Sculpting the Future: Memory, Imagination and the Public Realm

The second London Sculpture Week Symposium offered an engaging afternoon of dialogue, creativity and critical exploration.

The symposium covered the challenges of placemaking and the long-term ambitions of curatorial and civic projects. It highlighted how public identity, social engagement and curatorial innovation responded to these pressures, while imagining how new possibilities could emerge from past successes.

Speakers included:

Fatoş Üstek (Frieze Sculpture)
Stella Ioannou (Sculpture in the City)
Sarah Carrington (The Line)
Jo Baxendale (GLA)
Moderated by Jacek Ludwig Scarso (CREATURE [Research Centre for Creative Arts, Cultures and Engagement] at London Metropolitan University)

Artist presentations:

Assemble – Maria Lisogorskaya and Mary Anderson
Saad Qureshi

Keynote response:

Gus Casely-Hayford (Director, V&A East)

The event was organised by London Sculpture Week Partners – Fourth Plinth and East Bank by the Mayor of London, Frieze Sculpture, Sculpture in the City and The Line – and was generously hosted by The Warburg Institute in collaboration with CREATURE (Research Centre for Creative Arts, Cultures and Engagement) at London Metropolitan University, with Bloomberg Connects as London Sculpture Week’s Official Digital Partner.