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SUMMARY:Entangled Light exhibition | Exhibition Tour and Late Opening
DESCRIPTION:Explore Entangled Light during a special late opening at Islington Mill\, featuring a roundtable discussion\, exhibition tour and a pop-up soil-powered light installation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs 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. \n\n\n\nThe event brings together reflections from the Entangled Light project\, which explored relationships between photography\, ecology\, community and place through a series of creative workshops with local participants. \n\n\n\n\nFree – Booking advised due to limited spaces \n\n\n\nAll events take place at Islington Mill\, 1 James St\, Salford M3 5HW.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgramme\n\n\n\n5:00pm – 6:00pm | Creative Reflections from the Garden\n\n\n\nAn engaging roundtable discussion exploring the role of urban gardens as spaces for creative\, community connection and sustainable futures. \n\n\n\nThe session will introduce the Entangled Light project and invite participants to reflect on the photographs and idea developed through the project’s garden-based workshops. It will include a guided walk through the garden and conversations around ecology cultural greening and the future of shared urban spaces \n\n\n\n\nDuring this event\, participants will: \n\n\n\n\nReflect on the photographs and ideas explored through the garden exhibition\n\n\n\nExperience a pop-up soil-powered light installation\n\n\n\nLearn about the development of the project and its outcomes\n\n\n\nShare ideas about community gardens\, creativity and sustainable futures\n\n\n\nMeet participants\, creative practitioners and organisations connected to the project\n\n\n\nEnjoy light refreshments from the Deli Lama café at Islington Mill\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEntangled Light participants include Year 5 pupils from St Philip’s CE Primary School\, members of Islington Mill Art Academy\, Incredible Edible Salford gardeners and local residents. Whether you participated in Entangled Light or are visiting the exhibition for the first time\, everyone is welcome. \n\n\n\n\nEventbrite Booking Link\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6:00pm – 7:30pm | Exhibition Tour and Late Opening\n\n\n\nContinue the evening with a guided tour of the Entangled Light exhibition with the project leads. \n\n\n\nThe exhibition explores relationships between creativity\, ecology\, sustainable energy and place. Photographs include portraits of Salford communities made by Helen McGhie and still life images created by Year 5 pupils from St Philip’s CE Primary School\, members of Islington Mill Art Academy\, Incredible Edible Salford volunteers and local residents. \n\n\n\nVisitors can also experience a pop-up soil experience a pop-up soil-powered light installation in More-Than-Human Photography Studio\, located within the shipping container where the photographs were created. \n\n\n\n\nDuring this event\, participants will: \n\n\n\n\nExplore the Entangled Light exhibition with the project leads\n\n\n\nLearn about the creative processes behind the project\n\n\n\nExperience a pop-up soil-powered light installation\n\n\n\nMeet project participants and learn about their involvement with Entangled Light\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEntangled Light participants include Year 5 pupils from St Philip’s CE Primary School\, members of Islington Mill Art Academy\, Incredible Edible Salford gardeners and local residents. Whether you participated in Entangled Light or are visiting the exhibition for the first time\, everyone is welcome. \n\n\n\n\nEventbrite Booking Link\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIt is part of Being Human Festival\, the UK’s national festival of the humanities\, taking place 5–14 November 2026. Being Human is led by the School of Advanced Study\, University of London\, in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the British Academy. \n\n\n\nbeinghumanfestival.org
URL:https://ahead.mmu.ac.uk/event/entangled-light-exhibition-2/
LOCATION:Islington Mill\, Islington Mill\, 1 James St\, Salford\, M3 5HW
CATEGORIES:AHEAD,Event,Exhibition,Talks
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