LOIZEAU
JIMMY
Jimmy Loizeau's is a designer, lecturer, and programme lead in Goldsmiths, University of London’s Design: Expanded Practice MA program.
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His practice critically examines technologies, systems, and institutions, reimagining how we might interact with them in alternative ways. His work spans alternative town planning strategies, co-authored journalism, and speculative product design, offering new perspectives on infrastructure and technological futures.
Projects such as The Afterlife Project (2002) interrogate contemporary belief systems; Audio Tooth Implant (2001) speculates on the future of bodily communication technologies; and The Illegal Town Plan (2013–) proposes more participatory models for urban development and local agency. Since 2016, Loizeau’s collaborative work has extended to the refugee camps of Calais and Lesbos, co-developing journalistic projects with individuals navigating the asylum system. These efforts seek to challenge dominant media narratives and create space for underrepresented voices.
LECTURE + PANEL
This talk will present an overview of collaborative work conducted in Calais and later in Lesbos, which emerged as an intimate and direct response to the media portrayal of the migrant crisis. Positioned at the intersection of these experiences, this project explores what a practice of “collaborative coverage” or co-authored journalism might offer—and why it was necessary to rethink how such human crises are represented.
The resulting films and small-scale archives remain ongoing. Though imperfect as artifacts, they raise critical questions and open up alternative possibilities. Created in a spirit of collaboration, these works aim to present a different kind of truth—one grounded in shared authorship, lived experience, and resistance to dominant narratives.