Mary Jane Edwards When we conceived Bad Taste, our intention was to find new ways to illuminate the networks of destruction and consumption that link the industrial food system and meat production to deforestation. We wanted to shift the focus away from individual consumer choices and instead highlight systemic responsibility—how corporations like Tesco sustain an … The Aftertaste of Bad Taste
“Design Researchers in Residence is one of the Design Museum’s longest-running programmes.” During three years working as the curator of the residency programme at the museum, between 2021 and 2024, I gave countless introductions to the programme and habitually – almost unthinkingly – opened with that same line. It seems a fairly mundane assertion, but … Clout Transfer
Hogsmill community gatherings have been connected to FRAUD’s exhibition A Simultaneous Agreement and the community application to the Environment Agency to make part of the Hogsmill safe for swimming. Rooted in a concern for the Hogsmill river that borders the gallery, the project takes Defra’s (Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs) application for the … Hogsmill Community Gatherings with FRAUD
ActionSpace, Stanley Picker Gallery and Kingston School of Art PhD candidate, Lisa Slominski, present Curating and Coalition: Challenging and Expanding the Art World in the Wake of Nnena Kalu’s Turner Prize Win, a one-day symposium critically exploring the potential of expanding roles and responsibilities of cultural intermediaries within contemporary art in the wake of Nnena Kalu’s Turner Prize Win. … Challenging and Expanding the Art World in the Wake of Nnena Kalu’s Turner Prize Win
In 2022, Dunne and Raby were invited to the International Residents Programme at IASPIS. Can you say a little about your previous experiences with residencies, and what were your expectations of your residency at IASPIS? Fiona We haven’t had so many experiences with residencies before. The opportunity opened up when it coincided with our first-ever … What Does a Design Residency Do?
The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you Don’t go back to sleep You must ask for what you really want Don’t go back to sleep People are going back and forth across the doorsill where the two worlds touch The door is round and open Don’t go back to sleep Don’t Go Back … The Residency is Not a Destination, but a Doorway
A Conversation Between Rita Elvira Adamo and Francesca Bertolotti-Bailey Francesca I first encountered La Rivoluzione delle Seppie in 2021, when I responded to your BelMondo Calling for residencies, and finally came to spend a weekend in Belmonte with my 3-year-old son. You were not there, but the Casa spoke for itself, as well as the … Casa BelMondo, Belmonte Calabro, Italy: A Self-Designing Design Residency
Important: This special residency programme is open to the public, but please check the weekly schedule updates below for any visitor restrictions, as public access may be limited at times. Attack Decay Sustain Release presents a series of experimental artist residencies that explore the ways that sound can play distinct roles within artistic production. The … Experiments in Sound with Sophie Huckfield, Nnena Kalu & Rebecca Kressley, Abbas Zahedi and more