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The UCL East Cultural and Community Engagement team have announced five new commissions by eleven East London artists and UCL researchers who will continue their collaborations with east London communities to develop new artworks.

José Izcue Gana, currently Project Manager for the Prosperity Co-Lab UK at the Institute for Global Prosperity, and artist Libby Liburd will be exploring the impacts of regeneration and housing insecurity on wellbeing. They will be working with residents in Newham, Hackney, Waltham Forest and Tower Hamlets to co-develop an audio drama experience that shares the stories of people who bear the brunt of the ongoing housing crisis in east London.

They impressed the panel with their preliminary work with those experiencing housing insecurity, as well as the thoughtful and sensitive way they were planning to collaborate with individuals from east London. They were also excited about Libby’s practice as a theatre maker and recent learning in audio storytelling through which the collaboration will manifest their work next year.

Trellis, is an annual knowledge exchange programme that brings together artists, UCL researchers and east London communities to co-create work together. In April 2024 11 groups were awarded £1,500 to support development of projects that ranged from sensory mapping to rethinking risk in healthcare. From this competitive cohort, five projects have been awarded £15,000 to continue their work together, resulting in an exhibition of new commissions at »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Marshgate in March 2025.