Indy Calland is a freelance curator, producer and creative researcher engaging with contemporary culture through film, art and design. She was born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa and is based in London, United Kingdom.

As part of Arkology, a South African design collective, I helped conceive and deliver large-scale functional art installations that merged sustainability, design innovation, and social engagement. Our work explored how public art can serve as ecological infrastructure and a social catalyst.

Notably, our Dew Harvester installation – created for a desert arts festival – functioned both as a communal gathering space and a water-generating structure, capturing atmospheric moisture through a condensate-harvesting roof system to provide clean water in an arid environment.

Arkology has since been developed into a Design & Software Engineering Studio and can be found at arkology.studio.