AYAH - Sign : collaborative digital art with the grenfell communities
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Coinciding with the one-year anniversary of the Grenfell tragedy, local artistic practitioners Oliver M. Gingrich, of media art platform ART IN FLUX, and artist researcher Sara Choudhrey, curated a series of workshops and events as part of the project AYAH
– Sign. Significantly, the project places collaboration at all stages of its conception, implementation, and its outcome. Members
of the local community and the wider general public were invited to explore new forms of artistic practice with a focus on Islamic
pattern-making. These practice-based community-focused activities contributed towards a collaborative digital artwork, publicly
displayed as a site-specific installation opposite the Grenfell Tower site. The participatory activity and artwork were designed
to bring the community together in a time of need, to provide mutual support through joint creative engagement. Social connectedness, i.e. the experience of belonging, and relatedness between people (Van Bel et al 2009), is becoming an increasingly
important concept in the discussion of social benefits of media including participatory art practices (Bennington et al. 2016).
This paper reflects on the potential for art to bring communities together, to contribute to wellbeing and social-connectedness
and providing a more inclusive experience for a range of community members. The project was conceived within the context
of deeper research into participatory art and its potential to contribute to mental wellbeing, providing social cohesion for communities and acting as a creative support strategy in times of need. Collaborative art practices, such as AYAH - Sign, not only
inspires further creativity among local residents through collaborative engagement, but also encourages community members
to reconnect both physically and emotionally with one another.
Keywords: Collaborative Community Practice, Digital Art, Islamic Digital Art, New Media Art, Social Connectedness, Arts and wellbeing,
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International Journal of Film and Media Arts : Vol. 6, nº 3: Special Issue (2021)
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AUDIOVISUAL, ARTE DIGITAL, ARTE ISLÂMICA, NOVOS MEDIA, COESÃO SOCIAL, BEM-ESTAR, AUDIOVISUAL, DIGITAL ART, ISLAMIC ART, SOCIAL COHESION, WELL-BEING