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VIRTUAL EVENT: City Mill Skate – UCL East, Skateboarding and the Public Space
15 June 2021, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm
Learn about UCL's City Mill Skate project which is working with east London artists and skateboarders to form part of the UCL East campus
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Sandy Brummitt
About the lecture:
UCL’s City Mill Skate project is working with east London artists and skateboarders to democratise the street and co-create a series of ‘skate dots’ that will form part of the fabric of the new UCL East campus on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Bringing people together across genders, ages and abilities, City Mill Skate uses participatory design to engage the community, including people traditionally not connected to the design of skateable architecture like women and people with disability, in proposing ideas for skateable architecture. Supported by UCL’s Public Art Programme, the project leads, Esther Sayers and Sam Griffin, led pilot workshops with young people, before sending DIY kits at the start of lockdown in early 2020 – which their vibrant community used and extensively shared on Instagram.
In this talk, Sam and Esther will be joined and introduced by Prof Iain Borden, Professor of Architecture and Urban Culture at The Bartlett, UCL, who will explore the relevance of City Mill Skate to skateboarding, public space and urban design worldwide.
About the Speakers
Professor Iain Borden
Professor of Architecture & Urban Culture and Vice-Dean of Education at the Bartlett at UCL
Iain is author of Skateboarding and the City: a Complete History (Bloomsbury 2019) and has been involved in numerous skatepark projects in the UK and worldwide.
Dr Esther Sayers
Senior Lecturer in Education, Head of MA Arts and Learning programme at Goldsmiths
Esther's arts-based practice research includes embodied research methodologies around cultural participation. Currently this is pursued within the cultural context of the skatepark where immersive, reciprocal pedagogies are played out. Her research as an artist, a gallery educator and a skateboarder has been published in the UK and Internationally.
Sam Griffin
Artist, Writer and Researcher
Sam is an artist, writer and researcher based in London and has exhibited across the UK and internationally. Sam has also participated in numerous skate-related projects, including contributions to publications, lecture programmes and designs for skateable architecture.
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