Neuro-futurism and re-imagining leadership: catalysing change through artful agitation

Tan, Kai Syng, Tan, Kai Syng and Tan, Kai Syng (2024) Neuro-futurism and re-imagining leadership: catalysing change through artful agitation.

Abstract

This is a performance-lecture that shares insights into the making of the book 'Neuro-Futurism and Re-Imagining Leadership: An A-Z Towards Collective Liberation' (Kai Syng Tan 2024), that took place at the John Hansard Gallery in Southampton, UK. Drawing on the big-picture thinking and risk-taking approach of neuro-divergence, the book introduces ‘neuro-futurism’ as a toolkit, to re-claim ways to think about and do ‘leadership’ as a diversified, beyond-colonial, neuro-queered and (co-)creative change- and future-making practice. The evening began with a performance-lecture by Kai, followed by responses and discussion with guests, artists Jacob V. Joyce and Alastair Eales, in a conversation chaired by and John Hansard Gallery director and artist Woodrow Kernohan. Audience join in not just by asking questions during the Q&A, but by drawing or writing their responses and reflections directly onto Kai’s digital art piece Catalysing Change Through Artful Agitation (2022), guided by MA Arts and Cultural Leadership staff and students Michael Kurniawan, Tianyi Wang and Lu Han. Our co-created mapping will be displayed at the John Hansard Gallery for a limited time, and is available for sale. 100% of the funding raised will be donated to Visualizing Palestine which, since 2012, has been utilising data and research to disrupt dominant narratives about Palestinian.

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Author: Kai Syng Tan

Author: Kai Syng Tan

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