Morvern Odling is an artist working in Edinburgh, Scotland. She is currently working with WHALE Arts, an arts centre in the West of the city, to set up a Risograph print press and community publishers. She is a strong advocate for the Open Source movements and its applications in the social arts, her writing and research continues to explore these topics.
Read MoreSusannah Silver is an artist based in Dundee. Previously a lecturer and researcher in Higher Education and one-time award-winning artisan baker, her PhD at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen in 1999 investigated the role of artists in social contexts.
https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/preview/294993/SILVER%201999
Read MoreLaura Plant is a curator, writer and gardener based in Glasgow. Her current research follows forms of sensorial and embodied knowledge through expanded ecologies. Recent curatorial projects include a residency with Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo and group exhibition at CentroCentro in Madrid, and an event programme at South London Botanical Institute. In 2020 she was a member of the rewilding research group at Horniman Museum. Her writing has been published by The Earth Issue, YAC, Mercurius magazine and Platform London. Laura is currently a member of Glasgow Artists Moving Image Studios (GAMIS) Working Group.
Read MoreDr Kerry Harker is a curator based in Leeds, where she is also Founder and Artistic Director of the East Leeds Project. She was previously Co-Founder and inaugural Artistic Director at The Tetley. She recently completed her PhD in the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds, where her research focused on questions of value and values in relation to artist-led initiatives across the UK.
Dot Zhihan Jia (she/her) is a London-based independent curator and researcher of contemporary art and visual culture. She studied at Goldsmiths College and The Courtauld Institute of Art in London respectively for her Master of Fine Art in Curating and Master of Art in Art History. Her research explores the epistemologies of the Global South and is particularly interested in oral histories pertaining to feminist movements. She is a working group member of the Feminist Duration Reading Group.
Read MoreChristie Chan is an independent writer and artist from Hong Kong. She also composes children’s music for educational purposes. She is one of the two co-founders of Art Matters Now, a curatorial initiative based in the North East of England. Christie studied Fine Arts at The Chinese University of Hong Kong and holds an MA in Art Museum and Gallery Studies from Newcastle University. She is a recipient of Sunderland Culture’s 2021 Creative Development Fellowship. Her writing has appeared on Corridor8 and her recent artwork was selected for the BALTIC Open Submission exhibition at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art.
https://christieyhchan.wordpress.com
Read MoreLucy Hutchinson is a visual artist based between London and Lancashire. She has a research-based practice that often looks at the relationship between technological histories and futures, mythology, economics and the body. Working in CGI, 3D printing, moving image and drawing she uses multiple visual tools to challenge the status quo; Often working with other areas of expertise such as academics, scientists, engineers, writers and designers to create metaphors, stories and interventions in order to understand complex realities.
Read MoreRachel Norman is a multi-discipline Welsh artist who enjoys working with a variety of mediums from photography, performance and installation.
Their practice explores notions surrounding recontextualising and restructuring spaces, display mechanisms and how the audience responds to art. With the focus upon the process, rather than the result, it means that there is not much planning of outcomes but framing each stage as important in their own right.
https://www.rachelnormanartist.com
Read MoreAgata’s creative practice reflects her interest in social issues, such as homelessness in the project, One Percent (2020) or crimes against humanity in Axum November 2020 (2021).
An important part of Agata’s creative practice is work with communities.
https://cargocollective.com/agatanowakdesign
Read MoreWe are a community storytelling company called take stock exchange. We use the power of storytelling, conversation and listening to build stronger communities. We typically work within a particular geographic area in London and engage as wider range of people as possible in order to generate a ‘dialogue through difference’, what ever that difference might be. Ultimately it's all about stimualting conversations which help to develop empathy, empowerment and connection between people.
At the end of our projects, we usual host large community events, but since the pandemic we've been making podcasts instead!
http://www.takestockexchange.co.uk/
Read MoreThe Art Doctors playfully break down barriers to participation in contemporary art, and explore the positive role of creativity in all our lives.
We gather near art galleries, at events and online, wearing our paint splattered coats and stethoscopes, and with prescription pads at the ready. We may prescribe some art for you to go and look at or maybe an everyday creative activity for you to try at home.
We love thinking about art and creativity as a starting point for conversations and we firmly believe that every response is valid and important, whether you see yourself as an expert or not. We also believe in the power of FUN.
