Talks
Projects presented at the following Conferences, Symposiums, Exhibitions, Design Festivals
2024
DEATH x DESIGN x CULTURE RADICAL RE-IMAGININGS FOR THE END OF LIFEThe Department of Graphic Design, Falmouth University (UK), and the Death and Culture Network, University of York (UK); in partnership with the Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan (USA), and the Glasgow End of Life Studies Group, University of Glasgow (UK) are hosting the conference.
Conference organising committee | Falmouth University, 4-6 September 2024
Exhibitions | Symbols of Death: [The Emotionalisation of Graphic Symbols] & MOTH Archive
Hosting | Conference dinner - Death Over Dinner a curated design experience and a delicious 3 course meal.
2023
Haunted Landscapes: Nature, Super-Nature, and Global EnvironmentsConference | Falmouth University, 4-6 July 2023
Conference paper | An Extra Place at the Table
2022
The Association for the Study of Death and Society (ASDS) | Artist Group Strand | 2022-present.
The Death & Culture Network (DaCNet) University of York, St John University | International Biennial Conference. | Sept. 2022
Conference paper | The Life & Death of ‘STUFF’
2021
Dark Economies conference | Anxious Futures, Fearful Pasts | Falmouth University | July 2021.The Death Positive Library | 12 October 2021
Moth took part in a panel discussion - "How to cope with the grief and loss of a pet?" The online event was organised by The Death Positive Library @thedeathpositivelibrary We were joined by Diane James from the Blue Cross Pet Bereavement Support Service, Dr Julie-Marie Strange, a historian of pets and family life in Britain. Q&A session with Dr Claire Nally from Northumbria University.
Exeter Festival of Compassion
Half day workshop on Memento Mori images | 26 November 2021
2020
When Pets Pass On: Sharing Good Practice in Pet Bereavement by Blue Cross animal Charity & Centre for Death and Life Studies | Durham University | September 2020.Lecture title: Saying Goodbye to Dr Tinkle: Helping Children Navigate Pet Bereavement
Dying dialogues OCAD University Toronto, Canada | January 24 & 25, 2020.
2019
14th International Conference on the social context of Death, Dying & Disposal University of Bath, Centre for Death & Society | September 2019.ANTI – International Contemporary Art Festival Kuopio, Finland. In The Face of Death / The Art of Dying | September 2019.
Symbols of Death: 30 Vinyl Symbols of Death distributed and displayed across the city.
2018
‘Good Grief’ Death & Culture II Conference University of York, The Death and Culture Network. September 2018.2017
Four Deadlines & A Dinner Exhibition & Publication for the NHS Bevan Commission Annual Conference 2017.2016
Organised the MOTH Talks, Symposium: In the Face of Death The MOTH Talks brought together, writers, philosophers, diplomats, sociologists, innovators designers, artists, teachers and historians.
Speakers: Dr Stephen Cave / Dr Tony Walter / Joe Macleod / Lucy Willow / Mercedes Kemp
+ Exhibition & Publication | Falmouth University | January 2016.
2015
Graphic Designers Research Symposium | Falmouth University | 20 November 2015.Academics and practitioners discuss the issues affecting research in graphic design.
Speakers - Joanna Choukeir / Dr Rathna Ramanathan / Nicola Salkeld and Ashley Rudolph / John L. Walters / Alice Twemlow / Jeremy Aynsley / Deborah Sugg Ryan / Craig Oldham / Rebecca Ross
Death and Its Futures | University of Bath, Centre for Death & Society | 2015.
