Please note: This event ended on 9 October 2026
In this Lunchtime Talk, Teresa Dillon and Felipe Schmidt Fonseca of the artist-led research programme Repair Acts with share how Declarations (community-authored statements of intent, demands, and direct actions) have been imagined, articulated and practised in a city (Bristol), regionally (Ireland) and on a community (Brazil) level.
This talk is part of the Celebrating Repair Cultures, a citywide programme that Repair Acts is curating across Bristol (Sat 3 - Sat 17 October 2026), including the Bristol Repair Declaration Chambers debate at City Hall on Fri 16 Oct at 17:00.
About Repair Acts
Repair Acts is an artist-led research programme focused on material, technological and spatial cultures of repair, care, maintenance and healing. They do this by creating spaces for dialogue and practice through making and building art works, designing and developing art exhibitions, events, forums, workshops and conversational spaces and carrying out desk-based and applied research.
The programme is led by the artist and Professor of Art, Media and Spatial Practice, Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, Teresa Dillon.
Joining Teresa will be Felipe Schmidt Fonseca. Working in Germany and Brazil, Felipe is a researcher and community organiser best known for his work on electronic waste and reuse. He is currently a Research Associate with Repair Acts focusing on repair-based and community-led organisational practices.