The Art Doctors are Leeds-based artists Alison McIntyre and Liz Stirling, with regular special guest appearances from consultants, specialists and junior doctors.
https://hatchprojects.org.uk/project/art-doctors/
Read MoreKin (aka Cultura Plasmic INC) is an elusive, multi-pseudonymous working class artist and essayist from Newcastle upon Tyne. Working with sound, installation and digital technologies, she explores issues around power, control and social inequalities.
https://cell-less.com/
Read MoreCultura Plasmic INC is a multi-pseudonymous, working class artist from Newcastle upon Tyne with projects at the intersections of art, technology and society. Her practice incorporates elements of moving image, sound art, installation and interactive technologies, and looks at the tangled relationship between communications and online surveillance. She often uses imagery and metaphor from geology, ecology and outdoor environments to explore power and control within the digital landscape.
Read MoreSandra Bouguerch is a northwest based interdisciplinary artist.
Certified as dyslexic Sandra engages and utilises a multiplicity of media, often combining various elements within one work to support her practice. Additionally, Sandra explores performance and participatory collaborations as a way to investigate discomfort and the desire for human connection with projects remaining open to innovation according to her life circumstances. Creating artworks and atmospheres revolving around the ‘exploration of self’; focusing on what it means to be human.
The impermanence of life’s fluidity is echoed in her work and its ephemeral nature emphasises the ambiguity of identity and aims to challenge people’s boundaries.
Read MoreHamja Ahsan is an artist, writer, activist and curator based in London and Maastricht. He is the author of the book Shy Radicals: Antisystemic Politics of the Militant Introvert. He was recently awarded the Grand Prize at Ljubljana Biennial 2019 for the art work Aspergistan Referendum based on this project. He is founder and co-curator of the DIY Cultures festival of creative activism, zines and independent publishing since 2013. He was shortlisted for the Liberty human rights award for Free Talha Ahsan campaign on extradition and detention without trial under the War on Terror. His recent writing was anthologised in No Colour Bar: Black Art in Action 1960-1990 and Awkwoods: Daniel Oliver’s Dyspraxic Adventures in Participatory Performance. He is a director on a project on the role of zines in the Hillsborough Justice campaign, Britain’s largest police cover up. He has presented art projects at PS1 MOMA New York Art book week, Tate Modern, Gwangju Biennale, Shaanakht festival Pakistan and and CCA Warsaw Poland. His practice encompasses all media: conceptual writing, building archives, performance, video, sound and making zines. He is currently a resident artist at Jan Van Eyck Academy 2020-2021 in Netherlands. He is on the editorial board of the Radical Mental Health magazine Asylum.
Read MoreNiki is an interdisciplinary practitioner exploring the role of art and artists in society. Utilising everyday and embodied processes, she opens up dialogues and exchanges that centre care as a creative practice - often working collaboratively in a practice that sits at the intersection of art, society and health. Her work includes artistic commissions, facilitation / education and arts project management. She currently leads the module 'Approaches to Engagement' on the MA Socially Engaged Practice at the University of Salford.
Read MoreMahenderpal Sorya is a visual artist, lecturer and researcher based in London. His practice consists of painting, printmaking, sculpture and film. He has a particular interest in experimental and essay film making and has worked on a number of projects exploring South Asian diasporic memory, most recently an AHRC project titled Imagining India; focussed on the memories, experiences, and relationship to India of first and second generation South Asian communities in the UK.
Read MoreI explore the possibilities of opening dialogues and experimenting through psychogeographically-inspired praxis. Apart from creating and facilitating group projects, I am part of several creative networks/groups. I also sometimes respond to my experiences through collage and zines. I have experienced, studied and worked in social/community work, mental health advocacy, multimedia technology and DIY music.
Read MoreAs an African member of the diaspora, it is evident to me that our stories are visible in all regions of the globe and I am constantly reminded of the importance of the awareness of self. A vital key in the development of the psyche of any individual. I am an observer and analytical thinker interested in the intersection between social inclusions and different mediums of creative and artistic expression. The intersection in this case, represents any area that is located between one or more functions of society and the act of benefiting from producing creative works by using our own personal experiences, allowing us to heal and learn from them. It is an accurate depiction of coexistence; a space utilised by people in varying walks of life.
https://beiiing.editorx.io/monicahbecoming
Read MoreGimara Duncan-Rice is an artist and arts educator. Her art practice is currently based in Hertfordshire. She has led art workshops for councils, colleges and museums. Gimara predominantly demonstrates drawing and painting techniques to adults.
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