There’s only two types of people in the world: the ones that entertain, and the ones that observe
Britney Spears, CircusAnd baby I’m a put on a show kind of girl.
I’m a London-based curator, creative producer and writer working in film and moving image. My curatorial work includes events, commissioning and exhibitions in both digital and in-person formats. I also work text and video and have been nominated for the Michael O’Pray Prize 2022 for writing
I have worked with national institutions including the British Film Institute, Barbican Centre and Watershed and been involved with festivals including Ooen City Documentary Festival, BFI Flare and Encounters Film Festival.
Some of my work engages with ideas of labour, institutionality and care, presenting work which helps unpick, unravel and undo the current structures we are inhabiting and which aim to construct better alternatives in their place.
My work also centres joy and pleasure, in particular queer notions of pleasure. I m interested in what experiencing a moment that is fun, sexy or thrilling can do for us and the political potential they all hold . I can’t imagine a utopia using just theory and righteous anger and I wouldn’t want the audiences I’m working for to have to either. So let’s have fun, seriously.
As with many creatives, I am a freelancer, part-timer and also currently in education. I work independently and as part of larger projects within institutions and in a range of roles and disciplines. All this is to say that describing what I’ve done, where and how, is not always easy to present clearly in a single place. More details about the individual projects I have worked on can be found on my curatorial, video and writing pages. Below is a more traditional CV.
CV
Education
2021-23: Curating Contemporary Art MA
Royal College of Art
2018-21: 1st, Liberal Arts BA (Hons)
University of Bristol
Employment
Nov 2023 - Present: Programme & Marketing CoordinatorOpen City Documentary Festival, UCL, London
Feb 2023 - Sep 2023: Programme & Marketing AssistantOpen City Documentary Festival, UCL, London
Jul 2021 - Apr 2023: Freelance Marketing and Content AssistantBFI Film Academy South West, Watershed, Bristol
Jun 2022 - Sep 2022: Marketing AssistantOpen City Documentary Festival, UCL, London
May 2021 - Jul 2021: ResidentRife Magazine, Watershed, Bristol
Sep 2020 - May 2022: Young Programmer
BFI Film Academy, London
Jun 2020 - Sep 2020: Film Festival Submissions Previewer
BFI Film Academy, London
Awards
2022: Michael O’Pray Prize for writing on experimental film (shortlisted)
Film Video Umbrella/Art Monthly
2021: Best Dissertation in Liberal Arts
University of Bristol
2021: Best Overall Achievement in the Liberal Arts (BA) Programme University of Bristol
2021: Billy Dowling - Reid Award for Outstanding Commitment
Student Publication Awards
Courses
June 2021: Future Leaders Lab InternationalPlayable Cities, Bristol, Lagos & Durban
Oct 2020 - May 2021: Young Visual Arts GroupBarbican Centre, London
Voluntary
Sep 2022: Jury, Student AwardEncounters Film Festival 2022
Nov 2020 - May 2021: Equality, Liberation & Access Officer
Art History Bristol
Jun 2021: Jury
Berlin Film Week 2021
Jun 2020 - May 2021: Deputy Digital Editor
Epigram, Bristol
Jun 2019 - May 2020: Entertainment Subeditor
Epigram, Bristol
Jan 2019 - Jun 2019: Invigilator
Spike Island Gallery, Bristol