2024 Fête of Britain Tour.
We will be travelling the countryin November 2024 with theSMILE-O-METER, our facial-recognition device, to take our first deposits into the BANK OF SMILES INTERNATIONAL, creating new, diverse datasets, and a new metric for policy-makers to understand real-time wellbeing levels in our communities.
The ultimate goal - engage the Treasury's Green Book to count smiles as a Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI), displace GDP, provide data that bolster arguments for social investment in wellbeing, and public-realm social activations; facilitate more support for our sector, and come out the other side with a lot more smiles.
If you want to hear the science and economics behind it, you'll have to come down to see us as part of the Fête of Britain Tour.
Each afternoon/evening, we'll be there with a host of other wonderful artists including Camerados - Public Living Room, Census of Britain, Dash Arts & Sweatshop At The causing art and conversations with local folks; come join the debate!
Dates and Locations
Tuesday 12th November 1pm - 7pm
Marsh House Community Centre, Luton, LU3 2SR
Wednesday 13th November 4:30 - 7pm
University Centre Peterborough, PE1 4DZ
Thursday 14th November 1pm - 7pm
KHL Community Workshop, Corby, NN18 0QF
Saturday 16th November 1pm - 7pm
Out There Arts, The Drill House, Great Yarmouth, NR30 2LZ
The Fête of Britain is a space for everyone to come together and talk about the issues affecting people in the UK today. It’s a celebration of British culture and creativity, an invitation to people, young and old, to share their ideas for how we face up to the challenges of the 21st century. We all want safer neighbourhoods, fairer prices and better public services for those we love and the place we call home. We all care about the fate of our country and an idea of what it looks like. So how do we share those ideas, and how do we get there?
What is the November 2024 Fête of Britain Tour?
Hard Art is coming to you, because we want to meet you on your patch. The fate of Britain is in everyone’s hands, and what we do together matters most to us where we live. So please come out, bring your art and guitars and ideas and imagination, bring your cups of tea and grumbles and jokes. Let’s make things, chat, share a brew, explore how smiles can be the next global currency, think about what’s best about where you live, and figure out how to make safer, fairer and better places for those we care about.
What is Hard Art?
Hard Art is a collective of musicians, artists, faith leaders, and others who have come together to imagine a new direction for the UK that feels right for the times we live in. Its members include the musician Brian Eno, designer Es Devlin, artists Jeremy Deller and Cornelia Parker, and a host of other makers, doers, community and faith leaders, who believe in culture, community and creativity to change things.
