Still from Directions of Writing, 2021.

CREATIVE TEAM
 

Dr Camille Germanos Al Hasan
Curatorial Ethics  

Dr Camille Germanos Al Hasan practises psychoanalysis and works on curatorial ethics. She brings together training in social sciences, law and psychoanalysis to examine how institutions, politics and social conflict interact with discourse and artistic representation.
She holds a PhD from Goldsmiths, University of London, master’s degrees in Social Sciences from EHESS (School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences, France) and in Aesthetics, Philosophy and Psychoanalysis from Paul Valéry University, Montpellier III, as well as a degree in Lebanese law. Camille currently practises psychoanalysis in London in English, French and Arabic.

Fedja Klikovac
Art Director  

Having lived in London since 1992, Fedja Klikovac worked for various art galleries. In 2002, Klikovac established the pioneering medievalmodern gallery in Marylebone, where he curated a series of exhibitions that saw contemporary artists work with medieval artifacts. He is currently the Director of Handel Street Projects, a gallery dedicated to promoting new British and international contemporary art.
handelstreetprojects.com
 

John Plowman
Creative and Organizational Development Consultant  

John Plowman is an artist who has exhibited in and curated solo and group exhibitions in the UK and abroad. Plowman established Beacon Art Project, which between 2004 and 2016 worked regionally, nationally, and internationally commissioning artworks from over seventy artists and providing opportunities for audiences to experience contemporary visual art in non-gallery spaces, usually heritage sites. Since 2017, he leads Beacon Bureau, employing his skills, knowledge, and experience to work with others whose interests are congruent with his own. Plowman regularly collaborates with individuals and organisations to advise, mentor, and curate exhibitions and events.
johnplowman.com
beaconartproject.org
beaconbureau.co.uk
 

Stevan Lung
In-House Video Editor 

Dr Tanguy Harma
Publication Consultant

Educated in France and in the UK, Dr Tanguy Harma received his PhD in English from Goldsmiths, University of London. Author of The Paradox of Thanatos: Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, Tanguy works actively across the Humanities. His scholarship examines traditions of dissidence and nonconformity in literature and culture, with essays on writers and thinkers associated with the American counterculture, alongside studies of Transcendentalism and French Existentialist thought. Tanguy acts as an academic consultant, translator and copy-editor for FAP. Bilingual in French and English, he works with literary, cultural and academic writing and intervenes on questions related to his expertise, aiming at fostering dialogue across languages and cultures through attentive, nuanced textual work.

Victoria Heath Silk
FAP Publications

A former fiction editor with an arts background, Victoria has worked in publishing for well over a decade (and as an advertising creative before that). She specialises in cover and book design, and also works with indie publishers and authors from around the world, guiding them through publishing processes — taking books from the slush pile through to the printing press. She lives and works in Scotland. www.insidestudio26.com
 

Johan Achermann Ostalrich
Designer 

Living and working in Paris, Johan has worked for the emblematic companies Sonia Rykiel and Cristallerie Saint-Louis. In the publishing sector, he has worked for Beaux-Arts de Paris Éditions. He has often collaborated with young artists like Symo Reyn, musician, or his sister Daphné Achermann, choreographer.

Charlotte Pedley
Marketing & Communications 

Charlotte is an experienced marketing professional with expertise in promoting arts and cultural projects, events and exhibitions. Skilled in digital marketing, content creation, and project management.

Leonie Nocker
Marketing & Communications 

Leonie Nocker completed a Bachelor of Arts in History of Art at the Courtauld Institute, where her dissertation on the Young British Artists examined their responses to Thatcherite policies through artists such as Damien Hirst, Rachel Whiteread, and Richard Billingham. Leonie’s experience spans both the institutional and commercial art worlds, with roles at ATLAS Gallery, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, The Fine Art Group, and Christie’s. In parallel, she chaired the Business of Art Society at the Courtauld for two years, overseeing programming and collaborations centred on the art world. She currently works at Christie’s as a marketing strategy coordinator.

TRUSTEES

Camille Germanos Al Hasan
Fedja Klikovac
Darian Leader
Tarek Al Hasan