John Walter (Sainsbury Scholar 2006-8) in conversation with Marta Pellerini (BSR) about the transmission of culture. They will address a variety of subjects including lockdown, viruses of the mind (memes) and other issues relating to the Covid-19 emergency and Walter’s recent work.

Dr John Walter is a visual artist, curator and academic based in London. He won the 2016 Hayward Touring Curatorial Open for Shonky: The Aesthetics of Awkwardness which travelled from The MAC in Belfast to DCA Dundee and Bury Art Museum. His installation Alien Sex Club (2015) was featured as part of Somewhere in Between at Wellcome Collection, London (2018) and Coming Out: Sexuality, Gender and Identity at Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (2017). His recent project CAPSID (2018) further developed his interest in innovating the discourse around HIV by looking at the molecular mechanics of the virus. Recent exhibitions include: Brexit Gothic (DKUK, 2019); Crep Suzette – A Shoe Show (with Bert McLean, LUVA, 2019); The Fourth Wall (Look Again Festival Aberdeen, 2019); Booze Guitar (Matt’s Gallery, 2018) and The Zany Capsid (Hardwick Gallery, 2017).