Note: These sessions last 25 minutes. There are five available slots at the time of advertising. During the booking process, you will be asked to let us know which time slot you prefer. We will do our best to give you a slot as close to your preferred choice as possible, but we cannot promise exact matches.
Dr Justin Hunt is a curator, researcher, and coach based in London. Justin supports individuals and businesses to think creatively about their development. In these 25-minute surgeries, practitioners can explore challenges and opportunities that are arising in their practice - from getting started, to rebuilding, funding strategy, to marketing strategy. Justin can support your thinking to make actionable decisions that move your project/practice forward.
Currently, Justin is Interim Deputy Director at the Live Art Development Agency, a Research Fellow at the Open University, and an adjunct professor at Ithaca College, London. He is a Trustee for The Spire (Brighton) and a Cultural Advocacy Fellow at Queen Mary University of London. From 2018-2024, Justin managed a grant portfolio for Arts Council England, working across Literature, Combined Arts, Dance, and Theatre. Justin was Executive Producer of Chisenhale Dance Space and a Senior Lecturer in Dance at the University of Lincoln.
Justin is a curator of live performance and literature, developing an international array of platforms for culture through his producer collaborative, I'm With You, and through his online school, Queer Extension.
@rjustinhunt
This event is delivered by The Doughnut (W)Hole Pavilion, part of The Wrong Biennale 7th edition – the world's largest digital art celebration and a member of the International Biennial Association.
Taking its cue from the paradox at a doughnut's centre, The Doughnut (W)Hole brings together 14 international artists exploring how absences shape presence in our AI-driven age.
Artists: Maria Ahmed, Kasper Bergholt, Ben Millar Cole, Evangelia Danadaki, Sarah Deane, Sarah-Jane Field, Alan Knox, David Koh, Merve Kurtuluş, Duncan Petrie, Angel Qin, Heidi Reece, Sarah Sweeney, Min Jung Tsai.
Curated by Kim Shaw | Co-produced by Sarah-Jane Field
London Embassy: Hapax Living Room, 1–2 November 2025
Opening, artist talks, and panels with Dr Jane Boyer ([cloud] collective), Dr Caroline Molloy (School of Creative and Cultural Arts at UCA Farnham), Dr Madeline Yale Preston (British Centre of Photography), and delivering funding surgeries, Justin Hunt (Shifting Power, OU; Queen Mary's University).
