film still from 28 Days Greater, filmed by Rosie Powell
About
Carolyn Defrin is a socially engaged artist, researcher and facilitator working at the intersection of art and community development.
Through film, installation, theatre, poetry and music, she collaborates with artists, activists, educators, community leaders and policy makers to express and understand social issues.
Current
Marie Curie Fellow (2023-26), Art in Border Policy and Practice.
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Bubble Dreams (2022-2025) digital art commission by Dulwich Picture Gallery for Tessa Jowell Health Centre
Kissing Project - an ongoing multimedia platform celebrating diversity through stories that begin with a kiss
Upcoming
Talks:
Gentle rule breaking: Creative invitations for disrupting disconnect
Society for Artistic Research 'Resonance' conference, Porto, Portugal (May 2025)
Co-creating future imaginations of the border: artistic resistances in dehumanised migration landscapes
Pushing Border Art's Borders
Online lecture series (June 2025)
The shape of home: a performative presentation of letters that resist the border as a line
Performing Space 2025, Nafplio, Greece (July 2025)