Joseph Gerard Photography
Artist–Anthropologist working at the intersection of creativity, research, and lived experience.
Co-creation with communities and researchers to transform lived experiences into creative expression, with the aim of amplifying voices and making knowledge public and actionable. Facilitating thinking through making—a practice of imaginative inquiry where knowledge emerges through collaborative creation.
Climate communication, migration, and social justice
Partnerships with universities, councils, and cultural organizations
Artistic methods as tools for public understanding and policy change
CEPA (2023) demonstrated the power of improvisation in co-creation by giving Ukrainian refugees choice around the emergent narrative shared through performance art with the wider community.
In partnership with Dublin City University
Funded by Irish Research Council
Photo Credit: Marcos Diaz