We support the realisation of artist-led, ambitious systems of change projects. We are committed to supporting the creation of transformative projects for real-life impact. We realise holistically driven encounters with contemporary artists across ecology, embodied practice and civic issues. We love working collaboratively, in partnership and across industries. Art and creativity offer expansive and generative practices for people to rehearse social change. The studio produces collaborative projects that unsettle fixed categories of practice and invite new forms of relation. Our work draws from expanded spatial practice: moving fluidly between research, design, concept and production.
The studio seeds change across ecology, economy and energy, through the projects it takes on. The projects listed were created with many and are part of an entanglement of artists, curators, groups and non-humans to whom we are grateful.
Serpentine, Factory International, the Whitworth, Frieze Projects, Common Goal, Rochdale Council, School of Digital Art Manchester, ABJ Studio, Manchester Art Gallery, Art Night, L-Acoustics and WePresent.
Research
2024, Ethical Participatory Research with Dr. Janna Graham, the Whitworth and University of Manchester
Exhibitions
2025, Football City, Art United., Factory International
2023, Economics the Blockbuster, the Whitworth
Programmes
2023, Economics the Blockbuster, the Whitworth
2022, Listening to the City, Serpentine
2019 - 21, Back to Earth, Serpentine
2021, Groundwork, WePresent & Serpentine
2018 - 21, General Ecology, Serpentine
Gatherings
2025, Radio Ballads, Book Launch, Serpentine Civic
2024, How We Hold: Rehearsals for Art & Social Change, Serpentine Civic & Education
2022, What Kind of City?, the Whitworth & Manchester Art Gallery
2022, 100 Women Dinner, Uncertain Futures, Manchester Art Gallery
2022, Black Artists Retreat, Theaster Gates, Serpentine
2021, Sensing the Planet, Dartington Trust & Serpentine
Archive
The Shape of a Circle in the Mind of a Fish: We have never been one, Serpentine
The Shape of a Circle in the Mind of a Fish with Plants, Serpentine
PLANTSEX, Serpentine
The Shape of a Circle in the Mind of a Fish: The Understory of the Understory, Serpentine
Work Marathon, Serpentine
We Make Tomorrow, Serpentine
Listening Session: The Flourishing Diversity Series, Serpentine
Performance
2024, Daughters of the River, Adham Faramawy, Serpentine
2024, On Translucency, Himali Singh Soin & David Soin Tappeser, Alserkal Foundation
2024, Fauve, Lenio Kaklea, Serpentine & Sadlers Wells
2023, RAFTS Live, Rory Pilgrim, Serpentine
2023, Static Range: Body of Light, Himali Singh Soin, Serpentine
2022, Unending love,. Alex Baczynski-Jenkins, De Singel, Belgium, Anti-Festival, Finland, Kiasma, Helsinki, Lafayette Anticipations, France, Arsenic, Switzerland and Museo Reina Sofia with Festival de otoño, Spain
Archive
Automobile, Joe Namy, Art Night
The End of the World, Precious Okoyomon, Serpentine
The Deep Listener, Jakob Kudsk Steensen, Serpentine
Blackbird in Mississippi, Shawanda Corbett, Serpentine
Kiko Kostadinov / vanillajellaba, Serpentine
Lifetime, Klein, Serpentine
KINDLIG, 1010 Benja SL, Serpentine
Clit Nest, Cecilia Vicuña, Serpentine
A Meditation on the History of Violence, Carrie Mae Weems, Serpentine
Merkaba for the Hoeteps, Tabita Rezaire, Serpentine
A Time for New Dreams, Grace Wales Bonner, Serpentine
A Time for New Dreams: Laraaji, Serpentine
A Time for New Dreams: Klein, Serpentine
A Time for New Dreams: All My Youngers, James Massiah, Serpentine
A Time for New Dreams: Eating at the same table, reading group, Serpentine
A Time for New Dreams: An Exercise in Balance, MJ Harding, Serpentine
Movie People Perpetual, Dorothy Iannone, Serpentine
Avatar Idol, Meriem Bennani, Serpentine
Kamasi Washington, Serpentine
Not For You For Everyone, TELFAR, Serpentine
Yaeji, Serpentine
Sun Down Moon Up, Megan Rooney, Serpentine
Manufacturing Mischief, Pedro Reyes, Serpentine
(Untitled) Holding Horizon, Alex Baczynski-Jenkins, Frieze Artist Award
SPIT!, Carlos Motta, Frieze Projects
WONDERLAND AVENUE, Frieze Projects
