About this Event
Free & Open to all aged between 13-25
Build Your Own Biosphere is a three-part workshop series led by artists Amy J Wilson and Meitao Qu, exploring how methods of model-making can be used to imagine utopian futures and prompt reflective dialogue about climate challenges. Drawing inspiration from Biosphere 2 and other experimental environments, the series introduces participants to physical and digital model-making techniques to design and build a miniature biosphere. Participants will have the opportunity to exhibit their outcomes as part of Wilson and Qu’s upcoming exhibition Biosphere IV at Turf Projects in July 2026.
The third session will give participants space and time to combine the physical modelmaking techniques from the first session with the digital outputs of the second session.
About the facilitators
Amy J Wilson is a visual artist and technician at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London.
Meitao Qu is a visual artist and research fellow at the Institute of Creative Technologies, Norwich University of the Arts
ABOUT TURF:
Founded in 2013 by Croydon locals, Turf is Croydon’s homegrown artist space and the first entirely artist-run contemporary art space in the borough. Based in Croydon’s Whitgift Shopping Centre, we put on free exhibitions 7 workshops, provide affordable artist studios, run a free creative project space for locals & host a number of other local creative organisations and collectives. A registered charity, Turf aims to provide paid opportunities for artists and creatives who might otherwise be undersupported.
A request from the Turf team - if you book, please turn up!
Around 30% of people booking free tickets don't attend. As a charity, we aim to support people who need creative opportunities the most and our free tickets are limited and in high demand. Every person who doesn’t turn up means someone else can’t attend, so please let us know if you can’t make it to free up a space. If you don’t attend twice or more without letting us know, you may be restricted from booking again.
KEY ACCESS INFO
- To help us support you best, please let us know if you have any access needs when booking.
- For access info about getting to Turf and the Turf space, click here.
- Our unit in the Whitgift Centre is 7 minutes walk (0.3 miles) from West Croydon Station and 8 minutes walk (0.4 miles) from East Croydon station.
WORKSHOP CODE:
Turf aims to be a space where all are welcomed & respected. We ask all attendees to align with this spirit when booking and support us in creating a welcoming & collaborative atmosphere together. We ask that everyone is;
- Kind and respectful in our language and behaviour towards others. Turf is a space which is anti racism, sexism, homophobia and ableism.
- Considerate of others’ time; allowing others room to speak & engage.
- Respectful of the space itself as belonging to many people, treating the space & objects with care.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Turf Projects, 46-47 Trinity Court, Croydon, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00 to GBP 22.38
