Studio Space
(2020–Ongoing) • Virtual Shell Grotto of Internet Experiments & Community Spaces
Collaborators: University of the Arts London, Central Saint Martins, Global, Jane’s Walk London, London Writers’ Salon, Island Girls Rock
The Inquiry
How can the internet function as a responsive, soft grotto for holding space, community connection, and creative mirroring across distances? Studio Space is a gathering of virtual experiments directly connected with my Changemaker research, testing how digital platforms can serve accessibility and combat isolation.
Practice-Based Research as a Site of Care
This virtual shell grotto environment hosts an ongoing, diverse network of care-centered public programming, workshops, and internet experiments, including:
Apparition: Ecstatic Visions of a Future Art School (UAL micro-festival layouts)INNERVISIONS: An interactive installation handling creative health, built for Disability History Month and now held as part of the permanent Bill of Health Special Collection and Sensory Area in Central Saint Martins Libraries.FEELINGS CAFE: Alternative crits and spaceholding hosted within the portal of London Writers’ Salon.Accessible Workshops & Rituals: Including Earthing for Earthlings, BLOOM Virtual Day Retreats, Take Care of You Autumn, Feel the Love, alternative art clubs, and seasonal community freewrites.
Some links to selected projects below.
some collaborators include:
University of the Arts, London, Global, Jane’s Walk London, Central Saint Martins, London, London Writers’ Salon, Island Girls Rock