01 June 2011: Vincenzo Di Maria and TPE's Bohmian dialogue

Title: Socially Responsive Practice in Art & Design

Date: Wednesday, 1 June 2011, 2-4 pm

Venue: Green Room, Chelsea College of Art and Design. Millbank, SW1P


Fig 1 - Water Design Challenge 2010 – co-designing solutions in response to water wastage.

It is our pleasure to announce this special session of the Practice Exchange. In the first half Vincenzo Di Maria will discuss his dynamic approach to people-centred design informed by recent examples of his research. In the second half, Marsha Bradfield and Scott Schwager will facilitate a 'Bohmian dialogue' based on the theory and practice of physicist David Bohm. This open-ended dialogue exemplifies the discursive art practice that Marsha and Scott have been developing together since March 2010.

Vincenzo Di Maria is a multidisciplinary designer based between London and Lisbon. His work focuses on social innovation and sustainable development, with a holistic approach to industrial design from products to services. He uses creative techniques and people-centred design approach with an added touch of playfulness.

Vincenzo has been working and is currently freelancing as design researcher for Design Against Crime Research Centre at Central Saint Martins Innovation, University of the Arts London, where he has developed a range of skills and experiences in the field of Socially Responsive Design and Social Innovation.

Vincenzo is co-founder and director of Common Ground, a start up socially responsive design & innovation agency. Common Ground works with companies, organisations and communities to co-create new products, services and strategies that generate positive social change.

www.designagainstcrime.com/methodology-resources/socially-responsive-design/

www.gotocommonground.com

www.vdmdesign.net

Twitter: @cmngrd

Marsha Bradfield is an artist, educator, curator, writer and researcher. Across these practices, she investigates dialogic ways of working that elaborate the contingencies through which "things" take shape. Her recent research explores decision making in reality TV-style "game docs" and Web 2.0 platforms (blogs, wikis, social networking sites and so on). Marsha is presently in the fourth year of her PhD at Chelsea College of Art and Design, London. Her project is titled "Utterance and Authorship in Dialogic Art." Marsha received her BA in History and Art History from the University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada and her BFA from the Emily Carr Institute.

www.criticalpracticechelsea.org/wiki/index.php?title=User:Marsha

Scott Schwager is an artist based in London. His practice explores a range of ideas and media including installation, intervention, drawing and painting, dialogue, and text. He draws inspiration from contemporary politics, abstract expressionism, nudes, and religious custom. His recent work questions secrecy and publicness in action, authorship, and exhibition. His recent exhibitions, presentations, and collaborations include The Role of Art, Courtyard Theatre, London; My Secret Gallery, Paris; Bonhams auction, London; ‘1916’, The Triangle Space, London; Parade, London; Barcamp, KNOT, Berlin; and www.zerostretch.org. He is an active member of Critical Practice. In 2009, he founded ACE & LION GALLERY for collaborative exhibitions and projects in central London. He hosts The Arts Club Monday Talk, featuring speakers on art, design, writing, and culture. He received his BA Hons Painting from Camberwell College; MSc from London Business School; and BA, Political Science, from Williams College. His research for a PhD at CCW, University of the Arts London, is on two-person collaboration in fine art.

www.scottschwager.com