29TH OCTOBER 2020
YORK DESIGN WEEK
COMMUNITY ART & THE SOCIAL PRODUCTION OF SPACE
ONLINE DISCUSSION
21ST OCTOBER 2020
BRISTOL ARTIST-LED FORUM
ARTISTS, COOPERATION AND COLLECTIVE ACTION
ONLINE DISCUSSION WITH STEPHANIE BOLT
15TH OCTOBER 2020
BRISTOL ARTIST-LED FORUM
ART, CULTURES, COMMUNITIES & COMMONING
ONLINE DISCUSSION WITH STEPHANIE BOLT
5TH SEPTEMBER 2020
THE WORLD TRANSFORMED 2020
TOWARDS AN ART UTOPIA
ONLINE DISCUSSION ABOUT CRITICAL UTOPIAS
AUGUST 2020
HEART OF THE MATTER
COMMUNITY AND PARTICIPATORY ART
ONLINE SYMPOSIUM WITH FRANCOIS MATARASSO FOR NORTHERN HEARTLANDS
AUGUST 2020
HEART OF THE MATTER
IS ANYONE ACTUALLY "HARD TO REACH"?
ONLINE SYMPOSIUM WITH DAVID NAPTHINE AND EWAN ALLINSON FOR NORTHERN HEARTLANDS
3RD NOVEMBER 2019
BRITISH TEXTILE BIENNIAL
SELVEDGE: DISOBEDIENCE, SELF-ORGANISING & WORKING-CLASS CULTURES
KEYNOTE AT BLACKBURN COLLEGE
24TH OCTOBER 2019
ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART ANTWERP
A PERFECT SOCIAL ORDER OF ZOMBIES (OR A REVOLUTION OF EVERYDAY LIFE?)
SYMPOSIUM AT TIME IS A BOOK CONFERENCE
19TH OCTOBER 2019
ARTSPACE LIFESPACE, BRISTOL
MEANWHILE - A FALLACY
SYMPOSIUM AT FUTUR VILLE CONFERENCE
4TH OCTOBER 2019
GRAY'S SCHOOL OF ART, ABERDEEN
LOW CULTURE: NEOLIBERALISM, CONSERVATIVE SOCIAL PRACTICE & THE UNIVERSAL MARGINALITY OF EVERYDAY LIFE
KEYNOTE AT THE CREATIVITY IN THE PERIPHERY CONFERENCE
22ND SEPTEMBER 2019
THE WORLD TRANSFORMED, BRIGHTON
MAKING A CULTURAL MOVEMENT
CHAIR OF SESSION AND OPENING PROVOCATION ABOUT CULTURAL DEMOCRACY AND THE NEED FOR A MOVEMENT OF MOVEMENTS
21ST SEPTEMBER 2019
MALL GALLERIES, LONDON
FROM ARTWASHING TO MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL COOPERATION
LECTURE TO ACCOMPANY "CITY OF SHARDS" - AN EXHIBITION BY ANA SCHMIDT
7TH SEPTEMBER 2019
NUART FESTIVAL, STAVANGER
MORE TODAY THAN YESTERDAY (BUT LESS THAN THERE'LL BE TOMORROW)
KEYNOTE AT THE NUART FESTIVAL - ONE OF THE OLDEST STREET ART FESTIVALS IN THE WORLD
3RD SEPTEMBER 2019
RE:PLACE NETWORK LAUNCH
MORE THAN VIABLE
TALK AT DURHAM TOWN HALL FOR NORTHERN HEARTLANDS
18TH JULY 2019
MARKET FORCES, GLASGOW
THE HYPER-MARKET STRIKES BACK
PROVOCATION AT THE GOVANHILL SWAP MARKET DISCUSSING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ART AND GENTRIFICATION
27TH JUNE 2019
OPEN UNIVERSITY, LONDON
LIVING CREATIVELY AT A TIME OF CLIMATE CATASTROPHE
PROVOCATION AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL ENGAGEMENT AND THE POLITICS OF CREATIVE PRACTICE CONFERENCE
24TH MAY 2019
MK GALLERY, MILTON KEYNES
DEMAND THE IMPOSSIBLE: NEW COMMUNITIES & CONCRETE HUMAN EXISTENCE
KEYNOTE AND DISCUSSION WITH SIR NICK SEROTA AT THE COMING COMMUNITY: NEW TOWNS, ART AND PLACE CONFERENCE
23RD MAY 2019
BERLIN
PLACE GUARDING: AN END TO THE SLOW VIOLENCE OF CREATIVE PLACEMAKING & GENTRIFICATION?
