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We produce and curate great art and ambitious projects
Looking Forward develops interdisciplinary projects that move across exhibitions, research, publishing, residencies, digital platforms, and public programmes. We work with institutions, artists, and communities to explore how curating can respond to contemporary cultural, ecological, and social urgencies.
Our work is structured around long-term collaborations, flexible formats, and shared authorship, adapting to different scales, contexts, and challenges. From field-based projects and experimental pedagogies to strategic consultancy and critical publishing, each strand contributes to a wider commitment to rethinking how culture is created, organised, and shared.
Soft Ground: Free Weekly Drop-in Workshops at SET Social Peckam
We are pleased to announce that our community engagement programme, Soft Ground, will recommence from 31st July to 11th September 2026. Soft Ground is a series of free weekly drop-in textile-based art sessions designed to support mental wellbeing through creativity, routine, and communal making. Drawing from neurodivergent practices and trauma-informed methodologies, the sessions are open to all but particularly welcoming to neurodivergent participants. To continue the progra
Soft Ground: Textiles and Self-Soothing
Soft Ground is a four-month programme of free weekly drop-in textile-based art sessions designed to support mental wellbeing through creativity, routine, and communal making. Drawing from neurodivergent practices and trauma-informed methodologies, the sessions are open to all but particularly welcoming to neurodivergent participants. Meet the Artists Each session is led by a rotating group of women artists recognised for their inclusive practices and lived experience of neuro
Field Hospital: Unearthing Study Group at Delfina Foundation
On Thursday, 29 May 2025, from 18:30 to 20:30, the Delfina Foundation in London will host the inaugural gathering of the Field Hospital project. This event invites participants to explore how we can collectively unearth the ghosts of degraded landscapes and consider what it means to feed a place back to life. Join us for the first public event of Field Hospital, a long-term transdisciplinary project that acts as a nursery for land restoration in zones of slow disaster — a ter
Feedforward: Creative Well-Being
On the 24th of January and the 7th of February, we brought together curators and community engagement leaders from across London to explore the intersection of art and mental well-being in a two-part Feedforward session titled Creative Well-being: Cultivating Mental Health through Artistic Collaboration. Feedforward: Creative Well-being seeks to uncover best practices, foster collaboration, and identify new opportunities for integrating mental health and community-focused art
My Echo, My Shadow and Me (virtual show)
Our project within Esch European Capital of Culture 2022 consists of a physical show at the University of Luxembourg, a book and this...
Feedforward: Heritage of Slavery
A British Art Network seminar, held at Museum of London Docklands and supported by Tate, Paul Mellon Centre, Yale and Arts Council England. 28 October 2022 Museum of London Docklands No 1, West India Quay, Hertsmere Rd, London E14 4AL event by invitation only Heritage of Slavery is a BAN (British Art Network) Seminar developed as a special session within the Feedforward programme. The session focus was contemporary artistic and curatorial responses to historical trauma in the
My Echo, My Shadow and Me at University of Luxembourg
Our project within Esch European Capital of Culture 2022. The project takes place at the University of Luxembourg and involves over 50 young people, more than half refugees in temporary accommodation and camps. The exhibition My Echo, My Shadow and Me at Maison du Savoir, University of Luxembourg, is the outcome of regular autobiographical workshops led by artist Cristina Nuñez in 2021 and 2022, involving more than 50 people from three groups: a class C.O.P. (students who ha
Fiamma Montezemolo: Traces
Fiamma Montezemolo's film 'Traces' is a video-essay which uses thorough research and art to discuss the border life between the USA and...
Feedforward: Tijuana's Border
Public presentation of the Empathy&Risk project at the Auditorium of the Instituto de Cultura de Baja California, Tijuana, and Feedforward session. 1 April 2022 Auditorium of the Instituto de Cultura de Baja California Paseo del Centenario 1151, 22320 Tijuana Free entrance This session of Feedforward explores narratives and rhetoric of the border, taking the Tijuana/San Diego area as a paradigmatic example. How can we apply this case study to the rest of the world, understand
Deptford Film Club #04
Deptford Film Club is a regular monthly event organised by Empathy & Risk and Looking Forward and in collaboration with ACAVA. Join us for the fourth instalment, which features videos by Yamile Calderon, Jesse Roth, and Blue Ren. Event curated by Carolina Lio and Katerina Matheson. 18 March 2022, 6 pm Empathy & Risk, 1 Borthwick Street, London SE8 3GH 6.15 pm Yamile Calderon Domestic at Large Calderon's film approaches the drug trafficking problem in Colombia from a grounded
Yamile Calderon: Even Jesus Was Bipolar
Part of our Screening Room Programme. Yamile Calderon's film 'Even Jesus Was Bipolar' is a documentary about Hernando Calderón, who...
Walking Deptford's Legacy of Slavery
The first public output of our partnership with MoSAF Museum of Slavery and Freedom, curating and commissioning artist responses to the relevant local historical heritage in Deptford, South East London. 12 February 2022, 2.30 PM - 8.00 PM Empathy & Risk, 1 Borthwick Street, London SE8 3GH Museum of Slavery and Freedom (MoSaF) is a community group operating from Deptford that campaigns to raise awareness about the substantial historical role of London in the Slave Trade, and t
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