The final season of ICA Creatives × RESOLVE explores the practical and material conditions that enable creative practice. Working between the ICA Studio and RESOLVE’s Material Store, participants will investigate sustainable approaches to making through the redistribution and reuse of materials from cultural institutions to community organisations across London.
A series of collaborative build days will support participants in developing new work and experimenting with collective production. The programme culminates in an exhibition in July 2027, accompanied by events and activities devised and led by participants, celebrating the relationships, ideas and projects developed throughout the year.
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About RESOLVE
RESOLVE is an interdisciplinary design collective that combines architecture, engineering, technology and art to address social challenges. They have delivered numerous projects, workshops, publications, and talks in the UK and across the world, all of which look toward realising just and equitable visions of change in our built environment.
Much of RESOLVE’s work aims to provide platforms for the production of new knowledge and ideas. An integral part of this way of working means designing with and for young people and under-represented groups in society. Here, ‘design’ encompasses both physical and systemic intervention, exploring ways of using a project’s site as a resource and working with different communities as stakeholders in the short and long-term management of projects. In this way, design carries more than aesthetic value; it is also a mechanism for political and socio-economic change.
RESOLVE's project portfolio ranges from architecture/urban design projects to community support work, from artist installations to research publications. They have worked critically with numerous art institutions including S1 Gallery (Sheffield), Palais de Tokyo (Paris), Het Nieuwe Instituut (Rotterdam), Tate Liverpool (Liverpool), Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt & SAAVY Contemporary (Berlin), Kunstverein Braunschweig (Braunschweig), Qattan Foundation (Palestine), and Wellcome Collection, V&A Museum, The Barbican Centre, and Mosaic Rooms (London); a variety of public sector clients such as the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Ealing, and Greenwich; and other fellow community-focused organisations such as SADACCA (Sheffield), Skin Deep (London), MAIA (Birmingham), and Mansions of the Future (Lincoln).
They also lead an undergraduate unit at the Architectural Association, were Research Fellows at the Het Niuewe Instituut in 2020, and are Honorary Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Members of the collective hold numerous trustee and advisory positions, including Chair of Theatrum Mundi, trustee at Participatory City, and advisor for Wysing Arts Centre.
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Applications close 31 August
The programme will take place across multiple locations, including ICA London, RESOLVE's Material Store at Tipping Point in East Newham, and a network of sites across London and the surrounding areas led by community-centred organisations.
Participants must be able to commit to all three seasons of the programme and attend all scheduled sessions.
Dates for Seasons 2 and 3 will be confirmed later. Sessions typically take place every other Wednesday, from 6:30–8:30pm.
