Keynote Speakers

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Paula Le Dieu

Digital Director

Paula's experience spans making and curating digital experiences, shaping the future of public service media, leading the digital transformation of arts and cultural heritage organisations and working with international communities of open culture practitioners and volunteers. Read more

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Benjamin Southworth

Consultant and sector evangelist

Benjamin is a passionate and energetic communicator, facilitator, leader, manager, public speaker, founder and organiser for the UK Entrepreneurial & Startup scene. He is also an advocate for structural change and Governmental engagement with the digital past, present and future. Read more

Student speakers

UAL’s Vice Chancellor, Nigel Carrington, has recently spoken of the need for UAL to adapt to the post-digital era by combining our culture of studio practice, which is messy, ambiguous and experimental, with technological processes, techniques and critique. We wanted to understand what ‘post-digital’ means from a student perspective, and how it plays out in relation to their creative practices, so we invited the student community to develop presentations on this theme. Following an open call, the following students were selected to present at DeL 2015, with generous support provided by the UAL Postgraduate Communities fund.

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Gabrielle Edlin

MA Applied Imagination in the Creative Industries, Central Saint Martins, UAL

Gabrielle is a feminist-creative from Manchester with over a decade of experience in arts education. Having graduated from Newcastle University with a BA in English Literature, History of Art and Fine Art, Gabrielle moved to London whe... Read more

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Jack Addis

MA Visual Art (Fine Art Digital), Camberwell, UAL

With a focus on identity and community, Jack's practice is a study into how we adapt to and change with technology. His work has been exhibited in Asia, North and South America, Europe and online spaces. He was a founder member of the ... Read more

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Jon Clair

MA Fine Art, Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL

Originally trained as a hospital pharmacist in Australia, Jon Clair now lives and works in London as a practicing artist and teacher-in-training. His artistic practice is an exploration of contemporary culture through technology and th... Read more

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Kat Thiel

MA Fashion Futures, London College of Fashion, UAL

Kat is an artist and designer whose body centric work looks at how digital (dis)embodiment is perceived and created. Her post-solution and anti-disciplinary fashion practice spans various media and has been shown internationally. Her p... Read more

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Shefali Wardell

MA Drawing, Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL

Shefali first studied art in the 1990s, being particularly interested in drawing and writing, and went on to work in prosthetic makeup and character illustration, although this was often in between selling shampoo. She returned to fine... Read more

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Veronica Rafa

MA Graphic Design, London College of Communication, UAL

Born in Gdańsk, Poland, Veronica attended the Academy of Fine Arts to study graphic design. She is a recipient of the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education Scholarship for academic achievements, Gdańsk City Mayor Scholarship ... Read more