Build Your Own Biosphere. Part 1: Utopian Modelmaking (Art Press)

Free & Open to all aged between 13-25

Build Your Own Biosphere is a three-part workshop series led by artists Amy J Wilson and Meitao Qu, exploring how methods of model-making can be used to imagine utopian futures and prompt reflective dialogue about climate challenges. Drawing inspiration from Biosphere 2 and other experimental environments, the series introduces participants to physical and digital model-making techniques to design and build a miniature biosphere. Participants will have the opportunity to exhibit their outcomes as part of Wilson and Qu’s upcoming exhibition Biosphere IV at Turf Projects in July 2026.

The first session will introduce participants to physical modelling techniques. Participants will shape a miniature terrain base and learn how to apply scenic scatter and foliage.

About the facilitators

Amy J Wilson is a visual artist and technician at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London.

Mietao Qu is a visual artist and research fellow at the Institute of Creative Technologies, Norwich University of the Arts

KEY ACCESS INFO​

• To help us support you best, please let us know if you have any access needs when booking.
• For access info about getting to Turf and the Turf space, click here.
• Our unit in the Whitgift Centre is 7 minutes walk (0.3 miles) from West Croydon Station and 8 minutes walk (0.4 miles) from East Croydon station.

WORKSHOP CODE:

Turf aims to be a space where all are welcomed & respected. We ask all attendees to align with this spirit when booking and support us in creating a welcoming & collaborative atmosphere together. We ask that everyone is;

• Kind and respectful in our language and behaviour towards others. Turf is a space which is anti racism, sexism, homophobia and ableism.
• Considerate of others’ time; allowing others room to speak & engage.
• Respectful of the space itself as belonging to many people, treating the space & objects with care.