We are IDST!

IDST! are a group of makers, artists, techies and experimenters working together to make community artworks.

Creating artworks, performances, games and events that are playful, purposeful and people powered and celebrate community strength.

Collaborating with others, training and running experiments, workshops, and projects so people can learn and get involved and communities can own their ideas.

IDST! are a group of makers, artists, techies and experimenters working together to make community artworks.

Creating artworks, performances, games and events that are playful, purposeful and people powered and celebrate community strength.

Collaborating with others, training and running experiments, workshops, and projects so people can learn and get involved and communities can own their ideas.

Lydia Coen Mason City Games

We Celebrate Everyday Life

In the real world, made from the magic moments when communities come together to create something amazing. Our artworks and happenings are ‘Invisible Theatre’ – situations, moments, encounters, actions in everyday life where everyone is audience and everyone can be an actor. Taking place where people would not normally expect to see it – making experiences that directly interact and enhance the real world. 

In the real world, made from the magic moments when communities come together to create something amazing. Our artworks and happenings are ‘Invisible Theatre’ – situations, moments, encounters, actions in everyday life where everyone is audience and everyone can be an actor. Taking place where people would not normally expect to see it – making experiences that directly interact and enhance the real world. 

 

Social Muscle – We Help Others

We believe in social muscle – using our arts as a tool for positive change, both where we live and across the wider world: to enact social change, to take action on the Climate Emergency and to support wellbeing, health and happiness where we work.

 

We know our works make a difference, not just in spreading positivity but offering opportunities for people to grow and develop.
We believe in social muscle – using our arts as a tool for positive change, both where we live and across the wider world: to enact social change, to take action on the Climate Emergency and to support wellbeing, health and happiness where we work.

 

We know our works make a difference, not just in spreading positivity but offering opportunities for people to grow and develop.

Championing Communities

We champion local artist / technical / engineering communities and practitioners as well as the people who want to make things happen! We are proudly part of a worldwide community of makers and take an active part in artistic and technical ecologies – particularly the fields of tech art, community artworks, participatory theatre, immersive theatre and street games. We are committed to make innovative original community-led artworks, and to share our experience, strategies, techniques and tools.

We want to be where the people are. We work in town and small cities – we realise how much easier it is to move to well-funded cultural centres and metropolis. We want to work in lived in places, real spaces the best they can be.

We re-use and share our resources and assets to help our communities continuously create, following our constitution. As we become a Community Interest Company, we will ensure that spaces, equipment, tech and expertise continue to be available to our local communities and wider communities of practice.

We champion local artist / technical / engineering communities and practitioners as well as the people who want to make things happen! We are proudly part of a worldwide community of makers and take an active part in artistic and technical ecologies – particularly the fields of tech art, community artworks, participatory theatre, immersive theatre and street games. We are committed to make innovative original community-led artworks, and to share our experience, strategies, techniques and tools.

We want to be where the people are. We work in town and small cities – we realise how much easier it is to move to well-funded cultural centres and metropolis. We want to work in lived in places, real spaces the best they can be.

We re-use and share our resources and assets to help our communities continuously create, following our constitution. As we become a Community Interest Company, we will ensure that spaces, equipment, tech and expertise continue to be available to our local communities and wider communities of practice.

Stooges with Punteruolo in Catania Sicily Italy

Who we are

We are multi disciplinary – combining different expertise to make brilliant collaborations, and allowing those with local knowledge to lead.

 

We are a team – pooling resources, sharing everything we’ve got: always with the aim to kickstart community. Even after our events are finished, we keep the tools, resources, resilience, and potential to do it again even better.

 

We use local knowledge – working where we live and using the gifts and resource that people in our communities possess.

 

We work quietly – letting communities take the lead.

 

We celebrate those magic moments that occur when communities come together to make something amazing.

 

Our aim is to snowball – With each project and artwork together building experience, skills, resources and reknown.
We are multi disciplinary – combining different expertise to make brilliant collaborations, and allowing those with local knowledge to lead.

 

We are a team – pooling resources, sharing everything we’ve got: always with the aim to kickstart community. Even after our events are finished, we keep the tools, resources, resilience, and potential to do it again even better.

 

We use local knowledge – working where we live and using the gifts and resource that people in our communities possess.

 

We work quietly – letting communities take the lead.

 

We celebrate those magic moments that occur when communities come together to make something amazing.

 

Our aim is to snowball – With each project and artwork together building experience, skills, resources and reknown.

Kind Regards,

IDST!

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