Tag: body and mind in motion amid place and world in (com)motion
One way to sum up what I do, why I do what I do, and how I do what I do, is the mobilisation /activation of the body and mind in motion and commotion as a form of creative and critical intervention and interrogation of and amid a place (often urban) or world in motion and commotion across boundaries/borders/silos (disciplinary/cultural/geopolitical/neuro-normativity and more). It is ill-disciplined, playful and artful, in productive antagonisms with other bodies and minds. Conjunctions and prepositions galore!

What should art schools change, so that we can lead change and thrive in, with and for the next generation? Since you asked me, I’ll recommend growing tentacles. This is my new keynote for Network for higher arts education with >300,000 members in 282 institutions in Europe, N and S Americas, and AustralAsia.
3 Fine Art degrees (London, Chicago, Tokyo) and other qualifications in music, mental health, technology and more.
28 interventions as Creative Research Lead / Curator / Producer (including animated film in official selection of Annecy Film Festival; speed-dating event at South London Gallery); 12 solo shows or major showcases (including Biennale of Sydney, Guangzhou Triennale); 100 invited shows (including with Yayoi Kusama at Sung Kok Art Museum in Korea and a performance at Pompidou), 150 showcases in film festivals (including MOMA New York, Transmediale Festival), 3 interventions in theatre (including Moscow).

RAN reframes running as an artistic intervention to unpick our time of multiple global crises. At the 26 February Friday launch 10:00-17:00GMT, we presented 22 new insights into climate change, mental health, tech, inequality through running + art, poetry, theatre, sound and more by artists, poets, academics and more from UK and Europe.

The body and mind in motion and commotion as a form of intervention and interrogation of and amid a world in motion and commotion. A non-linear slideshow performed at ANTI Festival of Contemporary Performance (Kuopio, Finland 2015) and Exparte at the Brick Lane Gallery (for the Singapore Tourism Board, 2015).