{"id":10390,"date":"2016-03-22T10:36:49","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T10:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=10390"},"modified":"2016-03-22T10:36:49","modified_gmt":"2016-03-22T10:36:49","slug":"big-democracy-project-takes-over-senedd-for-a-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/03\/22\/big-democracy-project-takes-over-senedd-for-a-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Democracy project takes over Senedd for a day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_10391\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10391\" style=\"width: 319px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/BDP.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10391\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-10391\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/BDP-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The first workstation at the Big Democracy Project.\" width=\"319\" height=\"319\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10391\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10391\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/BDP-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The first workstation at the Big Democracy Project.\" width=\"319\" height=\"319\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> <strong>One stand at the Senedd\u00a0focused on\u00a0disability.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nCAMPAIGNERS and performers took over the Senedd for a day in the latest stage of a project designed to encourage people to have more of a say in the future of Wales.<br \/>\nSaturday marked Phase Two of Big Democracy\u2013 a three-year project by National Theatre Wales.<br \/>\nDebates and performances explored voter apathy, asylum and identity, the disabled community and austerity, and education reform.\u00a0Artists and political activists joined\u00a0the public and politicians for discussions of the four themes.<br \/>\nThe Big Democracy Project\u2019s first phase (2014-15) involved four &#8220;Regional Assemblies&#8221; being held in north, south, mid and west Wales. These were organised by local communities, voted for by the public and discussed ways to create the Wales the public wants.<br \/>\nNTW Creative Associate Gavin Porter, who directs the Big Democracy Project, said: \u201cWe have achieved what we set out to achieve. We wanted to use art to instigate political conversation and ask the people of Wales what they would like to talk about.\u201d<br \/>\nThe company\u2019s TEAM Panel member Sophie McKeand hosted the north Wales element. She said: \u201cI\u2019ve really enjoyed being part of this\u00a0over the past two years.<br \/>\n\u201cOver in Bangor our assembly focussed on voter apathy, before moving across Wales to discuss big themes and issues such as working with Oasis Asylum and Refugee Centre to discuss identity and working with disabled artists at Celf o Gwmpas.<br \/>\n\u201cWorking with artist Amanda Powell on the Fforwm Anabledd\/Disability Forum was informative and, yes, a little depressing as we workshopped and discussed the question \u2018Is austerity disproportionately affecting disabled people?\u2019.\u201d<br \/>\nMs McKeand wrote a <a href=\"https:\/\/goglife.wordpress.com\/2016\/03\/21\/big-democracy-at-the-senedd\/\">poem<\/a> for the Senedd event: \u201cIt\u2019s great to have opportunities to stretch the writing and explore new characters; I tend to write from my lefty-perspective so creating the right-wing politician Sarah Heathcote has been a interesting experience.\u201d<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10394\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10394\" style=\"width: 315px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2692.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10394\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-10394\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2692.jpeg\" alt=\"One of the questions posed to visitors at the Senedd.\" width=\"315\" height=\"264\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10394\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10394\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2692.jpeg\" alt=\"One of the questions posed to visitors at the Senedd.\" width=\"315\" height=\"264\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> <strong>One question posed to visitors at the Senedd<\/strong>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThe event ended in the late evening with an interactive series of votes covering topics such as immigration and Welsh independence.<br \/>\nDisability campaigner Rosie Moriarty-Simmonds spent 10 hours at the workshops and performances on Saturday. She said: \u201cThe disability workstation showed how difficult the work capability assessment stage can be for disabled people. It can\u2019t be as simple as a box-ticking exercise.\u201d<br \/>\nThis year Phase Three will see the theatre company collaborate with artists and communities as The People\u2019s Think Tank to develop a major piece of work for 2017 on the big theme chosen at the Senedd event.<br \/>\nFollow the Big Democracy Project&#8217;s\u00a0progress\u00a0at\u00a0#NTWDemocracy on Twitter, or find out more on the National Theatre Wales&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationaltheatrewales.org\/big-democracy-project\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAMPAIGNERS and performers took over the Senedd for a day in the latest stage of a project designed to encourage people to have more of a say in the future of Wales. Saturday marked Phase Two of Big Democracy\u2013 a three-year project by National Theatre Wales. Debates and performances explored voter apathy, asylum and identity, the disabled community and austerity, and education reform.\u00a0Artists and political activists joined\u00a0the public and politicians for discussions of the four themes. 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