participatory art in an online context? We developed a catalogue of recommendations which will be shared with artists, designers and practitioners. |
| Exploitation Route | We are sharing our recommendations via the Somerset House Community on 27 March, hoping to influence a large community of artistic practitioners, designers and artists in their own design of facilitated participatory art experiences. These recommendations will be shared online and disseminated as part of the white paper report. The project has received an extension until December 2024, at which point this white paper will have been published. We are specifically reaching out to creative practitioners, the creative industry, the cultural sector, artists, community organisations, and also public stakeholders in the consideration of accessibility in participatory art delivery. |
| Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy Creative Economy Education Leisure Activities including Sports Recreation and Tourism Culture Heritage Museums and Collections |
| Description | Impact is still being developed but includes: - Raising awareness for the effect of participatory art on social connectedness and health - Developing new design principles to be used by artists, designers, and community groups - New artworks that resulted in heightened degree of social connectedness - New networks for art and public health - Direct impact for vulnerable groups including visually impaired - being able to experience visual art in multi-sensory ways - Direct impact for vulnerable groups including disabled people through a new accessible interface for sound and music co-creation - Direct impact for vulnerable groups including young people - raising awareness for the effect of urban noise on health - Direct impact for the Royal Borough of Greenwich, raising awareness for the effect of urban noise on health for the Borough - Direct impact in creating new toolkits for design, facilitation and onboarding of participatory online art |
| First Year Of Impact | 2022 |
| Sector | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Creative Economy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Healthcare,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| Impact Types | Cultural Societal |
| Description | Contribution to support for women in STEAM subjects and funding for STEAM subjects in education |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | Contribution and change of perception on role of participatorfor y arts in STEAM subjects including Animation through participation in roundtable. Advocacy for more targeted education for women, non-binary and minority groups in STEAM subjects |
| Description | University of Greenwich Impact Development Fund (IDF) 2023/24 |
| Amount | £2,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Greenwich |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2024 |
| End | 07/2024 |
| Title | Recommendations for Inclusive Design for Participatory Online Art |
| Description | As part of the p_ART_icipate research, the research team is developing a new methodology for the design and facilitation of participatory online art. The method considers human-centred design and a focus on a variety of access needs for artwork facilitation, presentation and participation. |
| Type Of Material | Model of mechanisms or symptoms - human |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | The research method will be published towards the end of 2024. |
| Title | p_ART_icipate Logic Model |
| Description | Our wellbeing and mental health services are characterised by discrete interventions based on normalisation and diagnostic change. This leaves gaps in participatory, collective and cultural change for communities, societies and teams, ultimately impacting on social health and wellbeing. Further to this, many communities and teams are not able to meet in person and for various reasons engage more effectively with digital arts, where the main mode of conduct is verbal and usually face-to-face. participatory digital arts exist in discourse with community health frameworks initiated in 2019 and the development of integrated community recovery, medical and psychosocial approaches. Evidence for using digital arts in the UK to change collective wellbeing is still in early stages of development. |
| Type Of Material | Model of mechanisms or symptoms - human |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | The research team is currently refining the logic model and writing it up for publication to be published with Arts & Health impact factor journal in 2023. |
| Title | KIMA Colour - qualitative study |
| Description | Qualitative data capture and thematic analysis as well as quantitative survey data: The total number of survey responses was (n=17) across three focus group sessions out of a sample size of (n=12). Results point to a signficant link between participatory art and social connectedness |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Results are being published at Special Issues on Telepresence of the International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media in May 2024 |
| Title | Zeitgeist Userstudy |
| Description | Self-assessment of Flow, Mood and Social Connectedness Pre- and Post intervention; Sample taken at Somerset House in August 2023 (N=12) within a group of digital creatives and at the Royal Society (control) (N=16). |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Research has been presented and published at EVA Berlin 2023 Conference and points to a significant effect on the participatory art intervention on mood, social connectedness and perceived closeness; |
| URL | https://eva-berlin-conference.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/EVA_2023_Konferenzband.pdf |
| Description | National Gallery X |
| Organisation | National Gallery, London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | National Gallery X invited the research team for a research and impact workshop at National Gallery X. National Gallery X, a collaboration between The National Gallery and King's College is a physical space that provides opportunities for artists exploring arts and technology. The research and impact workshop connected researchers of the p_ART_icipate advisory board with external researchers at Greenwich University, NHS CNWL Foundation Trust, RNIB Northern Ireland, the Arts Council England, as well as external researchers such as the artist Natasha Trotman (Royal College of Art, Somerset House) as well as Holly Adams, Pratt Institute, and was moderated by Dr. Ali Hossaini, Director of National Gallery X / King's College London. |
