Transcultural Exchanges and Network

Transcultural Exchanges and Network considers cultural interaction, transformation and entanglements in visual and material culture shaped by transcultural and intercultural transactions. It brings together art and design histories, humanities, practices and industry for knowledge exchange.

Group members have works on migration, postcoloniality, decoloniality, transnationalism, inter/transcultural identity from Asia to the Global South to the fringe of Europe. Their working partners included The Research Centre for Material Culture (National Museum of World Cultures), Armenian Art Centre of Social Studies and the Visual Identities in Art and Design Research Centre (University of Johannesburg) among others. Working collaboratively with art and design historians, curators and practitioners, Transcultural Exchanges and Network seeks to develop partnerships with public and private bodies and to engage with the community through public events and impact activities.

Abandoned bus on the Serbia-Romania border in Borderlands by Paola Leonardi

Members:

Prof. Wessie Ling, Transcultural Exchanges and Network Co-ordinator

Ektoras Arkomanis
Aleks Catina
Dr Nicolas Cambridge
Ania Dabrowska
Paola Leonardi
Dr Harriet McKay

Research Projects

Borderlands: The Edges of Europe

Paola Leonardi

Migrations in New Cinema

Edited by Ektoras Arkomanis

Fashion in Multiple Chinas

Co-edited by Prof. Wessie Ling

A Lebanese Archive

Ania Dabrowska

Passage Variations

Ektoras Arkomanis

Global Fashion

Special issue co-edited by Professor Wessie Ling

Italianerie: Transculturality, co-creation and transforming identities between Italy and Asia

Special issue co-edited by Professor Wessie Ling

Global China

Cover of Fashion Theory Journal featuring a model dressed in Balenciaga

Special issue co-edited by Professor Wessie Ling

Latest news from CREATURE

Shrine of the Goat: new Live/VR performance work from London Met academic

Running from 10-12 June as part of the London Festival of Architecture, this integrated VR performance asks what would happen if goats were to outlive - or replace - humans.

Making Matters - The Exhibition

5 - 13 May 2022

First exhibition by the Making Matters research group features work by thirteen members of staff and PhD students from the School of Art, Architecture and Design.

The Vanished East End

7 - 28 April 2022

The Brady Arts Centre to host exhibition of photography of London's East End in the 1970s and 1980s including work from London Met's East End Archive.

Book launch: Appropriate(d) Interiors

Taking place 23 March at 5pm

A book launch for the latest publication in Pratt Institute’s series Interior Provocations will feature discussion from Dr Harriet McKay from London Met's CREATURE Research Centre.

Out on an Island

A free event explored the themes behind a new book about the Isle of Wight's Hidden LGBTQ+ History.

Raising the cost of Putin's war: soft power and the fight for Ukraine

It is vital for the international community to raise their voices in universal condemnation of the horrific violation of human rights in Ukraine, writes Dr Anna Marazuela Kim.

Image of large artwork on billboard using painted text

Celebrating the voices and local community of Thamesmead

27 January- 2 October 2022

Work by artist and London Met Fine Art Professor Bob and Roberta Smith celebrates the voices and local community of Thamesmead.

London Met supports development of new anti-Apartheid artworks

Professor Wessie Ling will work with the Liliesleaf Trust UK to commission six new artworks which explore the contemporary resonance of the heritage of the struggle against apartheid.

London Met students design new Pavilion for the National Forest

The winning design will be built next month by students from a local construction college, and used as an exhibition space about climate change.

Ecological Dialogues: Sustainable Communities and the Question of Nature

New talks series from the London Met Lab explores some of the biggest environmental challenges facing the world today.

The Public Art Experiment

London Met collaborates with British Council Hong Kong for Spark Festival 2021.

HomeGrownHouse: London Met housing project to be highlighted at COP26

A research project led by London Met’s George Fereday which offers sustainable, low-cost solutions to UK construction, will be showcased at the major climate conference COP26.

Economy for Common Good

The Centre for Creative Arts, Cultures and Engagement is running a series of events on research around cultural commons.

London Met highlighted in COP26 Universities Network

The University has been recognised for the role of its academic research and sustainability strategy in driving a zero-carbon future.

Made in China: What could be more of a cliché?

Professor Wessie Ling will give a keynote to inform curatorial work for the Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen in the Netherlands.

Banner Image: A Lebanese Archive, Ania Dabrowska. (2017)
Main Image: Borderlands, Paola Leonardi. (2019)