CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

Masaki Fujihata
still from MASAKI FUJIHATA: UNFORMED SYMBOLS (detail)
From Fri 22 August to Sun 19 October
The first major UK exhibition of Japanese media artist Masaki Fujihata's acclaimed interactive work, featuring eight installations created by the artist between 1996 - 2008 including a new work specially created for the Manchester exhibition.
Abigail Seville, From Here to Haiku
FROM HERE TO HAIKU (detail)
From Fri 22 August to Sun 19 October
Using Haiku, an ancient Japanese form of poetry, to reflect daily Manchester life, Abigail Seville will contrast traditional, nature-focused poetry with an urban contemporary setting

EVENTS

Floating World to Floating Point: An introduction to Japanese media art
Thu 11 September 18:00
Keith Whittle, director of Sunderland Digital Media Research Lab (/sLab), explores contemporary Japanese media art

COMING SOON

Rachel Goodyear, Girl on Chair, 2008 (detail)
The Intertwining Line
From 7 November 2008
This exhibition presents early and contemporary animation films, linking them to works of drawing as one of the major forms within the visual arts.
Interspecies
From 23 January 2009
Can artists work with animals as equals? This exhibition, organised on the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth, brings together a group of artists who actively question the sovereignty of the human species over the all other animal species.