Becky Schutt

Current Projects, Partners & Clients

Facilitator (2023-present) •

Venice Fellowships 2024 | British Council

In April 2024, our first group of 66 dynamic fellows – a mixture of visionary creatives and ambitious art students – arrived at the Venice Biennale for our largest fellowships programme to date.Overview
In partnership with over 40 UK higher education institutions and pioneering creative enterprises, we have recruited, selected and are now supporting, 66 Venice Fellows for this year's programme. 
Our Fellows represent the UK at the British Pavilion during John Akomfrah's exhibition at the 60th In...
Mentor via NEW Inc (2024 - present) •

Talking Animals — NEW INC

Talking Animals is a collective of creatives, engineers, and environmental scientists realizing a solarpunk future, one system at a time. Founded by Kaixi Yang, Dion Brandt-Sims and Greyson Assa, Talking Animals is the umbrella for ENTITY design studio, a consultancy, and NOT BAD LAB, an innovation hub for the climate revolution.Since 2021, ENTITY has implemented design to evolve diverse industries - from nuclear fusion to climate grief to smart eco-villages, air pollution wearables, cutting-edg...
Captain (2024 - present) •

Business Class

I developed this intercultural dialogue about class, connection and entitlement through an embodied and joyous (if simulated) flight experience. Although the format is lighthearted, Business Class has a serious purpose. Discussions over exclusion and inequality can be overwhelming, off-putting or even depressing, often dominated by a few loud voices.

The unique methodology uses imagination and inclusive play to stimulate conversation about difficult subjects while encouraging optimism, kinship and shared action. The dialogue room is set up like an airplane with an inherent class system, seats laid out in tight rows of business and tighter rows of economy.