MEETING #2: AGAINST FROM WITHIN
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MEETING #2:
AGAINST FROM WITHIN
DATE/TIME: 27 FEB, 6 - 8:30 P.M.
MEETINGS: A programme of three talks hosted by OK-RM at Maximillian William.
PURPOSE:
• EXPLORE THE METHODS AND BELIEFS THAT FORM AROUND AND WITHIN A CULTURALLY-ENGAGED PRACTICE IN A WORLD OFTEN DOMINATED BY COMMERCIAL PRESSURES AND UNEXPECTED RELATIONS WITH CORPORATIONS
PARTICIPANTS:
• OLIVER KNIGHT & RORY MCGRATH (OK-RM)
• COCO CAPITÁN
• MORELL MAISON
• SAMUEL ROSS
• JACK SELF
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OK-RM founded by OLIVER KNIGHT and RORY MCGRATH in 2008, is intent on pushing the potentialities of what a design practice can be. For Knight and McGrath design is here understood—in its broadest sense—as a means of communicating, a transitive verb that operates laterally across disciplines and media. Based in London and working globally, OK-RM operates at the pivot point where attitude becomes form. Interrogating beliefs, procedures, behavioural, temporal and material realities, OK-RM (re)consider what it means to operate progressively within the world and work together. This approach often results in long- standing exchanges and collaborations.
COCO CAPITÁN is a Spanish-born London based artist known for her artistic and design work across different paths, practices and media. She likes making things, painting, thinking, writing, photography, listening to others, finding solutions to problems, making books, arranging spaces, mixing music, designing and exhibitions, among other things. She was born in Seville in 1992, and moved to London at the age of 17, where she studied Photography at the University of Arts of London and pursued a MA Fine Art Photography at the Royal College of Art.
MORELL MAISON, co-founder of ‘Shelter Studio,’ exists at the intersection of music and fashion, serving as A&R Manager at Young / XL Recordings from 2017 to 2022. Subsequently establishing himself as a key collaborator of Matthew Williams at 1017 Alyx 9SM and Givenchy, Riccardo Tisci and Daniel Lee at Burberry, and Goldwin 0 through an ongoing collaboration with OK-RM. Currently, he provides musical direction for Stone Island, developing the Stone Island Sound platform, Ferragamo alongside Maximilian Davis, while also launching his clean, high-performance skincare brand, Avowal.
SAMUEL ROSS' contributions to fashion have been well-documented, with awards including three British Fashion Awards, two GQ awards, and the Hublot Design prize. Ross has been awarded two doctorates. Ross' practice spans from solo exhibitions with White Cube and Friedman Benda to innovative wearable objects engineered with LVMH, Nike, and Apple. His work is held in the permanent collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the V&A. In 2014, Ross founded A-COLD-WALL*, a luxury sportswear brand, which he sold in 2023 after establishing global stores and collaborations, including A-COLD-WALL* x Nike. in 2019, Ross founded SR_A, focusing on artisan-driven industrial beautification of garments, objects, and space. In 2024, SR_A entered a joint venture with Zara. In 2020, he launched The Black British Artist Grants Programme, providing funding to 50 artists.
JACK SELF is an architect based in London. He is Editor-in-Chief of Real Review magazine, dedicated to “what it means to live today”. Jack curated the British Pavilion at the 2016 Venice Biennale. His books include Real Estates: Life Without Debt (2014); Mies in London (2017); and Communes in the New World (2022). Jack spent a decade trying to define postcapitalist housing. All his creative and intellectual autonomy has been carved from within the confines of our suffocating economic paradigm. As a strategist, his clients have included Balenciaga, Deloitte, JP Morgan, Prada, Nike and Alyx.
Proceeds from the sales of this event will be donated to Hackney Night Shelter. Registered Charity number 1139183.
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