Speculating cities and landscapes through QTIABPOC art practices
21 October 2020, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm

Join us for a thought-provoking conversation with Ruhul Abdin, urban researcher, architectural designer and artist, and alumnus of The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, and Ama Josephine Budge, who is a speculative writer, artist, curator and pleasure activist.
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The Bartlett Faculty Office
Image credit: Jahnavi Inniss
Ruhul and Ama will discuss their practices and projects, introducing some of the contexts they engage with and the collectives they have worked with. Their work spans discussions of race, queerness, ecology and cities, and they have both been involved in setting up QTIABPOC night spaces and art platforms in London, such as The Batty Mama and Odbhut.
Ama will read from a new story in Architectural Review, and Ruhul will talk about his life drawing and about Paraa, the architecture and design studio he co-founded which uses multi-disciplinary and community-led approaches.
Hosted by Prof Ben Campkin and Claire Tunnacliffe on behalf of B.Queer, The Bartlett's queer network for staff and students.
About the Speakers
Ruhul Abdin
Alumnus at The Bartlett Development Planning Unit
More about Ruhul AbdinAma Josephine Budge
Writer, Curator, and Artist
More about Ama Josephine BudgeBen Campkin
Professor of History and Theory of Architecture and Urbanism at The Bartlett School of Architecture
Claire M. Tunnacliffe
Doctoral researcher at The Bartlett School of Architecture