Talk
Sun 09 Sep 2018

Designing History – the untold stories

Sun 09 Sep 2018
16.30
£12.00 /£10.00 concession
Screening Room
South Wing

How do generic design objects become cultural and historical icons? Can the personal narratives embodied by these objects be recovered by designers and artists as history is reshaped in times of political and economic change?

ICON Magazine editor Priya Khanchandani, Polish curator Malgorzata Wesolowska and Israeli designer Nelly Agassi explore the emotional value of everyday objects and how they can help bring the untold stories of past generations to the surface.

Biographies

Priya Khanchandani [India], is writer, curator and Editor of ICON Magazine. She specialises in contemporary design and Indian culture through writing, curating and arts management. Priya has previously worked for cultural institutions such as the V&A and the British Council India, where she curated the Reimagine arts programme and formed part of a core team behind the UK-India Year of Culture. She also contributed to art and design magazines such as Frieze Magazine and Disegno. She is a Trustee of Engage and co-runs Museums Detox, a collective of museum professionals campaigning for greater diversity in the arts.

Nelly Agassi [Israel] engages in her work both the personal and emotional while looking at universal concepts and issues. Her artwork addresses the idea of the body and notion of intimacy within public space in relation to architecture, objects, culture and design. Agassi's work is varied and include performance, installations, video, textile and paper.

Małgorzata Wesołowska [Poland], is a curator and researcher. While pursuing her doctorate at the Gdansk Academy of Fine Arts, she collaborates with the Polish Institute in Berlin to promote Polish culture abroad. She was a member of the project team responsible for the Polish pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010, and in 2015 she took part in the Gdansk Festival - ‘Narracje’. As part of the Festival, together with the graphic artist G. Warzycka, she illegally sold architecturally conserved parts of the New Port area from the office of a fictional estate agent.


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