In Conversation with Artist Gina DeCagna
Join us for a special artist talk for Gina DeCagna’s exhibition The Dust Among Greener Leaves.
Gina will be in conversation with fellow artist Christie Swallow to discuss the social and ecological concerns of the exhibition. The artists will explore mutual themes in their practices: rewriting narratives across Anglo-American landscapes and questioning old tales. They’ll give you a behind-the-scenes look into their artistic research methods, from mapping to durational walking. These methods inspire their practice and create collaborative tools for social engagement.
About Gina DeCagna
Gina DeCagna is an American artist who has been living and working in London for the past six years. She earned her MFA from Goldsmiths, University of London in 2020, following her BA in English, Creative Writing, and Fine Arts from the University of Pennsylvania in 2016 in Philadelphia, PA. Her work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions across London, Philadelphia, and New York. In addition to her visual art, her critical writing and poetry have appeared in various small-press and independent cultural publications.
About Christie Swallow
Christie is an artist and designer. Their work engages with topics of ecology, technoscience and heterodoxy through with sound, installation, textiles, collaborative drawing, and archival research. Their practice forefronts engagement and co-creation, seeking to create participatory art and design processes. Christie is currently Design Researcher in Residence at the Design Museum’s Future Observatory, where they are researching Parakeets and Urban Ecology through textile countermapping, guided walks and creating more-than-human music. They have previously undertaken residencies at the European Commission, The University of Birmingham and Hangar CIA. The 2020 recipient of the RIBA Boyd Auger Scholarship, Christie has exhibited widely and previously studied at The Royal College of Art and The University of Cambridge, where they also held a visiting lectureship.
