Linda Rocco

Experience

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  LINK Center for the Arts of the Information Age

  Sept 2014 - Jul 2015

  6pm Your Local Time - Assistant Curator

  http://www.6pmyourlocaltime.com/

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  _inventory Platform

  Sept 2016 - Mar 2023

  Co-director & Curator

  As co-director for seven years, I co-curated and produced exhibitions, performance events and digital programmes with artists and collectives in the UK, Ghana, Thailand, and Indonesia.More on: www.inventoryplatform.org

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  Guest Projects LOST SENSES

  Aug 2017 - Sept 2017

  Curator

  LOST SENSES is a 30 consecutive days programme of performances for intergenerational audiences revisiting the exhibition as format and exploring the gallery space as a site for encounter and pariticpation. LOST SENSES is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and the Swiss Arts Council Pro HelvetiaArtists: JODI, Lawrence Lek & Clifford Sage, Harold Offeh, Pier Giorgio de Pinto, Laura Wilson, Georgia Lucas-Going, Julia Cheng, Saskia Horton, Ffion Campbell-Davies, Paloma Prodfood, Grace Woodcock, Charles Michel,Bea Bonafini, JocJonJosch, The Uncollective & Sara Sassanelli, Eliza Soroga, Luli Perez, Sharon Gal, Diana Policarpo, Katharine Vega, Federico Guardabrazo, Luca Bosani, Nataliya Chernakova, Joshua Leon, Chloe Filani, Tom Kaniok, Andrea Maciel, Rhine Bernardino, Tom Railton, Jay Jay Revlon, Nora Silva, Finn Thomson. Show less

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  Cambridge Junction

  May 2018 - Aug 2021

  Festival Co-Director

  ‘I’m Here, Where Are You?’ festival Co-Director with Liz Counsell, in partnership with Cambridge Junction

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  Laure Genillard Gallery

  Dec 2018 - Jul 2023

  Assistant Director

  Established in 1988, Laure Genillard is a private contemporary art space in Fitzrovia, London. www.lglondon.org

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  Greater London Authority

  Jan 2020 - Jul 2022

  Liberty Festival Curator & Creative Producer

  Curated and creatively produced Liberty Festival for the Mayor of London. Conceptualised as a three-days festival across nine venues and public spaces in Lewisham. With a new public commission by Yinka Shonibare OBE across three sites and 133 participating artists. The programme developed through 14 visual art installations, an XR (Mixed Reality) area, 1 symposium, 1 exhibition, 6 workshops including SEND schools, 9 walks/trails and 21 performances. 42,000 visitors. Also responsible for recruiting and establishing the Liberty Advisory Group, contributing to the festival's vision and legacy. Show less

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  Commissioned by Mansions of the Future in partnership with the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust

  Jul 2020 - Nov 2020

  Curator: Celsius Programme

  Celsius Programme is part of Mansions of the Future’s Lincoln Live season and Antarctica In Sight – a UK wide cultural programme of activity supported by the UK Antarctica Heritage Trust. This series of talks, discussions and performances was readapted to an online context, and explore the groundbreaking intersections of arts and STEM subjects with a focus on climate change and the uniquely precarious position of Antarctica in today’s sociopolitical climate.Contributors: Ken Arnold (Creative Director, Wellcome Collection); Prem Gill (British Antarctic Survey & WWF); Camilla Nichol (Chief Exec UK Antarctic Heritage Trust); Studio Orta (artist duo, founder of ‘the Antarctica World Passport’); Josefina Nelimarkka (Artist); Aidan Moesby (Artist); Prof. Thomas Dixon ( Queen Mary University of London); Lula Mebrahtu (artist/musician). Show less

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  Curated with Fabio Paris

  Mar 2021 - Mar 2022

  Co-curator: New Digital Collage
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  Goethe-Institut London

  Sept 2021 - Dec 2021

  Curator: Jenny Brockmann #LIMITS

  Jenny Brockmann: #LIMITS is a public laboratory in the library and auditorium of Goethe Institut London for four weeks, centring around the interactive sculpture Seat#12, discursive materials, as well as objects and thought cartographies. Invited guests: Neuroscientist Angela Richards, BSL interpreter Kyra Pollitt, Dr Victoria Walsh, Biodiversity Researcher Prem Gill, Artist Emilie Giles and Stem Cell Scientist Dusko Ilic.

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  Ses12naus

  Jan 2022 - Apr 2022

  Curator: Figueretes Residency

  I was invited by the Ses12Naus foundation to curate ‘Figueretes’ a residency programme for international artists and collectives under 35yo gathering on the island of Ibiza. The residency period culminated with an exhibition and a programme of events, as well as a digital manifesto. Invited Artists: Alex Baczyinski-Jenkins, Jorge Isla, Andres Izquierdo, Keiken, Ndaye Kouagou, Raissa Pardini, Katrine Skovsgaard

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  Royal College of Art

  Feb 2022 - Feb 2022

  Visiting Lecturer

  Visiting Lecturer for the Royal College of Art MA courses Curating Contemporary Art in 2021 and 2022 and MA Contemporary Art Practice in 2020

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  Venice Curatorial Course

  Jul 2023 - Jul 2023

  Visiting Lecturer

  Visiting Lecturer for the Venice Curatorial Course in July 2023, 2024 and 2025.

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  Unlimited

  Sept 2023 - Mar 2024

  Panel Chair - UK Open Award

  Unlimited’s UK and International Open Awards offered 14 awards to disabled and neurodivergent artists in England, Scotland, and Wales, a total of £600,000 to commission artists on a national and international scale.

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  Royal College of Art - Executive Education

  Jan 2024 - Aug 2024

  Course Leader

  Course leader for the 'Curating Contemporary Art and Design: Theory and Practice' summer school, designing the course on the theme of ‘Curating After the Internet: New Media and Digital Cultures’. Led with Prof. Victoria Walsh. Invited course contributors include Michael Connor from Rhizome, Katrina Sluis from ANU School of Art and Design, Bassam El Baroni from Aalto University, Kim-Leigh Pontin from Meta, artists Joshua Citarella, UBERMORGEN, Larry Achiampong & David Blandy, Damien Roach, and writer Gary Zhexi Zhang. Show less

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  Greater London Authority

  Mar 2024 - now

  Digital Collection Curator

  Working on a new public-facing accessible digital collection celebrating the 20-year history of Liberty Festival with the Mayor's office and Google Arts & Culture.

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  Royal College of Art

  Sept 2024 - now

  Tutor (Research) MA Curating Contemporary Art