At the Materials Festival 2025 – a one-day gathering organised by Unit 38 in London and dedicated to the potential of visual culture as a catalyst for social transformation – MP joined a wide network of cultural workers, activists, designers, and collectives exploring how materials, media, and design practices can contribute to alternative, more just urban futures.
In this context, MP’s presence resonated strongly through their collaborative engagement with Sahra Hersi and Resolve Collective. Together, they linked urban-design activism with broader struggles around identity, migration, community, and belonging – emphasising that architecture and spatial practice are never neutral, but deeply political and material.
Their participation in the festival resulted, among other outcomes, in this publication.