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The Blackie, Sanctuary, 1969. Middle-class housing ‘Riverdale’ with occupant.
quality). Both had a huge impact on the promotion of a popular culture
committed to broadening audience participation, rather than the
consumption of high art as part of a profi t- making system. Moreover,
collective authorship in theatre did not require a radical overhaul of its
traditional modus operandi, which has always been collaborative.
Visual art, by contrast, was more fraught as a participatory activity.
The Blackie, Sanctuary, 1969. The housing department.
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