Creative
Team

THE CARGO TEAM

An important part of the project development is gaining the support and advice of other experienced professionals as we develop the exhibition to its full potential. These individuals will provide their specialist experience and expertise throughout the duration of the project.







LAWRENCE HOO - EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Lawrence Hoo is a poet and educator based in Bristol. His work is known for throwing a powerful light onto the overlooked experiences of those living in Bristol’s under supported communities. It also evokes the inspiring, under-celebrated histories which are the inheritance of Bristol’s immigrant communities. After a youth spent in and out of the care system, Lawrence developed an uncompromising poetic voice, and a calling for working with people from disadvantaged backgrounds, whose experiences he had lived himself.

Through his work Lawrence has engaged with disadvantaged children of all age groups in Bristol’s schools as well as within the United Nation’s Habitat programme, the YMCA, Kids Company Academy, and The Bath and NE Somerset Virtual School.

As an independent artist and entrepreneur, Lawrence has continually invested in the Bristol community he was raised in, and over the last two decades Lawrence has forged new connections between parties in the public sector in Bristol and the people who are most overlooked.

Through his own company Inner City Tales, Lawrence has published three poetry collections: Inner City Tales (2006), Hoostory (2011), and CARGO (2019) and exhibited across Bristol including at St Paul’s Kuumba Centre, The Wilder Street Art Gallery, Centrespace Gallery and at The Station. In 2016 Lawrence was invited to be Ujima’s radio’s poet in residence. As a public speaker Lawrence urges social justice in Bristol and agitates for positive change. He has been awarded an MTM Award for services to the Arts in Bristol, and a RISE award for Arts, Community and Entertainment.











CHAZ GOLDING - CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Chaz is a senior creative at the design agency Hello Charlie. He’s a creative, versatile and highly experienced Director with a background in music television live events and visual effects. He has worked across the globe as a creative director on projects for the BBC, MTV, and Red Bull.

He has also directed and collaborated with individuals such as Kanye West, Rita Ora and Yohji Yamamoto. His expert knowledge, boundless creativity, has helped him to translate complex narratives and visually communicate to diverse audiences from all corners of society.











MASSIVE ATTACK - COMPOSERS

Massive Attack are a British musical group formed in 1988 in Bristol, consisting of Robert “3D” Del Naja, Grant “Daddy G” Marshall. Their debut album Blue Lines was released in 1991, with the single “Unfinished Sympathy” reaching the charts and later being voted the 63rd greatest song of all time in a poll by NME. Both "Blue Lines" and "Mezzanine" feature in Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. They have sold over 11 million copies worldwide, and continue to tour and release socially conscious and politically charged content. Massive Attack will be curating and producing the soundtrack of the CARGO experience and act as audio advisors across the project.