Switch
An artist talk by Sophie Cundale which looks at the trajectory of an artist’s practice through the lens of shapeshifting, role play and fluidity.
The talk focuses on ways artists can adapt / switch/ pivot/ shapeshift themselves and their work to perform and exist within new contexts, how to practically survive and thrive in the midst of jobs, time commitments and external constraints. Cundale will look at switching mediums, tricks for finding time, ways to conduct meaningful research, to inhabit multiple roles that can help support or provide material for an artist’s work.

Sophie Cundale is a multi-disciplinary artist living in London. Often centred around relationships between lovers and set within heightened scenarios, her work is about the construction and embrace of fantasy. She is currently working on her first novel, Half Life, an erotic science fiction about a woman who falls in love with nuclear waste. Her performance, film and sculptural work have been presented by Somerset House, The Perimeter, Castello di Rivoli (Turin), Kapp Kapp Gallery (NYC) and Serpentine Galleries.
Date: 21 October 2025, 17:00
Venue: East Oxford site | 128 Bullingdon Rd, Oxford OX4 1QP (Accessibility info: https://www.accessguide.ox.ac.uk/128-bullingdon-road)
Speaker: Sophie Cundale
Organising department: Ruskin School of Art
Organiser contact email address: info@rsa.ox.ac.uk
Part of: Contemporary Art Lectures
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://bit.ly/Ruskin_ContArtTalks
Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editor: Johanna Gullberg