KEYNOTE AT THE [IM]POSSIBLE COMPLICITIES CONFERENCE ORGANISED BY TESSERAE AS PART OF ITS COCREATION - MARIE CURIE RISE PROJECT
26TH APRIL 2019
MANCHESTER
HOME IS WHERE WE START FROM
TALK AT THE RAYMOND WILLIAMS SOCIETY ANNUAL CONFERENCE
3RD APRIL 2019
GOLDSMITHS, LONDON
THE STORY HARVESTERS: ARTWASHING, SOCIAL CAPITAL ARTISTS & THE INSTRUMENTALISATION OF ART
TALK AT THE ENGAGING IN URBAN IMAGE MAKING CONFERENCE
23RD NOVEMBER 2018
ACTA COMMUNITY THEATRE, BRISTOL
HOME IS WHERE WE START FROM: CULTURAL DEMOCRACY & WORKING-CLASS STRUGGLE
TALK ABOUT THE LOSS OF OUR EVERYDAY CULTURES
8TH NOVEMBER 2018
HORSE AND BAMBOO
A CACOPHONY OF CROWS
KEYNOTE AT THE ARTS EXCHANGE LANCASHIRE ANNUAL CONFERENCE
26TH OCTOBER 2018
LEEDS
PLACE GUARDING: ACTIVIST ART AGAINST GENTRIFICATION
PROVOCATION AT THE ECOLOGIES & ECONOMIES OF THE ARTIST-LED: SPACE, PLACE, FUTURES SYMPOSIUM
19TH OCTOBER 2018
MANIFESTA 12, PALERMO
CAUGHT DOING SOCIAL WORK?
SEMINAR LEADER EXPLORING HOW SOCIALLY ENGAGED ART IS INSTRUMENTALISED, LEADING ARTISTS TO BECOME PSEUDO SOCIAL WORKERS
23RD SEPTEMBER 2018
THE WORLD TRANSFORMED, LIVERPOOL
REGENERATING REGENERATION
SEMINAR LEADER EXPLORING HOW CULTURAL DEMOCRACY IS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT IN POSITIVE LOCAL PLANNING PROCESSES
10TH AUGUST 2018
LEITH PARISH CHURCH HALL
REGENERATING REGENERATION - LEITH
OPEN DISCUSSION WITH MORE THAN 80 COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF GENTRIFICATION ON THE TOWN
27TH JUNE 2018
SPEAKERS CORNER, BRADFORD
CIVIL SOCIETY FUTURES
RESPONDENT TO THE INVESTIGATION'S FIRST YEAR REPORT
15TH JUNE 2018
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
ARTWASHING & SOCIAL CLEANSING
TALK AT THE URBAN: TRAJECTORIES, PROXIMITIES, INTENSITIES SYMPOSIUM
5TH JUNE 2018
BIRKBECK COLLEGE, LONDON
OF THE "DEVIL'S PARTY": CREATIVE COMMONS - A MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN & HELL?
TALK AT THE COMMUNALITIES, URBANITIES & ARTISTIC COMMONALITIES CONFERENCE
13TH MAY 2018
TATE EXCHANGE, TATE MODERN
SPEAR THISTLE (OR HOW TO BE ANTI-BIENNIAL)
SPOKEN WORD PERFORMATIVE PROVOCATION AT THE HOW TO BUILD AN ART BIENNIAL CONFERENCE LED BY THE WINCHESTER SCHOOL OF ART
12TH MAY 2018
BELFAST
BEYOND TOKENISM: CULTURAL DEMOCRACY - A RADICALLY POLITICAL ALTERNATIVE
PROVOCATION AT WHAT NEXT FOR THE ARTS? - PART OF BELFAST'S CATHEDRAL QUARTER ARTS FESTIVAL
12TH APRIL 2018
UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
MOBIUS (OR REGENERATING REGENERATION)
PERFORMANCE LECTURE WITH DR DAWN WOOLLEY AT THE NEW APPROACHES TO COUNTERCULTURE: ART, POLITICS, AND TECHNOLOGY IN REACTION AND REBELLION CONFERENCE
28TH MARCH 2018
PANDA ARTS, MANCHESTER
THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES: ARTISTS AS SELF-ORGANISERS & MOBILISERS, NOT MERCANARIES & MISSIONARIES
PROVOCATION AND PANEL DISCUSSION AS PART OF THE CELEBRATING CREATIVITY, ENGAGEMENT & UNSUNG HEROES CONFERENCE
8TH MARCH 2018
RIVERSIDE WAREHOUSE, CARDIFF
RETHINKING RIVERSIDE
HOSTED EVENING & PRESENTED PROVOCATION FOR GENTLE RADICAL AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CARDIFF SUSTAINABLE PLACES RESEARCH INSTITUTE'S CULTURAL PARTICIPATION RESEARCH NETWORK
30TH NOVEMBER 2017
CECIL SHARP HOUSE, LONDON
NEOLIBERALISM, LANGUAGE & ENGAGEMENT
WORKSHOP LEADER AT THE SOUND CONNECTIONS SOCIAL JUSTICE CONFERENCE
7TH OCTOBER 2017
BARTLETT SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, UCL
ARTISTS AGAINST ARTWASHING: ANTI-GENTRIFICATION & THE INTANGIBLE RISE OF THE SOCIAL CAPITAL ARTIST
PROVOCATION AT EDGE | SITUATED PRACTICE IN ART, ARCHITECTURE & URBANISM CONFERENCE AT HERE EAST
25TH JULY 2017
BALTIC CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART
ARTWASHING IS A DIRTY WORD, SO ARTWASH IT!
