Presentation:

Urban Hosts, creator / mis-t of ceremonies.

Biography:

Teresa Dillon is an artist and researcher. Drawing on methods from the fields of performance and visual arts, critical and pedagogical design, developmental psychology, and academic and creative writing, her work addresses techno-civic relations, infrastructures and contemporary spatial practices, with a focus on repair and maintenance cultures, conversational formats for equitable futures, media, sonic and surveillance histories and ritual practices in post-human law.

Since 2013, she has directed Urban Hosts and was led curator for HACK-THE-CITY (2012), Science Gallery, Dublin and co-curator for transmediale – festival for art, media and culture, Berlin (2016). Her work has been exhibited internationally (HWK Berlin; Kiasma, Helsinki; Aksioma, Ljubljana; LABoral, Spain, LUAN and Solstice Art Centre, Ireland), with her writing appearing in a number of academic and art journals, books and publications. She currently holds the post of Professor of Art, Media and Spatial Practice, at the Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton (2025-), prior to which she was Professor of City Futures at the School of Art and Design, at UWE, Bristol (2016-2025) and has held guest and teaching positions at various institutions, across Europe include Trinity College, Dublin, Cambridge University, UK and UdK, Berlin.