Play in the Pandemic

John Potter is Professor of Media in Education at University College London Institute of Education. His research, teaching and publications are in: new literacies, media education, play on and offscreen, curation and agency in social media, and the changing nature of teaching and learning in the context of digital media. He is a founder member of the DARE research centre at UCL, recently re-launched as REMAP (Researching Education, Media, Arts and Play) and is currently directing the ESRC funded National Observatory of Children’s Play Experiences during COVID-19. Read less

Katy has worked in the museum sector for over 11 years, including six years at the Young V&A Museum. Katy's specialism is in children's clothing held at the Young V&A. She brings her experience of producing family-focused exhibitions, displays and public programme content to the Online Exhibition Producer role. Prior to working in museums, Katy worked in PR for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity, Oxfam and Notting Hill Housing Trust. Katy holds an M.A. in Museum Studies from the University of Leicester, an M.A. (hons) for History of Art and Architecture from the University of Glasgow and a Fine Art Foundation from The Slade, University College London. Read less

Dr Valerio Signorelli is an Architect by training and Lecturer in Connected Environments at the Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) at University College London. His research focuses on the notion and role of interface between digital and physical urban environments, considering their temporal, spatial and sensory dimensions. He is interested in understanding to what extent visual and auditory modalities, in spatial computing technologies, allow us to describe and better understand our living places. Read less

Episod Studio develops interactive entertainment content and thought-provoking digital games. Their projects have been exhibited at Tate Britain, Somerset House, and Young V&A. Currently, they are working on "Race for the Arctic", a video game set across the next fifty years in the Arctic. Episod Studio was founded by Sindi Breshani and Juliette Coquet, who met at the Royal College of Art. Sindi is a creative director, writer, and a 'Women in Games' Ambassador. Juliette is an art director and she has created short video-games and interactive websites, often related to research, children and education. Read less

Marcus Walters is an award-winning designer and illustrator based in the UK. Since graduating from Central St Martin’s, London he has art-directed magazines co-founded an innovative design studio, New Future Graphic, launched fashion and homeware brands, and created arresting imagery for some of the biggest brands in the world. Read less