My practice foregrounds community engagement, placemaking and inclusion in relation to design and the built environment, achieved through a variety of projects, events and workshops. As an Early Career Researcher, I’m building on this practice to develop my academic research. My presentation is an introduction to two such recent projects.
'The Office for Field Forensics: Folkestone' is a fictional investigative agency dedicated to the study of the urban, social and environmental conditions that define a particular location. Working with students from East Kent College, St Peter’s C of E Primary School and University for the Creative Arts, we developed a body of creative research that we archived and presented in the form of models, drawings and a publication, representing a glimpse into the make-up of a town as the participants understand it.
Yinka Ilori MBE’s 'Slices of Peace' was a public art commission for Kings Hill in Kent, the result of a cultural partnership between Liberty Property Trust, Kent County Council, Turner Contemporary Margate, FutureCity, and UCA. Supporting the project was AtelierUCA, a team of students and graduates who supported public engagement, project documentation, and the development of the accompanying exhibition and publication.
