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.

Touch Space is a research project born from the COVID-19 pandemic, exploring how the individualization of risk and heightened suspicion of others reflects broader neoliberal and biopolitical trends that erode communal care. Drawing on historical “pox parties,” the project challenges social distancing and hygienic norms, inviting participants into a shared microbiome space where touch becomes a site of collective responsibility and a radical reconsideration of herd immunity as an active, communal practice.

[This research is in process. If this interests you, or speaks to your research, artistic or curatorial practice, please reach out so we can share resources and explore potential collaborations.]