Books By Hilary Powell, Daniel Edelstyn - Author

Hilary Powell's work ranges from audio-visual epics, supported by Acme and Henry Moore Foundation, to print works collected by V&A and MoMA. She has a track record of involving diverse communities in making - from public participation in the production of a pop-up book of the Lower Lea Valley to large-scale print collaborations with demolition workers and material scientists as 'alchemist in residence' at UCL Chemistry.

Dan Edelstyn is an experienced film director and producer with multiple commissions for Channel 4. His first film How to Re-Establish a Vodka Empire was critically acclaimed and opened at BFI London Film Festival before being released across the UK and US.

As a duo, their fearless and curious work comes together in Optimistic Foundation CIC, a platform investigating and tackling urgent economic, philosophical and social issues of our time through anarchic, joyful cultural production. They believe in the subversive, radical imagination's ability to open up possibili