David Cotterrell

David Cotterrell is an installation artist working across media and technologies to explore the social and political tendencies of a world at once shared and divided. Encapsulating the roles of programmer, producer and director, Cotterrell works to develop projects that reveal complexity, challenge linear narratives and embrace the quiet spaces that are overlooked as the sites for action.

Cotterrell’s work has been commissioned and shown extensively in museums, galleries and the public realm within Europe, North America and Asia. He has worked in conflicted landscapes, has been a consultant to strategic masterplans, and has developed cultural and public art policy. He is Research Professor in Fine Art, and Director of the Culture & Creativity Research Institute at Sheffield Hallam University. He is a recipient of the Philip Leverhulme Prize and represented by Danielle Arnaud contemporary art.

Further information can be found at http://www.cotterrell.com

TRACED : Responding to London’s legacy of Slavery

Empathy & Risk hosted and curated the launch of TRACED Arts Programme exhibition and panel discussion

TRACED Arts Programme

The TRACED Arts Programme is a curated programme of artists commissions, community collaborations and public events

Walking Deptford’s Legacy of Slavery: Museum of Freedom and Slavery

Empathy & Risk hosted and co-curated the launch of the Walking Deptford's Legacy of Slavery map.

The Other Dialogues

The Other Dialogues were convened in collaboration with Universidad Iberoamericana

Dear Aliens, We Are Ready

Pastor Projects presents Dear Aliens, We Are Ready, its 5th Multi-Platform Exhibition in Mexico

Looking Back : Thought Curfew

David Cotterrell & Ruwanthie de Chickera discuss the making of Thought Curfew

Cancelled Dialogues

The CANCELLED Dialogues, were the third event in series of Empathy & Risk curated conversations.

Memory Dialogues

The second set of conversations within the Empathy and Risk Dialogues project were convened in 2018

In Conversation : Carolina Lio & David Cotterrell

Artist David Cotterrell talks to curator Carolina Lio about his practice and the Empathy & Risk project's beginning.

Thought Curfew : Empathy’s Endgame

A chapter reflecting on the development of Thought Curfew and the wider questions the production raised.

Community of Practice

Membership of a parliamentary community of practice tasked with considering policy responses to violent extremism

Breturn

A short festival of theater, music, fine arts and anarchy as a humble response to the tragedy of Brexit.