Final Edition of the Urgency of the Arts Assembly: I WANT YOU TO SPEAK TO ME URGENTLY!

Speakers

Elvin Karana

Professor of Materials Innovation and Design at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering. Elvin's main research interests are materials innovation and design, materials experience, bio-based materials and bio-technology for product design.

Broderick Chow

Scholar, Educator and Artist whose work focuses on the intersections of theatre, performance, and sport. Broderick's research on sport and physical culture practices including weightlifting, wrestling, and bodybuilding crosses numerous academic fields, such as performance studies, masculinity and gender studies, sport history, and qualitative research in sport, exercise, and coaching.

Alex Thorp

Curator and educator who is interested in the potential of the arts for social change. Alex's focus is in bringing together artists with people excluded from decision making processes, to generate collective actions in response to pressing social issues, including struggles around education, care, policing and housing. Currently Education Curator at the Serpentine Galleries, Alex leads on collaborative programmes and projects for children, young people and families, producing toolkits to share the learning more widely.

Convened by School of Arts and Humanities students and Dr Shehnaz Suterwalla. Presentations will be followed by audience Q&A.