Evie is an academic, writer, artist and film maker.
Evie lectures at Cambridge University where she is a Fellow. Her current projects focus on comparative culture and literature, in particular on themes of the outsider, censorship, rebellion and the counterculture. Her research and teaching spans law, literature, film and history. She is a PhD supervisor and runs the Cambridge University Countercultural Studies Research Group. As a cultural commentator she writes on film, visual arts, music, literature and theatre. She is an editor of Redeye, a journal of literature and culture. Evie is active in comedy, writes fiction and has taught creative writing.
In 2010 Evie showcased her writing at the House of Love spoken word event which took place at a Masonic Temple within the Andaz Hotel.
As an artist she has exhibited in solo shows since 2006 and her work is held in private collections around the world. This year she exhibited at the Tate Modern No Soul For Sale show. She is currently working on a series of paintings on the iconography of the music industry entitled Now Form a Band. She is also working on an art-science collaboration on her experience of perception as a synaesthete.
Her current film projects include production of the documentary A Life in the Death of Joe Meek, a cultural and social history which includes interviews with contemporary musicians who have been influenced by Meek.
Recognising that creativity and collaboration go hand in hand, she organises and curates showcases of film, visual arts, music and new writing. Media appearances include television: TF1 (France) and Canale 5 (Italy) and radio: BBC 6music.
Evie is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and is a member of PEN. She has lived and worked in Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, US, Greece.
Evie has held posts at academic institutions in a number of countries and has published widely. She has worked for a number of human rights organisations including the International Committee of the Red Cross, was elected to the Executive Committee of the Scottish Human Rights Centre (now the Equality and Human Rights Commission Scotland) and has worked for the European Union institutions. Her support of the arts was reflected in her role as a Director of a company promoting collaboration between the business and art worlds, organising networking events, film and music showcases and art exhibitions at various locations including Adam Street and Eight Club.
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