Gina Buenfeld-Murley is the Exhibitions Curator at Camden Art Centre, London. She was curatorial resident at Helsinki International Curatorial Programme, Finland (2017) and Curator in residence with Art Initiative Tokyo (2014-2015). She holds an MA in Art History (20th Century) from Goldsmiths College (2004) and was previously Director of Alison Jacques Gallery. Her research is focused on the phenomenon of ‘inner light’ in historical and contemporary visionary art practices, and an enquiry into vegetal life as ‘enfleshment’ and archetype – as both physical form and symbolic model – of the spiritual journey from darkness into light. Since 2017 Gina has been researching the place of plants within indigenous cultures in Europe and South America, including field work in the Peruvian and Brazilian areas of the Amazon Rainforest.
Dr Laura Haynes is a writer, editor and academic based in Glasgow, UK. With Alice Bain, she is Co-Director of MAP Magazine, and at The Glasgow School of Art is leader of the studio-based interdisciplinary Art Writing Graduate Programme, where she also edits The Yellow Paper: Journal for Art Writing. Laura’s research and writing is concerned with autotheory and biomythography as poetics for critique. Underpinned by a feminist approach to understanding social relations between writers and artists, Laura has frequently written on forms such as anecdote, conversation and gossip as powerful and political forms of minor literature. As an editorial director at MAP, a non-profit organisation dedicated to the discussion and support of artist-led publishing and production, Laura has played a pivotal role in advancing art writing and performative practices in Scotland.
Rebecca Jagoe is an artist, writer and editor, who graduated from The Royal College of Art, London and Goldsmiths, University of London. Jagoe is a non-binary, disabled, autistic artist who works across text, performance and sculpture. Their work is a material memoir which examines how experiences of illness, madness and gender are informed by specific western, Christian narratives around the ‘human’, and human dominion over the earth. Posing critiques of violent resource extraction, Jagoe’s work reminds us that all matter is alive. Alongside participating in the Freelands Artist Programme, they took part in the 2022 Wales Venice 10 Fellowship supported by ACW and Artes Mundi.
Rosa-Johan Uddoh is an interdisciplinary artist working towards radical self-love. She is inspired by Black feminist practice and writing. Through performance, writing and multi-media installation, she explores places, objects and celebrities in British popular culture, and their effects on self-formation. Collaboration is key to Rosa's work, often working together with children, activists and other artists to explore themes that impact our communities and share knowledge. Rosa is a lecturer in Performance at Central Saint Martins. She was shortlisted for the Jarman Award 2022 for her film making practice and was a finalist for Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2021. Rosa was the Liverpool Biennial and John Moores University Fellow 2018-2019, was the Stuart Hall Library Resident for 2020 and a Sarabande: Lee Alexander Mc Queen Scholar 2016-19. Her work has been profiled in international publications including Art Monthly, The New York Times and Nordic Art Review.