Welcome to CoMutiny

‘CoMutiny’ art is artistic hacker activism, led by Julia Higginbottom, that is location independent, working with new, existing or loosely formed communities, wherever they are situated. Characterised by interaction, disruption and innovation with the community, and often involving a series of collaborators, who might not usually otherwise engage in the arts, use tech or even have never been part of a community.

‘CoMutineers’ come together to collaborate in projects that discover, develop and enhance social outcomes and skills through the hacker ethos.

Projects

GoFeminist Conference GoFeminist Conference Activism / Technology / 2012 The feminist story belongs to all women everywhere and Go Feminist hopes to broaden existing theory to include oppressions beyond patriarchy.
Saving Bletchley Park Saving Bletchley Park Activism / Communications / 2009
Govdelivery - Conference Govdelivery - Conference Activism / Technology / 2009-16
Benha Community Theatre Benha Community Theatre Arts / Technology / 2010
BMAG - Coming Out BMAG - Coming Out Arts / Communications / 2017
#Twicket - Community Cricket Livestream #Twicket - Community Cricket Livestream Co-Producer / Technology / 2011
Young Rewired State Young Rewired State Co-Producer / Skills / 2010-15
The Vanishing Man The Vanishing Man Producer / Short / 2015
IBM Bluemix & Wimbledon Hack IBM Bluemix & Wimbledon Hack Hackathon / Producer / 2015
ASDA George Hack ASDA George Hack Hackathon / Producer / 2015
RebelMakers Camp RebelMakers Camp Producer / Skills / 2016
Digital Britain Unconference Digital Britain Unconference Activism /Producer /Provocateur 2009 Digital Britain ‘Final Report’ Unconference is the official fringe to the structured ICC conference, driven completely by energy, passion and a room full of people who want to make a difference.
Mayoral Campaign Mayoral Campaign Activism / Campaign / 2012
UK GovCamp UK GovCamp Activism / Technology / 2014-17
The Offering The Offering Arts / Co-Producer / 2015
The Flyovershow The Flyovershow Arts / Technology / 2011-2014
DevLab 2012 DevLab 2012 Co-Producer / Technology / 2012
Beyond 2010 Conference Beyond 2010 Conference Co-Producer / Technology / 2010
Stained Stained Producer / Short / 2009
UKGovhack UKGovhack Hackathon / Producer / 2015-17
Music Tech Fest - London Music Tech Fest - London Hackathon / Technology / 2014
Rebel Makers Rebel Makers Skills / Technology / 2015-19
LocalGovCamp LocalGovCamp Activism / Technology / 2009-16 LocalGovCamp was first held in 2009. Described as a festival for local government, and over the years has been attended by some of the most innovative and influential people in local gov.
Digbeth Olympics Digbeth Olympics Activism / Event / 2010-13
Granicus Public Sector Communications Granicus Public Sector Communications Activism / Technology / 2016-17
Hello Culture Hello Culture Arts / Technology / 2011-15
5 Soldiers 5 Soldiers Arts / Co-Producer / 2010
WXWM Conference WXWM Conference Co-Producer / Unconference / 2009
NHS Obesity Data Challenge NHS Obesity Data Challenge Data / Producer / 2015
The Last Witness The Last Witness Feature / Co-Ordinator / 2016
Accountability Hack Accountability Hack Hackathon / Producer / 2014-16
Hack for Social Impact Hack for Social Impact Hackathon / Producer / 2014
Rebel Labs Rebel Labs Skills / Strategy / 2015-19
CityCamp London CityCamp London Activism / Technology / 2010 City Camp London was a 3 day unconference to discuss how technology and innovation can make the capital a better city to live in.
SXSWM SXSWM Activism / Communications / 2010-2012
Authority 2.0 Authority 2.0 Activism / Technology / 2010
BMAG - Ryan Gander BMAG - Ryan Gander Arts / Communications / 2016
Mosaic Conference Mosaic Conference Arts / Technology / 2012
Bunkr - Media 140 Bunkr - Media 140 Co-Producer / Technology / 2010
Turbulence Turbulence Feature / Producer / 2011
500 Miles North 500 Miles North Feature / Producer / 2014
Hack The Hague Hack The Hague Hackathon / Producer / 2014
Force India F1 Force India F1 Innovation / Technology / 2017
Women in Technology Women in Technology Speaker / Technology / 2016
Jaya Chakrabati

“Just talking to Julia, I realised that she was a woman who not only got things done, but she was a powerhouse with significant political experience, passion and integrity. She inspired me to continue at times when I felt overwhelmed by the enormity of my task, and the fact that she was there to talk to gave me the courage to continue being the little pilot light until my other team members found me. Julia is brilliant. I learned SO much from her over the last couple of years. Work with her. You’ll be better for it.”

Jaya Chakrabati — CEO, Semantrica

Clare Edwards

“I have worked with Julia in a number of settings over the past few years and I have always been impressed by the dynamic approach she takes to every project. As well as being a thoroughly nice person to spend time with Julia and her team always give 110% to any project and it always feels like they can’t do enough to help and support your work. I would recommend her highly to anyone who wants a fully committed and highly skilled Producer to work with.”

Clare Edwards — Independent Producer

Tracey Green

“I’ve worked with Julia over the last few years on a number of different digital and data projects, all of which have been hugely successful. Julia is not only a thought leader in the world of data, but has huge passion and drive, which means any project she works on is guaranteed to be a success. She creates effective, happy teams around her and it has always been a pleasure to work with her.”

Tracey Green — Head of Strategy, Parliamentary Digital Service

Christian Payne

“I’ve had a number of very enjoyable assignments where I got the chance to work with Julia and her team. Their workspace is an early adopting professional environment that innovates while not forgetting that fun and enthusiasm can exist in everything you do.”

Christian Payne — Creative Technologist, Documentally.com

Julia Higginbottom

About Me

Julia Higginbottom can best be described as a middle aged millennial, technologist producer and storyteller. Disruption through technology for societal change has been at the heart of her professional practice for the last 15 years.

Making films and disrupting the media industry with new technology was where this practice first developed.

Whether through examining changes in storytelling through early 360 degree filming in 2007, innovating film production through new forms of sweat equity contracting, or even generating a film script through social media storytelling, she collaborates, using new tools, data and ideas to enable us to better connect; for social or commercial impact, or just for fun.

Working regularly with the open data and armchair citizen community predominantly, she also has high hopes for social impact through increasing transparency and using art techniques such as learning, iterating and improving, to facilitate change.

Get in touch

If you would like to find out more, have a project in mind for us to collaborate on, or would like to hire me, send me an email and we can get the ball rolling.

Email Julia