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URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/after-an-art-phd-organising-towa
 rds-new-intimacies/
SUMMARY:John Lennon Art and Design Building: After an Art PhD: Organising T
 owards New Intimacies
DESCRIPTION:Free and open to all\nBooking preferred\, via Eventbrite\n\n
 —\n\nJoin Emeri Curd and Cléo Verstrepen in the final event in a series
  of four\, each exploring the work of two art research practitioners with 
 related interests who have completed doctoral study in recent years\, to e
 xamine the possibilities and challenges of practice after an art PhD.\n\nE
 meri Curd will discuss the intersection of institutional\, community and g
 rassroots/DIY settings and the complexities of this practice. They will us
 e examples across the last ten years of practice – before\, during and a
 fter their PhD – including conversations about action research\, grassro
 ots organising\, institutional critique\, care/co-option\, solidarity\, fa
 ilure and queerness. Emeri is interested in what exists in grey areas\; ho
 w and why socially engaged and activist practices leak and spill\; and how
  the messiness of this work challenges infrastructure within institutions.
  Their work is increasingly DIY and seeks to agitate popular practices of 
 ‘care’ and the ethical dimensions of institutional practice.\n\nCléo 
 Verstrepen’s presentation will explore how doctoral research can serve a
 s a foundation for ongoing curatorial and artistic experimentation rather 
 than a purely academic endpoint. Drawing on their experience across indepe
 ndent curating\, collective practice and institutional research\, they wil
 l discuss how to navigate the balance between theoretical inquiry\, creati
 ve work and financial sustainability. They will argue that academic framew
 orks can both stabilise and nourish experimental practice\, allowing theor
 y and practice to continuously inform one another.\n\nThe event will begin
  with a short grounding exercise. Refreshments will be available from 20 m
 inutes before the start time. Emeri Curd will attend in person\; Cléo Ver
 strepen will attend online. The event is hosted by Jonathan Hoskins\, Asso
 ciate Researcher at the Exhibition Research Lab and organiser of this seri
 es.\n\nFind more here about the whole series ‘After an Art PhD: Creati
 ve Uses of a Creative Work’.\n\n—\n\nSpeaker biographies\n\nDr Emeri C
 urd is an artist\, zine-maker\, producer\, and researcher. They develop pr
 ojects that bring people together through socially engaged practice ground
 ed in critical theory and community care\, incorporating DIY and activist 
 methods such as collage\, printmaking\, book- and zine-making\, storytelli
 ng and public interventions. They work at the intersection of action resea
 rch and arts-based practices. Emeri holds a practice-based PhD from Liverp
 ool John Moores University titled ‘The People’s Glossary’ (2015-20).
  They continue to work within and outside institutions such as University 
 of Liverpool\, Liverpool John Moores University\, Tate Liverpool\, and com
 munity organisations such as Asylum Link Merseyside\, Heart of Glass and H
 omotopia. Emeri is currently working on an emerging project called the Tra
 ns* Info Shop\, a mobile infoshop featuring a zine library and resource ce
 ntre. The goal of the Trans* Info Shop is to create a publishing house spe
 cialising in the work of trans* and queer artists.\n\nDr Cléo Verstrepen 
 is an independent curator and holds a PhD in art from the Tokyo University
  of the Arts\, based between Marseille and Tokyo. Their approach to resear
 ch is creative and integrative\, spreading outside the academic field thro
 ugh curating\, writing and performance. Their work explores forms of colla
 boration\, hospitality and sensitive\, situated modes of artistic producti
 on\, paying particular attention to relational and community-embedded prac
 tices. Between 2022 and 2025\, they were a founding member of the collecti
 ve project space Datsuijo in Tokyo\, and since 2025 have been developing S
 eisokuchi\, an artist-in-residence platform.\n\n—\n\nImages (left to rig
 ht): Emeri Curd (image: Carl Davies)\; Cléo Verstrepen.
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