For All At Last Return | Deep Dives: Shezad Dawood and Dr Sasha Montelli

Dive deeper in this series of discussion-based artist and scientist talks exploring oceanic worlds through art, research and dialogue.
Taking place within the exhibition space, this special programme of discussion-based talks accompanying For All At Last Return brings together artists and scientists to explore marine habitats and ocean futures through art, research, and dialogue.  
Shezad Dawood and Dr Sasha Montelli lead a discussion about coral reefs, the impacts of rising sea temperatures on marine environments, and the recent discovery of deep-sea corals and sponges in Antarctica.
Shezad Dawood is a British artist based in London. His multidisciplinary practice interweaves stories, realities, and symbolism to create richly layered artworks, spanning painting, textiles, sculpture, film, and digital media. His work takes a philosophical approach, asking questions and exploring alternative futures through what Dawood describes as ‘world-building’. His practice is animated by research, working with multiple audiences and communities to delve into narrative, history, and embodiment. His fascination with marine ecology and the potential for hybrid thinking across both human and marine ecosystems has been presented internationally.
Dr Sasha Montelli is a Lecturer in Environmental Change at the University College London. His interdisciplinary research combines marine geophysical data with sediment cores and numerical modelling to reconstruct past interactions between ice sheets, ocean, and solid earth on multiple temporal and spatial scales. The geography of Montelli’s projects span both hemispheres, including East and West Antarctica, the Eurasian Arctic, and the subarctic Pacific.