UCL Trellis 2020 -2021

A promo for UCL Trellis 2020-2021

The exhibition for UCL Trellis 2020 -2021 took place as a blended physical and virtual exhibition, due to the pandemic, supported with live events during April 2021. Six projects were exhibited, all involving a collaboration with UCL researchers, artists and members of the local community, to tell diverse stories related to East London.

Flow Unlocked: Exploring autistic adults' relationships and wellbeing. The visual art is created by co-artists Jon Adams and Briony Campbell, in collaboration with the FlowUnlocked participants and Georgia Pavlopoulou, UCL psychologist and autism researcher.

Mulberry - Tree of Plenty: Exploring the materiality of the iconic mulberry tree. A collaborative project between artists Sara Heywood & Jane Watt, UCL science researcher Dr David Chau and community participants at St Margaret’s House.

H Is for Hostile Environment: Exploring migration and asylum seeking in East London, Edwin Mingard and Keren Weitzberg conceived of a moving-image piece that would explore migration and asylum seeking in East London.

Xenia Citizen Science Project: Charnett Chau and Danielle Purkiss from the UCL Plastic Waste Innovation Hub and artist Sarah Carne collaborated with Xenia to run a Citizen Science Project around plastic design, food waste and composting.

Light Wave: Creative collaboration with deaf people in East London, Professor Bencie Woll (DCAL), and artist Rubbena Aurangzeb-Tariq.

Commissioned as part of the UCL Trellis: Public Art project. Trellis is a knowledge exchange programme between researchers from UCL, artists and communities connected to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park where UCL East opens in 2023. It’s part of the wider vision for UCL Public Art and Community Engagement.

Trellis was conceived by Sam Wilkinson, Head of Public Art at UCL, Lizzy Baddeley, UCL East Community and Engagement Manager and Curator Rosie Murdoch. Trellis 2020-2021 was supported by Junna Begum.