ABOUT

Linda Rocco is a London-based independent curator, writer, and research tutor at the Royal College of Art. She is also curator (Arts & Technology) at Somerset House Studios, where she leads on n-Space, a new experimental network and fellowship programme in partnership with UAL’s Creative Computing Institute, Goldsmiths Computing, and Abandon Normal Devices.

With over ten years of freelance experience, Linda has curated exhibitions, programmes, and residencies internationally with established institutions including the Yinka Shonibare Foundation, Goethe-Institut London, Delfina Foundation, Ministry of Culture Taiwan, Brooklyn NARS Foundation, Bagri Foundation, Genesis Foundation, and Jatiwangi Art Factory. She has also curated public realm projects for the Mayor of London, including a major public commission by Yinka Shonibare CBE for Liberty 2022, and has worked with Google to develop a 20-year accessible digital collection.

Her practice-based research pursues interdisciplinary investigations on emerging technologies, networked organisation, and collaborative infrastructures. Taking a systems-oriented approach, she critically examines how advanced technologies including AI, blockchain, quantum computing, and decentralised networks challenge and reconfigure organisational, economic, and social paradigms across arts infrastructures and society at large. Through public programming, writing, exhibitions, and cross-sector projects, she develops technology-informed critical approaches that expand participation in public discourse, broaden access, and extend curatorial practice across cultural and civic contexts.

Linda obtained her practice-based PhD from the Royal College of Art, with funding from AHRC/LAHP. She regularly writes and works as curator for artists, galleries, and organisations while also consulting and evaluating projects for charities, foundations, public authorities, and institutions on accessible, socially engaged and new media projects. Additionally, she gives talks, delivers lectures, and mentors artists and organisations seeking to expand their work towards viable new configurations. She is part of XORG and a member of AICA UK International Association of Art Critics. and f