Talks

Past:

28 November 2023
‘A Cultural User’s Guide to Space’, keynote talk for Space Assembly, a two-day event hosted by Northumbria University’s ‘Space’ Interdisciplinary Research Theme (IDRT)’.

18 August 2022
‘Other Worlds Other Views: Contemporary Artists and Space Exploration’, Sydney Science Festivals symposium – Space Imaginaries. Western Sydney University and the Powerhouse Museum, Australia.

17 March 2022
‘Re-thinking Race, Identity and Migration – Cultural Inquiry as Curatorial Strategy’. Talk for the JRC (European Commission’s Joint Research Council) Changing the Ground talk series.

31 March 2021
Talk and panel member – Shaping the Future of XR and The Arts. IEEE Virtual Reality Conference.

28 January 2020
‘And Say the Animal Responded?’. Tuesday Talks at University of Lancaster School of Arts.

25-27 October 2018
Keynote lecture at ‘Beyond the Obvious (BtO) Conference ctrl+shift HUMAN: Arts, Sciences and Technologies in Coded Societies’, Timisoara, Romania.

20 July 2018
Panel member at EX-ART: Liquid Imaginary, an interdisciplinary event exploring the sea and the ocean through artistic use of emerging technologies. University of Westminster.

18 July 2018
‘Transdisciplinary methodologies in curatorial practice’. Talk for The Johns Hopkins University Master’s Program in Museum Studies, London Onsite Seminar 2018

13 June 2018
‘Curating the Co-Inquiry: Working across Disciplines’. Workshop & lecture for the Royal Holloway series ‘Curating Machines: Creating and Curating in the Digital‘. Senate House, University of London, Malet Street, London.

11 June 2018
Talk at the workshop ‘Rethinking Usufruct in the Global Economy: States, Strategies & Ethics‘, Department of Anthropology, University College London.

9 June 2018
Panel member: Novel scenarios for art and science encounters. Ecsite Annual Conference 2018 – Creative Collisions. Geneva, Switzerland.

28 April 2018
Introducing and chairing ‘Assembly: Planetary Perspectives’, University of Westminster.

26 April 2018
Talk at the ‘Heart Project Workshop’, Winchester Gallery, Winchester.

20 April 2018
Talk at the conference ‘Human Resources: Whither the Human?: On the human as a quantitative-qualitative resource’, Medical Sciences, University College London.

19 March 2018
Talk on curating in the planetary commons. Critical Ecologies symposium, Goldsmiths, University of London

16 March 2018
Talk: Sailing 4 Geeks 2. Trans//Border, Mucem, Marseille

14 December 2017
Presentation on Arts Catalyst work and methodology. Common Time – STAL / Science Technologies Art Lab. Bozar, Brussels

31 October 2017
Presentation on Arts Catalyst methodology. Symposium: Art, Research & Creativity, University of Bath

30 September 2017
Talk: Aerocene – Flight without Borders
Earth Lab: An Investigation of Earth as a Laboratory
University of Westminster.

7 September 2017
Presidential lecture as 2017 President of the Science and the Arts Section of the British Science Association: Art and Science -Fostering an ecology of practices. British Science Festival, University of Sussex.

26 June 2017
Symposium: Researcher as Curator/Curator as Researcher
CREAM, University of Westminster

14 November 2016
Lecture: Art-Science Colloquium
University of California Santa Cruz

16 October 2016
Panel: Fostering an Ecology of Practices: Intersections of Art and Science
Creative Time Summit, Washington DC 

2 April 2016
Paper: ‘Critical Issues in Outer Space’
Association of American Geographers’ Annual Meeting, San Francisco

6 November 2015
Conference: Space Without Rockets – Alternatives in Space Travel, Rubin Center, University of Texas at El Paso

1 October 2015
Lecture: ‘Art/Science Collaborations in the work of Arts Catalyst’
Sheffield Hallam University Away Day, Hermitage Moorings, London

5 August 2015
Talk: ‘Art in zero gravity’
Resort Studios, Margate

13 July 2015
Curator’s talk, Fabrica, Brighton

18 June 2015
Talk: ‘The Performance of Science in Art’
D.C. Art Science Evening Rendezvous (DASER), Washington DC

17 March 2015
Talk: ‘Mechanising Life: animals as products in the age of biotechnology’
London LASER event, Central St Martin’s, University of the Arts, London

27 February 2015
FutureEverything ‘Fireside Chat’ with curator Daria Parkhomenko, director of LABORATORIA Art & Science Space, Moscow.

February 2015
Talk at ‘Planetarity, Art/Curating PhD Research symposium’, Goldsmiths College, London

February 2015
Lecture: Wimbledon College of Art MFA Fine Art, MA Drawing, MA Digital Theatre

January 2015
Talk: ‘Sky, Landscape, Air and Nature – selected Arts Catalyst projects’
Landscape and Arts Network meeting, London

July 2014
Paper: ‘Experimental ruins to laboratory life: artistic practices in the discourse between science and society’
Actinium nuclear forum, Oyoyo, Sapporo International Art Festival, Japan.

June 2014
Talk: ‘Who owns the Moon?: declaring a republic of the moon’
‘They Used to Call it the Moon’ roundtable, BALTIC39, Newcastle upon Tyne

June 2014
Talk: ‘Cross-disciplinary art and science: possibilities for secondary education’
Prince’s Teaching Institute Summer School Homerton College, Cambridge,

April 2014
Talk: ‘The Arts Catalyst’
Art & Vision Science, Scientific Connections research seminar.
The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, London.

February 2014
Talk: ’20 Years of The Arts Catalyst’
Inaugural London LASER meeting, University of Westminster, London.

