The poet and musician James Massiah and Gascia Ouzounian will be in conversation with students from the Central Saint Martins MA Cities programme, moderated by the urbanist and course leader for MA Cities Diana Lopez-Ibanez.

James Massiah is a poet & musician from South London, UK whose work explores ideas about sexuality, mortality & philosophy through performance, writing & visual media. His ongoing series of New Poems is released in volumes and details his day-to-day experiences of life, love and labour in London.

He has been commissioned to produce work for the BBC, the Guardian & Nike as well as featuring in campaigns for Selfridges, Loewe, Adidas & Champion. He has performed readings of his work at the Tate Modern, the Courtauld, the Institute of Contemporary Arts & the Houses of Parliament & been profiled in Vogue, Dazed, i-D & GQ. He has also curated events for Boiler Room & hosts the monthly ‘Poætry Show’ on NTS Radio