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To change discourse and thought we not only need to change our practices but the platforms where our practices take place. A platform could be an institution, an edited publication, a series of events, an educational project, a job offer, or the space and geography where each of these occur. 聽

Artist, researcher and curator Fernando Portal and teacher, curator and editor Shumi Bose will discuss the platforms they set up to enable and cultivate new practices that help them thrive. The Latin American cultural and educational initiative N煤cleo Lenguaje y Creaci贸n was set up by Fernando to promote interdisciplinary practice throughout architecture, graphic design, civil engineering and the arts. It does so through mentorship programmes that platform researchers interested in Latin American topics. Likewise, Shumi has platformed BIPOC and other colleagues through her teaching, mentorship, curatorial and activist work. Amongst other initiatives, Shumi is the founder of HoldSpace, a digital platform for reading, thinking and talking about architecture beyond the academic sphere.

This event is part of the flagship CRUNCH Series at The Bartlett School of Architecture, replacing the International Lecture Series.

Please note this event is first-come, first-served and is limited capacity.聽

Speaker biographies

Fernando Portal is an artist and researcher exploring the intersections between design and politics. He works as associate professor and director of the interdisciplinary research centre, N煤cleo Lenguaje y Creaci贸n at Universidad de las Am茅ricas in Santiago, Chile. He is currently a PhD candidate at the Bauhaus-Universit盲t Weimar. He holds a Master of Science degree in Critical, Curatorial, and Conceptual Practices in Architecture (CCCP) from Columbia GSAPP, and a Master鈥檚 in Architecture from Pontificia Universidad Cat贸licade Chile where he trained as an architect.聽

Shumi Bose is a teacher, curator and editor based in London. She is a senior lecturer in Architecture at Central Saint Martins and visiting lecturer at the Royal College of Art. Shumi has worked as a curator of exhibitions at the Venice Biennale and at the Royal Institute of British Architects.聽

Thomas Aquilina is an architect and academic at The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, dedicated to building communities of radical thought and progressive practice. He is a co-director of the聽鈥痯rogramme and a co-founder of the publishing collective聽. Thomas is investigating local understandings of spatial justice in London as a聽鈥痑t the Design Museum.聽

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滨尘补驳别:听Sensible al co虂digo/FPS01126.JPG by Mar铆a Jes煤s Schultz from the "Circuito expandido " exhibition at the 16潞 Media Arts Biennial, Santiago de Chile, 2023. Curated by Fernando Portal.