November 2013
Talk: ‘Performance and performativity in art and science’`
Splice Symposium: science, medicine, music & the performing arts
University of Notre Dame, London

August 2013
Talk: ‘Peace and outer space: the role of artists and developing countries’
KOSMICA Mexico, Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico City

March 2013
Talk: ‘PostNatural History: artists, animals and ecosystems’
‘Wildlife and Society: Challenges for a Shared Future’ conference, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK

March 2013
Talk. Seminar on Research in Arts and Sciences.
Writtle college Chelmsford, UK.

February 2013
Lecture. ‘Off the Planet’
Z33, Hasselt, Belgium

October 2012
Talk: ‘Integrating contemporary art into science & technology education’
‘Integrated Approaches to STEM Education’ seminar, ORT, London, UK

October 2012
Lecture: ‘Experimental ruins to laboratory life: artistic practices in the discourse between science and society’
Ekologie: urban ecologies and its practices conference, Museum Sztuki, Lodz, Poland

September 2012
Talk: ‘Art in zero gravity’
Kosmica Mexico, Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico City

19 July 2012
Catalyst Rwanda at Africa Utopia, Southbank Centre, London.

July 2012
Talk: Catalyst Rwanda, Clore Leadership Programme 2011/12 fellows.

June 2012
Talk: Engaging the Artist’s Voice: Museums, galleries and artists working in collaboration conference, British Museum/Arts Council England, London, UK

June 2012
Speaker and chair: Red Tape discussion
Royal College of Art, London, UK. Report on the event with video and photos.

May 2012
Talk: Mayfest Artist Breakfast: how artists and scientists collaborate
Theatre Bristol & Mayfest, UK

May 2012
Chair: ‘Scientific Visions: Enrico Coen and Rob Kesseler in conversation‘, organised by the Art, Science and Technology research group
Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design, London, UK.

April 2012
Presentation: 3:Vanigen, Gothenburg International Science Festival, Sweden.

March 2012
Co-chair: International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Technical Committee on the Cultural Utilisation of Space, IAF Spring meeting, Paris, France.

March 2012
Lecture: ‘Audiences and Public  in the Arts Sector’ seminar, MA Museums, Galleries and Contemporary Culture, University of Westminster,

February 2012
Co-presenter: Workshop on the ‘Arctic Perspective Initiative’ with Lisa Haskel
London Citizen Cyberscience Summit, UCL

February 2012
Participant: ‘Wasted Debates‘ round table discussion
Bluecoats, Liverpool, UK.

February 2012
Speaker: ‘In Public’ research symposium
Royal College of Art School of Humanities, London, UK.

December 2011
Keynote: Designers & Artists 4 Genomics Award Ceremony
Science Center Naturalis, Leiden, The Netherlands. Organised by the Waag Society.

November 2011
Talk: Kwetu Film Institute, Kigali, Rwanda.

October 2011
Keynote: Power in Outer Space symposium, University of Brighton

September 2011
Panelist: Art & Geopolitics
Annual International Conference of the Royal Geographical Society, RGS, UK

September 2011
Paper: ‘Critical Art and Intervention in the Technologies of the Arctic’
Annual International Conference of the Royal Geographical Society, RGS, London, UK

June 2011
Talk: The Media School, Bournemouth University

June 2011
Talk: Cafe Curio
Camden Arts Centre, London

May 2011
Speaker: ‘Perspectives on Art & Medicine‘ symposium
University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton

May 2011
Keynote: Curating Science conference
Wellcome Collection, London, organised by Kingston University.

March 2011
Speaker: ‘Data Landscapes’ workshop
University of Westminster (AHRC funded network project).

February 2011
Lecturer: ‘Dynamics of Collaboration and Forms of Creativity’ seminar
Centre de Art de Santa Monica & the British Council, Barcelona, Spain

February 2011
Paper: ‘Identity Correction: Parody, Satire & Media’
‘Digital Portraits of  Transculturalism’ symposium, Centre for Creative Collaboration, London

February 2011
Panelist: Information Just Wants to be Free, Intelligence Squared event
Dana Centre, Science Museum, London.

October 2010
Keynote: Ways of Knowing conference, University of Hertfordshire

September 2010
Speaker: Clore Leadership Programme, 2009/10 fellowship programme

July 2010
Panelist: LSE-Marcel Symposium on Artistic Research & Experimentation in Digital Media
King’s College London.

April 2010
Chair/discussant: Micol Assael and Ivan Kuzhekin
Museion, Bolzano, Italy

March 2010
Chair: ITACCUS (International Astronautical Federation’s Technical Committee on Cultural Utilisation of Space) at the IAF Spring meeting in Paris.

March 2010
Chair: Conversation between Brandon Ballengee and Giovanni Aloi
Royal Institution

March 2010
Talk: ‘Arctic Perspective Initiative’
‘Planetary Breakdown: autonomous infrastructures for a sustainable future’ symposium, The Arts Catalyst/Intersections, AV Festival, BALTIC, Gateshead

February 2010
Talk: ‘Arctic Perspective Initiative
super collider’s Science Fair, The Book Club, London

February 2010
Participant: Futurity Long Conversation
transmediale 10, House of World Cultures, Berlin, Germany.

December 2009
Seminar: Goldsmiths College MA Art & Politics, with Stephen Forster, John Hansard Gallery

November 2009
Participant: ‘Bio-Culture and the Post-Humanities: Animals?’ symposium
Institute for Modern & Contemporary Culture, University of Westminster, London, UK.

October 2009
Talk: Transitio_mx festival, Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico City.

July 2009
Chair/Discussant: ‘Eye of the Storm’ conference
Tate Britain, London, UK.