William Mapan's 'Intimacy': A Verse Solos Panel

William Mapan is a digital art pioneer, currently based in Paris. With a background in software development, he combines computer science with his passion for pigment, light and texture. One of Mapan’s most notable works is his 2021 Dragons series, in which he shared a portion of the works’ ownership with his collectors during the process of creation. He often combines contrasting ideas which...

Leyla Fakhr is Artistic Director at Verse. After working at the Tate for 8 years, she worked as an independent curator and producer across various projects internationally. During her time at Tate she was part of the acquisition team and worked on a number of collection displays including John Akomfrah, ‘The Unfinished Conversation’ and ‘Migrations, Journeys into British Art’. She is the editor...

Melanie Lenz is the curator of Digital Art at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Based in London, she has over 20 years’ experience of curating, commissioning, and delivering creative projects. Specialising in digital arts and culture, Melanie co-curated Chance and Control: Art in the Age of Computers (2018-2019) and has published papers on early computer art in Latin America, gender and technology...

Tamar Clarke-Brown is a London based curator, artist and writer. Currently producing and curating projects with the Arts Technologies team at Serpentine, her interdisciplinary work centres around experimental futurisms, technologies and diasporic practices. Tamar's work involves commissioning new artworks, events, research and R\&D projects engaged with experimental worldbuilding and exploring...