Join us for our February Upgrade Yourself Monthly for a behind-the-scenes exploration of spatial and site-specific artmaking with artist and designer Aziza Kadyri.
Drawing on her interdisciplinary background in fashion design, theatre, and immersive technologies, Aziza will explore how these disciplines inform a contemporary artistic practice rooted in body, space, and narrative.
Through real project examples, the session will break down how artists shape an audience’s emotional and physical journey through space. Aziza will introduce practical approaches to designing movement, pacing, materiality, sound, and atmosphere, and how traditional visual methods can be combined with digital tools and immersive technologies as part of a cohesive creative language.
The session will then move into a hands-on workshop, where participants step into the role of artist, curator, or spatial designer. Using the Exchange as the site, you’ll work individually or in small groups to develop a site-specific response that explores memory, movement, and storytelling within a shared space.
Together, the session offers insight into how spatial thinking can deepen narrative, create meaningful audience experiences, and open up new ways of working across disciplines.
This workshop is ideal for aspiring artists, curators, performance makers, exhibition designers, and anyone interested in creating immersive, narrative-driven environments. No prior technical knowledge is required.
As always, free drinks and food provided by Butch Salads will be available throughout the evening.
If you’re interested in Aziza Kadyri’s practice and would like to explore it in more depth, you can visit her exhibition Play Nice for free at Somerset House.
✨ And here’s the bonus:
All attendees will receive tickets to Collect 2026, (presented by Crafts Council), the only annual art fair on the UK and international circuit dedicated to museum-quality contemporary craft and design. Collect 2026 will take place 27th Feb – 1st March 2026 at Somerset House.
How to Apply
To get involved in the session, please sign up via the link.
Sign up will close 10am Tuesday 20th January, successful participants will be notified by Wednesday 21st January.
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