Tools of Resilience

The White Building
Feb - 14 / 18 - Scavenging

Feb - 28 / 3 - Resourcefulness

March - 6 / 10 - Challenge

April - 3 / 7 - Narration

[see schedule below for details]

Tools of Resilience at SPACE is a series of 5 workshops that aim to turn urban hardship into de- sign adventure through speculative design practices and making. This workshop will bring together self-motivated multidisciplinary practitioners to encourage skills exchange and network building within a critical framework between personal research and professional development.

This workshop series is about using design thinking to design yourself and your practice. It will involve the prototyping of artefacts and the development of skills such as mapping, carpentry, met- alworking, use of digital resources, network agility, photography and videography. The series will celebrate process and outcome, culminating with an exhibition at the White Building.

What are the threats that make the professional lives of creatives in London just as challenging as survival in the desert? Inspired by Chameaux D’Acier, the life-saving transformation of a Citro- en 2CV that broke down in the Western Sahara desert into a working motorcycle, we will explore these narratives into the context of London as a megacity desert.

SPACE designer Marco Monterzino will guide this series, responding to your practice to develop a place of discussion and exchange through the creation of a tangible collection of Tools of Re- silience. A toolset that enables you to navigate the high degree of uncertainty and fluidity of Lon- don’s creative market. According to cognitive scientists George Lakoff and Mark Johnson, the way we use our body structures the way we think. The act of making can then provide a starting point to explore and prototype resilient tools and behaviours.

The series is designed to develop your practice and resilience through challenges, briefs, inspira- tional material and skills exchange. You can attend to individual sessions, or you can sign up to the 4-session programme and allow yourself to develop a resilient practice progressively through the platform.

Requirements:

Personal protective equipment, smartphone with camera, laptop with video editing software

Schedule

One week prior to the workshop, key texts and research questions will be shared with the participants

SESSION 1 - SCAVENGING
Sunday 14 February, 10:00am-06:00pm

Introduction by Marco Monterzino and group allocation Trailblazing in Hackney Wick and mapping skills

Thursday 18 February, 06:00pm-09:00pm

Process and outcomes presentation Drinks & networking

SESSION 2 - RESOURCEFULLNESS
Sunday 28 February, 10:00am-06:00pm

Introduction by Marco Monterzino and group allocation
Resourceful thinking & making for the professional challenges of the megacity desert

Thursday 3 March, 06:00pm-09:00pm

Process and outcomes presentation

Drinks & networking

SESSION 3 - CHALLENGE
Sunday 6 March, 10:00am-06:00pm

Introduction by Marco Monterzino and group allocation Making your tools on the fly, no money, no smartphones

Thursday 10 March, 06:00pm-09:00pm

Process and outcomes presentation Drinks & networking

SESSION 4 - NARRATION
Sunday 3 April, 10:00am-06:00pm

Introduction by Marco Monterzino and group allocation Turning urban hardship into design adventure

Thursday 7 April, 06:00pm-09:00pm

Process and outcomes presentation Drinks & networking

EXHIBITION
Friday 15 April 10:00am-06:00pm (TBC) Hanging of the show
Private view (6-9pm)

Saturday 16 - Sunday 17 April 10:00am-06:00pm (TBC) Public exhibition