Emily Speed

Residency Artist

Residency dates: 7 April – 16 May 2014

Emily Speed is interested in the relationship between people and buildings. Often working with simple medium such as wood, cardboard and paper, Emily explores our phenomenological experience of building
materials and architecture.

Emily primarily used the residency to reflect on recent work and in turn, possible future works. She reported that having the luxury of time set aside for indirected thinking and exploratative practice was for her the
most valuable element of the residency.She also made great use of the opportunity to network in London.

Emily gave a short talk that introduced some of her current interests and ideas around scale models, men, hubris, cake and verisimilitude in Mussolini's EUR area of Rome. Emily produced a small fold-out publication to accompany the talk as well as an architectural cake, that was eaten by guests during the evening.

Studio visits:
Anna Gritz, Associate Curator, South London Gallery
Gina Buenfeld, Exhibition Organiser, Camden Arts Centre
Lucy Gunning, Artist
Paul Hedge, Director, Hales Gallery
Paul Luckraft, Curator, Zabludowicz Projects

Informal/Off-site visits
Sarah Williams, Jerwood Visual Arts Gallery Manager
Jane Morrow, Artist Development and Studio Network Manager, Firstsite
Elly Thomas, Artist
Corinna Spencer, Artist
CJ Mahony, Artist,
Lucy Day and Eliza Gluckman (Day & Gluckman), Independent curators
Vivien Lovell, Director, Modus Operandi Art Consultants
Simon Goode, London Centre for Book Arts
Ben Cove, Artist
Rose Smith, Artist

Visit: www.emilyspeed.co.uk