| Collaborator Contribution | p_ART_icipate research collaborators attended the symposium and provided input on impact of participatory art, as well as critical factors in devising best practices in online facilitations. In particular, we presented the research of the first p_ART_icipate case study KIMA Colour to the panel, and received feedback from the attendants. |
| Impact | An article on the findings from the KIMA: Colour case study co-authored by the PI, and Co-Is as well as our RNIB Northern Ireland partners is being written, with a planned conference submission to EVA London Conference in January 2023. We are also refining our pathway to impact for the p_ART_icipate research project based on the findings from this impact workshop. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | RNIB |
| Organisation | Royal National Institute for Blind People |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The development of the collaborative artwork KIMA Colour with participation by The Analema Group as well as the research team including Dr. Oliver Gingrich (PI), Claire Grant (CoI / NHS) and Prof. Havsteen-Franklin (Brunel) |
| Collaborator Contribution | A series of participatory workshops held in September 2022 online between 8-12 members of RNIB chaired by RNIB's Fiona Joyce and Olive Rogers |
| Impact | Presentation of research findings at Transformations Event at National Gallery X with research advisoryboard |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Title | KIMA Noise |
| Description | The software enables users globally to stream their noisescapes and to interactively explore sounds through drawing on a touchscreen interface. The artwork enables a playful engagement with urban noise |
| Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Impact | about 95 undergraduate students learned about the effect of noise on health and wellbeing |
| URL | https://kima-noise.vercel.app/ |
| Title | KIMA: Voice |
| Description | KIMA Voice is an artwork developed by The Analema Group. The new web application has been developed by team members Marc David and Gaelle Berton under supervision by Dr. Alain Renaud and Oliver Gingrich. The artwork compares frequencies in two incoming vocal signatures using javascript webaudio API resulting in a server-side interface for sound and music co-creation. Harmonies between two voices result in meaningful shapes, thereby encouraging users to harmonise with each other. The artwork can be experienced anywhere around the globe. |
| Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | - New software development - Case study with charity Joy of Sound forming part of the p_ART_icipate research will lead to tangible impact |
| URL | https://kima-voice.pages.dev |
| Description | Advisory Board Meeting at Somerset House |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | A formal working group meeting of our advisory board to plan impact and devise guidelines / whitepaper for publication, |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Industry Partner Network launch event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of research at the launch of the Animation Industry Partner Network at the University of Greenwich in February 2024 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7164316500185624576?utm_source=share&utm_medium... |
| Description | KIMA Noise presentation at Brunel University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | 2 cohorts of art therapy students attended two presentations of the KIMA Noise case study and participated in the workshop. Results will be shown at a follow-up event at Somerset House at the end of March 2024. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.linkedin.com/posts/oliver-mag-gingrich-engd-ma-36193ba_artstherapy-digitalart-participat... |
| Description | KIMA Noise presentation at University of Greenwich |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | About 30 attendants of a workshop on KIMA Noise with Animation students at the University of Greenwich with a representative of the Royal borough of Greenwich on Noise prevention and scientist Professor Stephen Stansfeld. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | KIMA Voice Public Prototype Presentation at Radical Embodiment event at Barbican |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The new prototype development of KIMA Voice, one of the four case studies of the p_ART_icipate research was publically presented in form of a participatory live demo/performance at the Barbican Centre's Cinema 2. The event was sold out to an audience of 130 guests and featured several films and live performances around the topic of media arts. The demonstration was facilitated by voice performers Victoria Couper and Wynter James and the Analema Group. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | http://www.artinfluxlondon.com/radical-embodiment.html |
| Description | KIMA Voice presentation at Extended Senses Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Extended Senses symposium brought together practitioners, academics and researchers to discuss the use of new technology in the arts to extend our senses at University of Greenwich. The festival organised by University of Creative Arts and University of Greenwich was accompanied by an exhibition. The PI and the Analema Group presented the KIMA: Voice development and the paper presentation will lead to the publication in Virtual Creativity Vol 12 / 1 - a peer reviewed journal published by Intellect. The publication has been accepted after peer-review. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.extendedsenses22.co.uk/ |
| Description | Kick Off Event - Roehampton University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | This Kick-off event provided all research collaborators with an overview of the activities planned across the 2 year research project period. We provided a framework for discussion of methodologies, impact, milestones and research outputs, as well as the opportunity for all partners to get to know each other. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://participateresearch.co.uk/events |
