What 8850 Form Communities 2016-2023

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Gift it's only four letters long but it's a very complex word my name is Tim Jeeves and for the last couple of years I've been producing an arts festival called giving in to gift this is presented work in a variety of mediums though there has been an emphasis on performance there's been video work studio-based performances and pieces taking place in the hub here at the blue probe the majority of the work shown no hasn't been taken place in the arts institution it's been taking place outside in the streets parks and pubs of Liverpool a diverse program of work is being presented but nevertheless underlying all of it has been a desire to instigate a conversation with and between people around issues of gift and generosity when developing in this year's program the decision was made that alongside the commentary provided by the art we should also have a more direct conversation around some of the issues at stake that decision led to this led to the development of today's symposium when I use those four letters to make up the word gift I'm using them in the broadest sense of the word I'm using them to describe all those transactions that don't use money and that aren't straight forward tit for tat exchange it's this understanding of the word that has allowed talked as diverse as those we have today to be presented under the same heading volunteering and online library free education to just pick up a few what the projects are going to be talked about today it's this sense of the word gift that allows all the talk today to share the same space at the core of giving in to get and I think the symposium today is a realization the...