Discussing working with collections, both public and private, Ned McConnell is joined by Nicoletta Lambertucci, Curator, Contemporary Art at the newly opened institution The Box in Plymouth.

Both working across dance and visual arts contexts and frequent collaborators, SERAFINE1369 (who is Jamila Johnson-Small, a London born and based artist also known as Last Yearz Interesting Negro) and Fernanda Muñoz-Newsome join DRAF Curator Ned McConnell to talk about how they work with movement and dance.

Artists Anne Hardy and Aura Satz discuss the role of sound, noise and silence in shaping our environment, for example during lockdown, and how they work with it in their art practices.

For this podcast, artist Shezad Dawood was invited to discuss themes connected with his Leviathan project. Here Dawood talks to ecological geneticist Professor Madeleine van Oppen as part of his ongoing research into the connections between ocean conservation, migration and mental health.

Laura Smith, Curator at Whitechapel Gallery talks to DRAF Curator Ned McConnell about her work with audiences both in and outside of London, curatorial approaches to collections and the role of the curator in building trust.

Joe Hill, Director of Towner Eastbourne, and Ned McConnell, curator at DRAF, discuss approaches to collections, building narratives with communities and how museums can be more social spaces.

We are excited to share our very first podcast where artist Lina Lapelytė and DRAF curator Ned McConnell discuss Lapelytė’s performance practice, the benefit of time and the importance of re-presenting performance.