1880 THAT

Anna Seymour is a Deaf dance artist, actress and creative producer based in London. She trained in contemporary dance in Melbourne and has worked with a range of choreographers and companies, as well as creating her own work. She is also a dance researcher with the International Contemporary Dance Collective. Most recently, Anna appeared in 'RETREAT', a thriller feature film by Ted Evans.

Mirabelle is a deaf dance artist and performance maker whose work explores deaf identity and the human condition. She has performed with artists and companies including Luca Signoetti, Alessandra Seutin, Thick and Tight and Holly Blakey, and created work for Touretteshero and Wiesbaden Biennale. Mirabelle also teaches with Candoco Dance Company, developing Crip-informed movement and education practices that centre care, curiosity and embodied dialogue.

Temitope is a London-based dance artist interested in myth, psychology and magic. She has worked with a range of artists and companies, including Punchdrunk, director Carrie Cracknell at The Gate Theatre and The National, Theo Clinkard and Protein Dance Company. Temitope has also performed for visual artists and makers such as Florence Peake, Adelaide Cioni, Sam Williams and Megan Rooney. She continues to create her own work ‘My Name is my Own’, presented at The Southbank, and her solo piece 'Lady M', commissioned by The Place.

Peter was born Deaf and attended the Royal School for Deaf Children in Margate in 1967. He has taught BSL and deaf history at City Lit in London for over 20 years. Peter’s work has featured in the Sign Language Studies journal, the Deaf History Journal and BATOD magazine. He recently hosted an exhibition on the roots of BSL as part of City Lit’s annual Deaf Day.

Nadia is an artist who creates and performs plays in BSL. She is a Shakespeare’s Globe Associate Artist who has performed in 'Anthony and Cleopatra', ‘As you like it’ and ‘Hamlet’. Recent performances elsewhere include Royal Court Theatre’s ‘Midnight Movie’ and ‘A Christmas Carol’ at Bristol Old Vic Theatre.

Spectroscope is a Bristol-based artist collective with an international practice creating mesmerising, otherworldly artworks. Their work shines a light on lost histories and hidden communities, using emotive, taboo-breaking and uplifting storytelling. Spectroscope also looks to the future, inviting audiences into dreamscapes that explore what our world could become.

Laurie is an independent curator and art consultant with over 25 years' experience in exhibition-making, curatorial strategy, art commissioning, cultural master planning and inclusive programming for public museums and private clients. Working across art, design, architecture and health, she has curated exhibitions including Wellcome Collection's '1880 THAT' and 'In Plain Sight', as well as 'Memory Palace' and others at the Victoria and Albert Museum. She has also written and lectured extensively on inclusive practice, art and design.

Christine Sun Kim and Thomas Mader have collaborated for over ten years to explore the possibilities and limitations of communication, inviting audiences to consider different perceptual worlds and the power dynamics between signed and spoken languages. Christine's native language is American Sign Language (ASL), while Mader is learning ASL.