Entry
Free entry, booking advised
Date
Sun 21 Jun 2026
Time
12–1pm
Location
Foyle Rooms, Turner Contemporary
How can we reimagine our relationship with the living world? Drawing on ancient and modern wisdom, this inspiring session explores alternative ways of understanding and relating to the ocean as a counterpoint to extractive systems, from legal rights for nature to speculative and technological approaches.
About the Speakers
Christiane Bosman—European Programme Director, Embassy of the North Sea
With a background in art history and heritage studies Christiane Bosman has over 15 years of experience developing cultural interventions in the public realm. Since she joined the Embassy of the North Sea in 2019, her practice is focused on human–non-human relations, exploring how art can deepen ecological awareness and reshape our connection with the living world.
At the Embassy of the North Sea collective, she combines day-to-day coordination with leading the Confluence of European Water Bodies a transdisciplinary solidarity network of more than 35 grass roots initiatives in 15 countries aimed to learn and exchange about the cultural, legal, and political representation of aquatic ecosystems across Europe.
As an independent curator, programmer, and producer (at ao TAAK cooperative and Ministry for the Future) she previously initiated and led numerous public art interventions addressing gentrification, ecology, democracy and future thinking. In these projects, art functions as a catalyst for critical reflection and dialogue, while creating spaces for encounter and connection.
Dr. Joycelyn Longdon—Environmental Justice Researcher at Cambridge University
Dr. Joycelyn is an award-winning environmental justice technologist, communicator and PhD Candidate at the University of Cambridge. Her PhD research centres on the design of justice-led conservation technologies for monitoring biodiversity with local forest communities in Ghana, specialising in biodiversity monitoring through bioacoustics – essentially Shazam for nature.
As a versatile and passionate storyteller, Joycelyn has collaborated with a wide range of organisations, including Meta, Samsung, The Design Museum, The Barbican, The Serpentine, Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace. Joycelyn has been invited to speak on topics of climate justice, climate colonialism, activism, creativity, and systems change by The United Nations Geneva Dialogues, Channel 4, Cheltenham Science Festival, Oxford University, The National Lottery, The Design Council, and The Wellcome Collection, and is a TEDx Alumni.
Joycelyn was 2022’s winner of the Emerging Designer London Design Medal and was featured in British Vogue’s December 2023 ‘Forces for Change’ Issue. She was also listed as one of Pique Action and Harvard Chan C-CHANGE's 2024 Climate Creators to Watch and as one of Country and Town House’s Future Icons Power People 2024. Her debut book, Natural Connection: What Indigenous Wisdom and Marginalised People Teach us about Environmental Action was published in 2025 by Penguin Vintage and in 2026 by Princeton University Press.
Joycelyn has recently launched her new venture, ASASE INNOVATION STUDIO, a hybrid research and storytelling agency crafting and communicating alternative tech futures, rooted in relationship with people and planet.
Emma Lewis (Moderator)—Curator, Turner Contemporary
Emma Lewis is an art historian and curator at Turner Contemporary, Margate, specialising in photography. Formerly at Tate Modern, she authored Photography - A Feminist History.
One Ocean 2026 is a weekend of free talks, workshops and screenings on art, adaptation and the future of our oceans. Supported by the UK National Commission for UNESCO, Turner Contemporary presents a rich public programme of talks, documentary and artist film screenings, workshops and community activities. Through art, science and storytelling, One Ocean translates complex environmental issues into accessible, action-driven experiences.
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