Opening event of The Platinum Garden a new queer garden at Sutton House & Breaker’s Yard, Homerton, London
social material is an interdisciplinary studio, led by Daniel Baker-Wells @daniel.baker.wells
recent projects include:
Queer Nature Club South West: accessible events, workshops & walks by & for the LGBTQIA+ community in Somerset & Devon: exploring ideas of queer nature, ecological diversity & the importance of centring queerness & access within environmental action; in partnership with National Trust, South Devon National Landscape, Natural England, and local LGTBQIA partners across the region. Supported by The John Lewis Partnership Foundation: Nature Fund.
The Platinum Garden, a new queer garden at Sutton House and Breakers Yard, Homerton London
Queer Ecologies Open Access Learning Programme, a national queer-led public programme of learning and events exploring ideas of queer nature and queer ecology
The Blue House: a collective, self-directed collaborative process for commissioning and producing performances, site-specific installations & a limited edition vinyl with queer & BIPOC artists
The State of Now Studio an art school in a mental health facility in Hackney, London with Peabody Housing, Hackney Council and Arts Council England
Groups Gathering, a research-led programme of work exploring cultures of dance amongst older people across London, with Science Museum: Media Space; and Arts Council England, presented at Tate Modern through Future Citizen Forum
public engagement strategy for the London Museum: the newly re-imagined Museum of London
Stories from the Sea: a series of workshops and discussions bringing together individuals with Pacific heritage, indigenous experts, ethnographers to inform the curatorial development of the new Pacific Encounters Gallery at the National Maritime Museum, London
curation, programming, strategy, fundraising & organisational development for Cubitt Gallery and Studios: supporting the organisation through a process of transformation into a centre of social practice, education, community engagement and localised public programming