Research 
Events

Sophie has extensive experience in organising and curating research events. She was the lead organised and founder of the conference Cracking the Established Order: Practice-Based Research in Academia, funded by Midlands4Cities with keynote speaker Lauren Barri Holstein.

 

Sophie currently runs her own interdisciplinary research series Overspill: Presences, Processes & Perspectives which is funded by Sheffield Hallam university

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About Overspill:

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Overspill is a series of in conversation events with interdisciplinary artists working within the creative arts industry. This research series focuses on celebrating the practice of artists who are making important work that also pushes against and explodes beyond the understood boundaries of creative work. Presence and agency will be considered as central themes throughout Overspill and how the artist might use their practice to respond to and/or challenge ideas around self and identity. Moreover, these events will celebrate the work of artists that might be considered marginalised and indeed works to celebrate diversity, equality, and inclusion in the arts.

 

These in conversation events will celebrate the work of artists working within, across, between and beyond the boundaries of artistic disciplines. Focusing on uncovering the many practices, processes and perspectives that the artist or maker might engage in when making creative practice, this series will also consider post pandemic contexts and what shifts in processes and new knowledges this might have uncovered for the creative maker. Moreover, Overspill also welcomes practice-based sharings in any format.

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Speakers have included, Rosana Cade, Nando Messias, 'funmi Adewole, Jungmin Song and Virginia Kennard.

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