A Creative Assembly

Informal gathering using The (African) Kitchen Stool exploring intersections of material culture, spatial thinking, and creative practice.

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A discussion grounded in BFA’s MA Research Project, spanning recent work in London, Earth, Memory, and the Spaces We Inhabit, and Accra, Women’s Ways of Knowing in the City, and future ambitions in creative and making practices.

Panellists Angela Ford (Interdisciplinary Designer, Researcher and Educator), Mpho Matsipa (Independent Curator, Design Theorist and Scholar) and Bisila Noha (Artist, Researcher and Writer) reflect on how this research connects to their work, opening up dialogue across disciplines. With ample opportunity for attendees to participate and contribute to the conversation too.

Framed around the London Festival of Architecture 2026 theme of belonging, the event invites attendees to sit together on equal footing, questioning formal speaker-audience structures and drawing on diasporic, non-Western ways of gathering.

With a delicious spread by an invited chef, South African wines, and live creative performances.

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This event is hosted by our partners Roca London Gallery and part of the London Festival of Architecture's 2026 event's programme.