PROVOCATION AT THE NORTHUMBRIA-SUNDERLAND AHRC CENTRE FOR DOCTORAL TRAINING ART & DESIGN RESAERCH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
13TH JUNE 2017
KINGS COLLEGE LONDON
ARTWASHING: SOCIAL CAPITAL & ANTI-GENTRIFICATION ACTIVISM
PROVOCATION AT THE CMCI PHD CONFERENCE
5TH MAY 2017
UNIVERSITY OF CARDIFF
ARTWASHING: FROM MINING CAPITAL TO HARVESTING SOCIAL CAPITAL
PROVOCATION AT THE DIFFUSION FESTIVAL
17TH FEBRUARY 2017
DURHAM UNIVERSITY
MISTRUST OR DISTRUST?
SESSION CONVENOR AT THE EXPLORING ISSUES OF TRUST & MISTRUST: ETHICS IN PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH, DESIGN, DEMOCRACY & ACTION SEMINAR AT THE PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH HUB
2ND SEPTEMBER 2016
IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON
ALWAYS OUTSIDERS: MAP-LESS SOCIAL PRACTICE ART IN THE ANCIENT LANDSCAPES OF A GLOBAL GEOPARK
PAPER PRESENTATION AT THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2016
6TH APRIL 2016
UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK
GREAT ART FOR THEM, EVERYDAY CREATIVITY FOR EVERYONE ELSE!
PROVOCATION AT THE EVERYDAY CREATIVITY RESEARCH FORUM
29TH MARCH 2016
PLACE GUARDING (2016)
SAN FRANCISCO
PLACE GUARDING: ACTIVIST & SOCIAL PRACTICE ART - DIRECT ACTION AGAINST GENTRIFICATION
PAPER PRESENTATION AT THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN GEOGRAPHERS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2016
16TH NOVEMBER 2015
DURHAM UNIVERSITY
NORTHERN GAME: SOCIAL PRACTICE IN RURAL SOUTH WEST NORTHUMBERLAND
TALK AT THE ARTS AND HERITAGE SEMINAR AT THE DURHAM UNIVERSITY PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH HUB
1ST JULY 2015
BALTIC CONTEMPORARY ART
SOCIALLY ENGAGED ART - MARGINAL PRACTICES AND CRITICAL UTOPIAS
PAPER AT THE AHRC DOCTORAL TRAINING STUDENT CONFERENCE
1ST JUNE 2015
UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTER
ART & (IN)EQUALITY
PROVOCATION AT THE CREATE GLOUCESTER CONFERENCE
1ST MAY 2015
GOLDSMITHS
PARTICIPATION LACKS INTENT
PROSECUTION WITNESS AT PARTICIPATION ON TRIAL: A DADA-ESQUE MOCK TRIAL OF PARTICIPATORY ART
17TH OCTOBER 2014
THE STOVE NETWORK
THE NEW (UN)RULES OF PUBLIC ART
PROVOCATION AT THE STOVE, DUMFRIES
9TH SEPTEMBER 2014
BALTIC CONTEMPORARY ART
ABOVE GROUND LEVEL: GRASSROOTS SOCIAL PRACTICE IN A POST-INDUSTRIAL PORT
PAPER PRESENTED AT THE PAUL HAMLYN ARTWORKS NORTH EAST CONFERENCE
9TH JULY 2014
UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK
THE VALUE OF SOCIAL PRACTICE
TALK AT THE CULTURAL VALUE AND THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPACT OF THE ARTS, CO-PRODUCING POLICY SEMINAR