Art & Science In-Conversation: Emily Speed, Mishka Henner and Professor Richard Fitton
Event
Art & Science In-Conversation: Emily Speed, Mishka Henner and Professor Richard Fitton
15 May 2025
6 - 8pm
Castlefield Gallery
Chaired by Lindsay Taylor
£3, limited free tickets for Associates, University of Salford students and anyone on a low income.
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Join us for this in-conversation event that brings together exhibiting artists Emily Speed and Mishka Henner with Professor Richard Fitton, technical lead for the University of Salford Energy House 2.0 Labs.
The event is an opportunity to hear about the artist’s residencies at the world leading research facilities that inspired the works in the exhibition. Click here to learn more about the exhibition.
Lindsay Taylor (Director, University of Salford Art Collection) will invite the speakers to share their experiences of working across disciplines. In particular they will consider how art and science can help us explore our relationship with climate change and the possibilities and politics of building the sustainable homes of the future.
Lindsay will also share their plans to acquire works from the exhibition into the University Art Collection for the benefit of future generations.
The event will conclude with a Q&A.
Professor Richard Fitton (PhD, MRICS)
Richard is the technical lead of the University of Salford Energy House 2.0 project, holds a PhD in Building Physics and is also a chartered building surveyor. He leads a task group for the development of international standards around energy performance. Richard is the Chairman of the British Standard for Retrofit Assessment. He is also active in the International Energy Agency studying the use of smart meter data to provide energy efficiency data for dwellings. He holds a place on the SAP Scientific Integrity Group at the Building Research Establishment (BRE) which oversees the domestic energy model used in the UK.
Presented in partnership with the University of Salford Art Collection and Energy House Labs:
The Energy House 2.0 Artist Residencies have been hosted by the University of Salford Art Collection in partnership with Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool and Castlefield Gallery, Manchester. Both residencies have been made possible through funding from the Friends of Energy House 2.0 Community.
Image: Energy ‘House Party’ at Energy House 2.0, photographed by Jules Lister.
