James
Taylor-foster

Writer / Curator / Cultural Critic

James Taylor-Foster (he/him they/them) is a writer, cultural critic, and curator of design and digital culture trained in architecture. They are the curator of contemporary architecture and design at ArkDes, and have developed a number of curatorial projects in Stockholm including Cruising Pavilion: Architecture, Gay Sex and Cruising Culture and Space Popular: Value in the Virtual, alongside public installations with Studio Ossidiana, Swedish Girls, and others. They curated WEIRD SENSATION FEELS GOOD – the first museum exhibition to explore the culture and creative field of ASMR, currently touring. Most recently, they worked with Joar Nango and collaborators to present Girjegumpi: The Sámi Architecture Library in the Nordic Pavilion at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. Their first collaborative collection of essays, softspot, was published in 2021 (InOtherWords).

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Building on our 2024 themes of embodiment and metacognition, James joins the Learning How to Learn session to share his work exploring an emerging and sophisticated approach for live-action learning, and how they offer new practices and perspectives on how to “prototype” alternative futures.

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