![]() The intention of the workshops was to gather feedback which would shape the direction of our research and outcome, and the conversations were very fruitful. Working with this group we were particularly interested in exploring how the rapidly changing urban context affects how they are able to move in the city, and to explore their personal relationship with this and how this also relates to their personal (hi)stories. With Dragon Hall as a community partner, we were able to connect with older residents (+55 years) in the London Borough of Camden. How did you work with your community stakeholder, Dragon Hall Trust? We also invited students from UCL’s Urban Innovation and Policy Masters course to encourage intergenerational conversations. John Bingham-Hall, Director of Theatrum Mundi and Lesley Hall, researcher and former archivist at Wellcome Library, and through movement workshops at the N1C Centre with a group of people aged 55+ through Dragon Hall Trust, a charity serving the needs of local people. We explored these questions through discussions with Dr. How do we move? How do we move each other? How are we moved physically and emotionally by the world around us? How do our cultural histories liberate or restrict our mobility? How do our scales of movement change over time? What is the role of labour and economic forces in our movement patterns? How is our body forced to move differently as the physical world changes around us? This cross-discipline collaboration builds on both collaborators research interests: Dr Cosgrave’s existing urban research on the interrelationship between gender and urban infrastructure and Laura Wilson’s research around civic histories and labour, how information is passed on from one person to another through movement and recent performances investigating how the body learns, adapts, responds and performs. You Move Me acknowledges that the way we move is shaped by infrastructure availability, our past experiences, and our relationship to one another. You Move Me is a project developed by Dr Ellie Cosgrave and artist Laura Wilson. Meet the project team Can you tell us a bit about the ideas your project explores? ![]() As an engineer, interdisciplinary researcher, dancer and systems thinker she is motivated by how scientific endeavour, artistic practice and policy innovation can combine to create a healthier and fairer society - particularly with respect to gender. Ellie's research is driven by three intersecting themes: the impact of rapid urbanisation, technological innovation, and human wellbeing and social justice. ![]() She is a BBC broadcaster, presenting the Tomorrow's World Podcast and the BBC World Service series My Perfect City. ![]() She is also an outspoken advocate and campaigner for increasing the quality of women's health services. Dr Ellie CosgraveĮllie Cosgrave is Lecturer in Urban Innovation and Policy at UCL's department of Science Technology Engineering and Public Policy, where she is co-director of the Urban Innovation and Policy Lab. ![]() Wilson has recently been awarded the Jerwood New Work Fund and her forthcoming exhibition will open at Norwich Castle Gallery and Museum in January 2020 as part of New Geographies, a major site-responsive visual arts programme across the East of England. Her project Trained on Veda, a malted loaf and evolving artwork was initiated during her residency at Delfina Foundation in 2016 is currently being developed in partnership with TACO, Grand Union, Site Gallery and MIMA and was featured in Food: Bigger than the Plate at the V&A London. Wilson’s interdisciplinary and research-based works have been exhibited widely including at: Nicoletti Contemporary, London V&A, London and Bloomsbury Theatre, London (2019) The British Museum, London, UK with Block Universe Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, UK and The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London, UK (2018) SPACE, London Guest Projects, London and Invisible Dust (2017) Delfina Foundation (2016 & 17) RIBA, London and Site Gallery, Sheffield UK (2016) Whitstable Biennial (2014) Camden Arts Centre, London and Turner Contemporary, Margate (2013) W139, Amsterdam and De Warande, Turnhout, Belgium (2012). She works with specialists to develop sculptural and performative works that amplify the relationship between materiality, memory and tacit knowledge. Belfast, Northern Ireland, lives & works in London) is interested in how history is carried and evolved through everyday materials, trades and craftsmanship. ![]()
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