| Description | Launch event city of Codes and Light Bletchley Park |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Keynote speech at Bletchley park for the opening of the Festival of Codes and lights Milton keynes on invitation by Milton Keynes Islamic Arts and Culture, sharing the p_ART_icipate research with focus on case studies KIMA Voice, and Zeitgeist, as well as project description of the participatory artwork The Hive. The talk highlighted findings of our four studies, and the effect of participatory arts on health and wellbeing; |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.mkiac.org/calendar/city-of-codes-and-light---launch-event/ |
| Description | MCI Conference Presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of research results of Case Study 2 Zeitgeist to international audiences interested in Neuroscience, Creativity, Digital Neurointerfaces, sparking debates among professionals around the concept of flow and creative collaborative interfaces |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.mic-conference.org/ |
| Description | National Gallery X impact workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The impact workshop at National Gallery X provided an opportunity for research group participants to align on questions around impact, and outcomes for the activity. Prompts relating to the four artworks being developed sparked discussions around key themes including accessibility, methodology, facilitation, participation and impact. The activity was hybrid involving partners in Northern Ireland (RNIB) as well as third parties (Pratt Institute, Royal College of Art, Arts Council of England), and research group participants (NHS CNWL, University of Greenwich, Brunel University, National Gallery, Analema Group). The workshop took place as part of the Transformations exhibition at National Gallery X, providing us with the opportunity to exhibit all artworks that form part of the p_ART_icipate research project, and to share these developments with the public and a cohort of undergraduate students too. The exhibition's evening event was live streamed via YouTube. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.artinfluxlondon.com/transformations-ngx.html |
| Description | Participation in the Institute for Inclusive Communities and Environments Launch at University of Greenwich |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of p_ART_icipate artworks and publications at the launch of the Institute for Inclusive Communities and Environments at the University of Greenwich, with researchers and invited publics reporting an increased interest in the effect of art on health and wellbeing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.gre.ac.uk/articles/public-relations/university-of-greenwich-launches-institute-for-inclu... |
| Description | Presentation at Bletchley Park's Festival City of Codes and Light |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A diverse mix of local politicians, charity groups, and the general public attended the keynote talk by Dr Oliver Gingrich as part of the annual City of Code & Light Festival at Bletchley Park Milton Keynes, discussing research results into the effect of participatory art on social connectedness, with audiences reporting increased interest in the subject and future commissions being confirmed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.destinationmiltonkeynes.co.uk/news/city-of-codes-light-festival-2023/ |
| Description | Presentation at EVA Berlin Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | about 50 ppl attended the EVA Berlin conference, where research results of Case Study 2 - Zeitgeist were presented to international audiences mostly consisting of artists and creative practitioners with a markable increase in interest in the subject of creative Flow visualisation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://eva-berlin-conference.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/EVA_2023_Konferenzband.pdf |
| Description | Presentation at Lecture Series No More I Love You's - at the School of Design, Greenwich University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | About 100 participants from the field of Graphic Design and Animation (Level 5) attended this 90 minute talk on the p_ART_icipate research and findings, with increased interest in the subject by our undergraduate students |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Presentation at the Royal Society Neural Interfaces Summit 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A presentation of the artwork Zeitgeist (Case study 2) with partner NeuroCreate, with more than 200 visitors and about 20 people actively engaging with the participatory artwork, visually representing their Flow states - reporting increased interest in the effect of participatory art on social connectedness |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2023/09/royal-society-neural-interfaces-summit-... |
| Description | Zeitgeist presentation as part of CARE project at Royal College of Nursing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | The CaRE Project: NHS Team Development Celebration and Exhibition invited practitioners, carers, doctors and nurses for an exhibition showcasing the potential for the arts within public care and the NHS. The p_ART_icipate project Zeitgeist forming part of one of our four case studies was exhibited and facilitated to attending carers, doctors and nurses. The research team PI Olive Gingrich and Co-Is Claire Grant and Prof. Havsteen-Franklin were supported by the Zeitgeist team Dr. Shama Rahman (NeuroCreate) and an assistant. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/professionals/cnwl-arts-psychotherapies-service/CNWL-team-care-project-creat... |
| Description | p_ART_icipate Development workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This was a 2 day workshop at Somerset House with Dr. Alain Renaud / Analema Group, Dr Tom Davis (Bournemouth University), Ghislaine Boddington (University of Greenwich), Prof. Havsteen-Franklin (CoI / Brunel University), Claire Grant (NHS), the PI (Dr. Oliver Gingrich / University of Greenwich) as well as the developer for KIMA: Noise Marc David. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | http://www.participateresearch.co.uk |