BRIDGING PUBLIC SERVICE, CREATIVE PRODUCTION & SPATIAL INNOVATION BRIDGING PUBLIC SERVICE, CREATIVE PRODUCTION & SPATIAL INNOVATION BRIDGING PUBLIC SERVICE, CREATIVE PRODUCTION & SPATIAL INNOVATION  


JOSEPH ZEAL-HENRY;
is a cultural worker bridging public service, cultural production, and spatial innovation for the public good. Currently serving as Director of Cultural Planning for the City of Boston and Assistant Professor at Columbia GSAPP. Here is his INFO, E-MAIL and Instagram.



PROJECT INDEX


PUBLIC SERVICE

Making Space for Culture
East Bank
Designing a Circular Economy Primer
A House for Artists


CREATIVE PRODUCTION

Proximity Continuum Film 
Proximity Open Rehearsal 
SHUBZ at the V&A
SHUBZ at SOAS, Festival of Ideas
Sound & Solidarity
WE ARE HERE at the RIO
NOW YOU KNOW
SOUND ADVICE Branding


SPATIAL INNOVATION

Proximity Continuum [Boston]
Dox Thrash Garden
SUPA SYSTEM
Dancing Before the Moon
(Venice Architecture Biennial 2023)
National Galley 200
Co-Living in Countryside
A House for Britain
Graveney School Sixth Form Block
Wembley Park Drive
Wayland Close
Good Grief Tomb
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Joseph participated in a talk back for Boston Lyric Opera’s 4 Season’s show at the Paramount Centre.  
DESIGNS FOR THE DOX THRASH MEMORIAL GARDENS PROGRESSING IN NORTH PHILADELPHIA
 (in collaboration with Gabriel Soomar)
Joseph to give keynote speach for the Design Biennale Rotterdam 2025 “What’s Real is Unfamiliar”
Joseph speaking in conversation with artist Liz Phillips for e-flux on 
February 8th in New York
PROXIMITY CONTINUUM PREMIERED AT HARVARD ARTLAB DECEMBER 19, 2024
PROXIMITY CONTINUUM 
Directed by Joseph Zeal Henry & Malakhai Pearson 
SUPA SYSTEM FEATURED IN THE POINT MAGAZINE, LICKABLE WALLPAPER ISSUE
JOSEPH APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF CULTURAL PLANNING 
FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON
Image: CYCLORAMA, BOSTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS
MAKING SPACE FOR CULTURE: 
THAMES ESTUARY PRODUCTION CORRIDOR VISION LAUNCHED
JOSEPH INVITED TO PARTICIPATE AT THE 2024 DEEM JOURNAL SYMPOSIUM IN CHICAGO
FALL 2024 COLUMBUMA GSAPP STUDIO ‘ORAL INFRASTRUCTURES’ 
MAKING SPACE FOR CULTURE: 
SADLER’S WELLS DANCE THEATRE AT EAST BANK OPENS TO THE PUBLIC 
NOW YOU KNOW ON DISPLAY AT THE DESIGN MUSEUM 
Joseph writes a contribution in the Summer 2024 TANK Magazine
SUPA SYSTEM AT EXIT GALLERY 
SUPA SYSTEM Opens at Harvard University 
SUPA SYSTEM PHOTOS BY MALAKHAI PEARSON
OF WATER, Proposal for the Venice Biennial Architecturra 2025
BURNT MILK PREMIERS IN THE BRITISH PAVILLION 
RUN OUT by Mac Collins from Dancing Before the Moon
SHUBZ AT VENEZIA 
DANCING BEFORE THE MOON, BRITISH PAVILION AT THE 2023 VENICE ARCHITECTURE BIENNIAL OPENS
BURNT MILK NOW SHOWING EVERY FRIDAY AT MIDDAY IN 
THE BRITISH PAVILION
SHUBZ TEES OUT IN THE WORLD
BURNT MILK (Ruby Elmhirst & Joseph Douglas Elmhirst) TRAILER
ON BELL HOOKS, FEATURE OF BRITISH PAVILION CURATORS IN ANOTHER MAGAZINE
CO-LIVING IN THE COUNTRYSIDE WINS THE 2022 DAVIDSON PRIZE, A COLLABORATION WITH CHARLES HOLLAND, VERITY-JANE KEEFE AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOUNDATION
SHUBZ AT THE V&A
MAKING SPACE FOR CULTURE, THEATRE RECYCLING RE-USE CENTER
IMAGE JA PROJECTS/GLA
JOSEPH ZEAL-HENRY IN CONVERSATION WITH CHRISTOPHER RAEBURN AT THE RAEBURN LAB
MAKING SPACE FOR CULTURE: A HOUSE FOR ARTIST’S 
Image: APPARATA 
SHORTLISED ENTRY FOR SAINSBURY WING FOR NATIONAL GALLERY 200 COMPETITION WITH ASIF KHAN STUDIO, KENYA HARA AND AKT II
MAKING SPACE FOR CULTURE: SPACE ILFORD
Image: HAT PROJECTS
WE ARE HERE at the 
Rio Cinema, Dalston
SHUBZ AT SOAS, FOR THE FESTIVAL OF IDEAS

SOUND ADVICE BRANDING 
BY JOEL ANTOINE-WILKINSON LAUNCHES
WAYLAND CLOSE, SHORTLISTED HOUSING COMPETITION 
(ON BEHALF OF JESTICO + WHILES)
CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS, SPATIAL PRACTICES MARCH UNIT 10 STUDIO 
WITH ELLIE HOWARD & ASIF KHAN
A HOUSE FOR BRITAIN, SHORTLISTED ENTRY FOR 2020 BRITISH PAVILION 
WITH JAYDEN ALI & PRIYA KHANCHANDANI