Selected lectures and engagements
Conference papers
- ‘“Didn’t they realize that he might be a terrorist upstart treading these virgin white terraces?” students, institutes and artists; the revolution within’, conference paper, 1968: Impact and Implication', BSA Theory Study Group conference, British Sociological Association, Warwick University and Birkbeck College, University of London, July, 2008
- 'We have begun to cherish disorder': 'Living Arts' and the mythology of a generation.’ Writing, Art and Radicality conference, MIRIAD, Manchester Metropolitan University, September 2007
- ‘Owning the ‘Long Front of Culture’; Lawrence Alloway, Herbert Read and cultural amnesia at the ICA in the 1950s and 1960s,’ Generations conference, Institute of Historical Research, University of London, June 2007
- ‘Transparent Form’, CDA Workshop, Victoria &Albert Museum, March 2007
60 Years of Curating, ICA, 2007-2008, pod-cast series, organiser and introductory speaker for:
- ‘Political manifesto as curatorial project’ (Nov, 2007)
- ‘The Artist-curator: curators as artists and artists as curators’ (Dec, 2007)
- ‘Sex Sells: Erotic Experience and Controversy as Curatorial Method’ (also chair) (Jan, 2008)
- ‘Fun and Games: The Gallery as Adult Play Centre’ (Feb, 2008)
- ‘Hi tech, Low tech: Technology in Art + Curating’ (March, 2008)
- ‘Spatial politics: The physical dimensions of curating’ (April, 2008)
- ‘And I Bring Back Untold Treasures: The Curator As Artistic Importer’ (May, 2008)
- ‘Higher State of Consciousness: The Psychedelic Event’ (June, 2008)
- ‘Violence, Disinformation and Endurance – challenging the viewer’ (Sept, 2008)
- ‘Institutional critique: can the institution ever criticise?’ (Oct, 2008)
Other engagements
- Plenary speaker for Collaborative Research conference, Institute of Historical Research and Tate Britain, funded by the AHRC (February, 2009)
- Work shop co-ordinator and facilitator for Collaborative Doctoral Award conference, Globe Theatre and Queen Mary, University of London (October, 2008)
- Conference organiser Crossing the Boundaries: a conference on interdisciplinarity and research, May 2008.
- Seminar convenor and leader for Culture and Society series, Faculty of Lifelong Learning, Birkbeck (2008)
- Seminar convenor leader for Interdisciplinarity and Research series, Faculty of Lifelong Learning, Birkbeck (2006-7)
- London Consortium Steering Committee and Board of Management elected student representative (2006-2007)
- A Manifesto of Possibilities: Commissioning Public Art in the Urban Environment, session facilitator , 2007
- Archigram Weekend at ICA – event co-ordinator, 2006
- LCACE/AHRC/Arts Council HE participation day, Courtauld Institute – Lecture on ICA research, 2006
- Selection panel member for Contemporary Art Projects, London, 2004
- Lecture on Zoe Walker art installation for Contemporary Arts Society, 2003
- Sir John Soane Musuem, lecture and tour for European Summer School Object II Object conference, 2003
