BODY MATTERS, an international conference, will take place on 21–23 November 2024 at Norwich University of the Arts, where Teresa is Professor of Architecture and Director of Architecture and Interior Design. The conference team includes George Themistokleous (Architecture), Gustavo Balbela (Fine Art) and Ellie Nixon (Performing Arts).

BODY MATTERS aims to investigate notions of body in contemporary architectural discourses. Always a fundamental in architecture, the body needs to be reconsidered on its own terms, as a creative, material and philosophical concern. BODY MATTERS aims to explore not only what the body looks like, how it works and performs and what it is made of, but also how it blurs its own boundaries as it resonates with the environment. Ultimately it will interrogate how bodies matter, in architecture and beyond.

The themes of the conference brings into sharp focus a renewed environmental sensitivity that spans across science, politics, nature and culture. This will be explored through presentations of papers, keynote talks, exhibitions and performances, which include contributions by Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, Andrew Benjamin, George Themistokleous, Julieanna Preston, Kirk Woolford, Laura Wilson, Louis Nixon, Lucy Orta, Matthew Benington, Meredith TenHoor, Susan Kozel, Yara Sharif and Nasser Golzari.

Read more about the event on the BODY MATTERS event page, the AHRA website and the Norwich University of the Arts website.