chris baldwin is a british performance director and curator, professor and writer, he has lived in northern spain for 20 years. he develops site specific performances and curated events devoted to specific city, rural or regional contexts. baldwin's work emphasises the importance of a collaboration between professionals and citizens in the making and curating of cultural projects. he has various plays and books published about theatre and the teaching of history in post authoritarian countries. baldwin directs widely including spain, uk, poland, bulgaria and germany. baldwin worked for rose bruford college, 2012 summer olympics. he was curator of interdisciplinary performance for the 2016 in wroclaw, poland and also works for the . he was creative director for galway 2020 <http://galway2020.ie/en/> european capital of culture.