Echoes Of The City

Akil is one third of RESOLVE, an interdisciplinary design collective that aims to address multi-scalar social challenges by combining architecture, art, technology and engineering. RESOLVE have delivered numerous projects, workshops, and talks, in London and across Europe as well as working with a variety of initiatives and institutions to pilot projects that introduce young people from under-represented backgrounds to concepts in interdisciplinary design. Akil currently also works as a researcher for the London School of Economics under the LSE Cities team with Dr. Julia King, where they are working with young people from the Brent Blueprint Collective to co-design a section of the public realm in Wembley Park and a set of accompanying policy recommendations for designing public space for young people in Brent.

Lars Saabye Christensen has published a number of novels, poetry and short story collections, his breakthrough coming in 1984 with Beatles, one of Norway's bestselling books still. He received the Nordic Council Literature Prize for The Half Brother in 2001. He has also received the Riverton Prize, the Critics' Prize, the Brage Prize, the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize, the Dobloug Prize and the Norwegian Reader's Prize. His novels have now been published in 36 countries.

Emma Warren has been documenting contemporary culture for decades. Her writing has appeared in national and international platforms, and her documentaries have been presented on BBC Radio. She worked for six years on Brixton's youth-run Live Magazine and has a monthly radio show on Worldwide FM. In 2019, Emma published her first book Make Some Space: Tuning into Total Refreshment Centre on her new imprint, Sweet Machine, with an audio book following this autumn. She has also released a pamphlet, Steam Down: Or How Things Begin, on Rough Trade Books.

Henrietta Williams is an artist and urban researcher. Her practice explores urbanist theories; particularly considering ideas around fortress urbanism, security, and surveillance. She is currently working towards an LAHP funded PhD by design at the Bartlett, UCL, that critiques drone surveillance technologies and the history of the aerial viewpoint. Henrietta was made a Teaching Fellow at the Bartlett in September 2017 and teaches on the MA Situated Practice, she is currently the Acting Co-Director on the programme. She also writes and co-ordinates a module called Mediated Environments where students make video work that critically engages with the urban landscape through the essay film form. Her projects have been widely exhibited and published in the UK and internationally, most notably at the V&A Museum in London and on the front page of the Guardian.