tenantspin is a Liverpool based Community TV Channel. It is managed by FACT, city-wide tenants and Arena Housing, a registered Social Landlord formed in 2001 and responsible for over 14,000 properties across the North West of England. This unique collaboration enables all parties to explore issues around contemporary ways of living and ways of seeing.
tenantspin commenced in 1999 as a pilot project. Since then it has grown significantly and is well known for its groundbreaking approach to collaboration. It is a unique project, unique in terms of its funding, its ‘tenant’ collaborators and in terms of the diversity of artists and other organisations it works with.
Editorially, there are 2 strands - WAYS OF SEEING, co-ordinated by FACT and commissioning leading artists, writers and thinkers to develop webcast content collaboratively with the tenants. Arena Housing helps coordinate a WAYS OF LIVING series that explores social and social housing issues such as anti-social behaviour, care, money, smart homes, the paranormal, ethical banking, regeneration, the Welsh Streets, high-rise nightmares, CCTV and healthy eating.
During its life tenantspin has created over 600 hours of Community TV programming which has been seen across the world as well as by the local community in Liverpool. This website will showcase this archive of programmes. Throughout next year tenantspin will be a key player in Liverpool’s 2008 Year of Culture Celebrations, delivering research within FACT’s Human Futures Programme and much more.
For a flavor of what we do, please watch our showreel (click the video link above).
