The Sensing Place symposium was a 3-day event launching our public realm programme, and brought together thinkers, collaborators, artists and members of the community to our new site to discuss and develop dialogue for the design brief and blueprint processes for 24 Guildhall Road. Contributors presented their projects, provocations and processes, in dialogue with our design team and partnership stakeholders. 

This event was also an opportunity to view phase 1 capital works and opened up the design process for phase 2. More information about 24 Guildhall Road can be found here.

Participants

• • Sean Griffiths (founder of FAT Architecture, architect advisor 24 Guildhall Road capital project)
  • Moira Lascelles (Deputy Director of UP Projects)
  • Nephertiti Oboshie Schandorf (Artistic Director of Peckham Platform)
  • Akil Scafe-Smith (Founding Artist of Resolve Collective)
    
  • PEROU Collective / Sébastien Thiéry
  • Marie Bak Mortensen (Create London)
  • Emilio Hernandez Martinez (Artist from Colaboratory Kitchen) 
  • Cheryl Jones (Director of Grand Union) 
  • Harriet Matzdorf (from the organic farm and research organisation Pollinaria)
  • Cecily Chua (Director of Theatrum Mundi)
  • Clare Louise Staunton (Researcher, Community Organiser, and Curator)
  • Matthew Chesney (Director of Backlit Gallery)
  • Dr. Silvie Jacobi (Director of London School of Mosaic)
  • Rachel Pimm (Artist)
  • Alex Parry (SpaceX Researcher)
  • Ryan Hughes (SpaceX Researcher)
  • Roger Malbert (former Head of Hayward Gallery Touring) 
  • Gareth Bell-Jones (Director and Curator of Flat Time House) 
  • Angelica Sule (Director of Programme Site Gallery)
  • Dylan Fox (Artist) 
  • Haley Morris-Cafiero (Artist and Researcher at the University of Northampton)
  • Joe Moss (Artist)

This event took place at 24 Guildhall Road, Northampton.