2022 Episode 2: Chris Evans
Bringing Queerness to the Constructed World of Speculative Design.
This episode features a conversation with Chris Evans, a final year undergraduate student on the BA (Hons) Illustration course at Cardiff School of Art & Design, about their final year research which explores the ways in which the inclusion of Queer experience can redefine approaches to speculative design practices
In conversation with Chris are Dr Bethan Gordon, Deputy Dean for Cardiff School of Art & Design, and Senior Lecturer, Theo Humphries
You can find out more about Chris’ work via
- Website: www.queerbis.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/queerbisillo
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-evans-queerbis/
If you would like to follow up on some of the ideas discussed in this episode you may find the following resources interesting:
- Plato (2017). The Allegory of the Cave. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Speculative Everything: Dunne, A. and Raby, F. 2013. Speculative everything: design, fiction, and social dreaming. Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London: The MIT Press.
- Queers Read This!: Queers Read This!, anonymously published and produced in new York city, 1990. www.qrd.org/qrd/misc/text/queers.read.this
- Halberstam, J. 2011. The Queer Art of Failure. Duke University Press.
You can view some images of Chris’ work below (click the images to view full screen):
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