Tools of Resilience – workshop
The White Building
14 & 18 Feb, Scavenging
28 Feb & 3 Mar, Resourcefulness
6 & 10 Mar, Challenge
3 & 7 Apr, Narration
Book tickets here
Tools of Resilience at SPACE is a series of 4 workshops that aim to turn urban hardship into design 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, metalworking, 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 Citroen 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 Resilience. A toolset that enables you to navigate the high degree of uncertainty and fluidity of London’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, inspirational 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
Sun 14 Feb, 10am - 6pm
Introduction by Marco Monterzino and group allocation
Trailblazing in Hackney Wick and mapping skills
Thur 18 Feb, 6pm - 9pm
Process and outcomes presentation
Drinks & networking
SESSION 2 - RESOURCEFULLNESS
Sun 28 Feb, 10am - 6pm
Introduction by Marco Monterzino and group allocation
Resourceful thinking & making for the professional challenges of the megacity desert
Thur 3 Mar, 6pm - 9pm
Process and outcomes presentation
Drinks & networking
SESSION 3 - CHALLENGE
Sun 6 Mar, 10am - 6pm
Introduction by Marco Monterzino and group allocation
Making your tools on the fly, no money, no smartphones
Thur 10 Mar, 6pm - 9pm
Process and outcomes presentation
Drinks & networking
SESSION 4 - NARRATION
Sun 3 Apr, 10am - 6pm
Introduction by Marco Monterzino and group allocation
Turning urban hardship into design adventure
Thur 7 Apr, 6pm - 9pm
Process and outcomes presentation
Drinks & networking
EXHIBITION
Fri 15 Apr 10am - 6pm
Hanging of the show
Private view (6 - 9pm)
Public exhibition Sat 16 - Sun 17 Apr 10am - 6pm
