Invited speakers & tutors

Published on Tuesday, 15 January 2019 15:34

The curator of the 2019 NDS is Dr Marquard Smith; Programme Leader, MA Museums & Galleries in Education, UCL; Professor of Artistic Research, Vilnius Academy of Arts; Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Visual Culture; Board Member, Live Art Development Agency & Arts Catalyst.

The confirmed speakers and tutors come from across art, design, museums and galleries, and the public knowledge sector, with extensive experience of carrying out practice-led research, and supporting doctoral students to do likewise.

Invited speakers:

Dr Michelle Williams Gamaker, an artist working with moving image & performance; Lecturer, Goldsmiths; Chair, commissioning agency Pavilion; co-founder, Women of Colour Index (WOCI) Reading Group.
Prof Guy Julier, Design Leadership, Aalto University, Finland; researcher, activist, & consultant; publications, Economies of Design, Design & Creativity, The Culture of Design.
Elan Gamaker, screenwriter, story editor and filmmaker; Senior Lecturer in Film (Screenwriting) and BA Film Programme Convenor, University of Roehampton, London; Associate Editor, Screenworks Screen Media Practice Research Journal.

Tutors:

Dr Mika Elo, Professor of artistic research at the Academy of Fine Arts (University of the Arts Helsinki); curator, visual artist and researcher; co-convenor of Research Pavilion in Venice Biennale 2019.
Dr Vytautas Michelkevičius, Associated Professor at the Vilnius Academy of Arts; Artistic Director of Nida Art Colony; curator of artistic research projects in various contexts, including the Lithuanian Pavilion at the 56^th Venice Biennale (featuring Dainius Liškevičius’ ‘Museum’); and author of Mapping Artistic Research. Towards Diagrammatic Knowing (2018).
Dr Joanne Morra, Reader in Art History and Theory; curator of the Doctoral Platform at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London; Founding Principal Editor of the Journal of Visual Culture.
Dr Sofia Pantouvaki, Professor of Costume Design at Aalto University; scenographer and exhibition curator; Founding Editor Studies in Costume and Performance; Vice-Head for Research, OISTAT Costume, Chair of Critical Costume, Co-Convener, IFTR Scenography Working Group.