We’re delighted to announce the appointment of Yinka Danmole and Tadeo Lopez-Sendon as curator-producers for our 2022 artistic programme.
Cultural producer and founder of Studio Danmole, Yinka Danmole and creative producer and co-founder of Mutant Promise, Tadeo Lopez-Sendon have picked up the mantle from 2021 producer Mariam Zulfiqar who curated our inaugural artistic programme Bring Into Being.
The pair previously co-produced One-Fifth of the Earth’s Surface, a digital artwork by artists Maxwell Mutanda and Hakeem Adam, an Abandon Normal Devices and York Mediale co-commission using British Library and the National Maritime Museum archives.
Marking a new chapter in their collaboration, Yinka and Tadeo will blend their backgrounds and interests to curate a series of ‘happenings’ at Chiswick House, between April–October 2022, on the theme of built and natural environments and wellbeing.
Our Director, Xanthe Arvanitakis, said: “I am delighted Yinka and Tadeo are joining us to curate our 2022 programme – they will bring fresh thinking and energy building on the success of last year’s programme. Which will continue to draw on stories from the past, our physical place and encourage us all to look at Chiswick House & Gardens with fresh eyes.”
Yinka said: “It’s so exciting to be invited to work with the team at Chiswick House & Gardens during this bold new phase. Tadeo and I were absolutely blown away at the opportunity to co-create and shape the 2022 programme. Through our work in the coming year, we aim to devise a programme of lively exchanges, site-responsive works and immersive experiences.”
Tadeo said: “Chiswick House & Gardens’ ability to inspire and reinvent cultural activities in the public space presents fertile ground to build on and experiment with new models of audience participation, through sound, music, space and movement. I am thrilled to be collaborating with Yinka once again, connecting communities and offering a much-needed healing mindscape to the urban dweller.”
Yinka and Tadeo’s artistic programme will be announced in early 2022.
Biographies
Yinka Danmole is a cultural producer and founder of Studio Danmole, which fosters meaningful and nurturing relationships between people and places. Notable work includes The Loft, Birmingham (2014), Future C U R I O U S, (2015), Sounds of a People, Design Museum (2017), Creative50 at the Manchester International Festival (2017). Most recently he has been supporting Marshmallow Laser Feast on Observations on Being (2021), commissioned by Coventry City of Culture Trust and produced in partnership with York Mediale. Yinka’s work has also seen him work closely with community groups at organisations such as Creative Black Country, Somewhereto_ and the Midlands Art Centre. https://www.danmole.com/
Tadeo Lopez-Sendon is a creative producer and co-founder of Mutant Promise, working with experimental musicians and artists including Jazmin Morris, Lucia Chung, Jessica Ekomane, Amosphère and NSDOS, and working with international organisations such as Pioneer Works (New York), Somerset House, Arebyte Gallery (London), InterAccess (Toronto) and EBMT (Tokyo). Formerly Co-Director of Music Hackspace, Tadeo also held a residency at Somerset House Studios (2017-19). His work as an independent producer spans music, sound, technology and digital practices, working with artists such Christian Marclay, Anna Meredith and Nozomu Matsumoto, alongside organisations including Abandon Normal Devices, Artangel, Barbican Centre, Metal, Sound and Music, Drake Music and Furtherfield. http://tadeosendon.net/