Being Human Exhibition: Entangled Light: A More-Than-Human Photography Studio

This is a Walk-In Exhibition, no booking necessary.

As part of Being Human Festival 2026, join artist-researchers Helen McGhie and Anthony Hall from Manchester Metropolitan University’s School of Digital Arts for an evening exploring urban gardens as spaces for creativity, community connection and sustainable futures.

Entangled Light is a pop-up outdoor exhibition of photographs made using light generated by soil. Creating a garden-powered, or ‘more-than-human’, photography studio, communities in Salford built ‘mud batteries’ from recycled materials to imagine new energy systems during lead-in workshops led by Antony Hall and Helen McGhie.

Visit Islington Mill and Incredible Edible Salford’s community garden to discover studio photographs displayed in plant pots and hanging from balconies, including a series of portraits by photographer Helen McGhie and still life images created by Year 5 pupils from St Philip’s CE Primary School, members of Islington Mill Art Academy and local residents.

Visitors can learn how living soil can generate energy, experiment with a soil-powered light, and imagine what the future might look like using alternative energy sources. 

This event is for anyone interested in art, photography, creativity, community projects, gardening and sustainable living.

The event is part of the Entangled Light series.