AHEAD
Karen Barbour, ‘Where the Fruits of the Trees Are Jewels’
Moon Grove Gallery 7 Moon Grove, ManchesterKaren Barbour’s first solo show in the UK. Comprising twenty-nine paintings on paper that include a new body of work as well as paintings and collages that have been re-visited over the years, it dwells on the California-based artist’s intense concern for the spiritual in painting and how it might serve to alter psychological perspectives on landscape, cityscape or our internal relationship with our environment in general.
Ancestral Avant-Gardes
The Holden Gallery Cavendish Street, ManchesterThis one-day event, organised by art historian and critic Claire Bishop, will offer a range of artistic approaches to ancestrality in contemporary art and performance.
Ahead of the AI’s misinformation curve: let’s talk visual AI literacy
This exciting and timely initiative addresses the recent advancements in visual generative AI which allow anyone to create highly realistic deepfakes, leading to misinformation and personal and social harms, and cementing stereotypes and representational biases. Led by Adi Kuntsman and Jessica Elias from DISC (Digital Society Research Group), in collaboration with the AI Artist and researcher, Dr Sam Martin, the project explores these issues in dialogue with national and international experts in digital literacy, misinformation and technological challenges, and shares AI literacy tools with local communities across Manchester and beyond.
The Cost of Us Film Screening and Creative Discussion
Stretford Public Hall Chester Road, ManchesterJoin us at Stretford Public Hall for “The Cost of Us” a film created by women from Trafford, exploring the impact of the cost of living crisis on women of all ages.
Bunker Talk #153: Zodwa Nyoni
Bunker Talks invite artists and researchers to explore geopolitical, ecological or economic concerns. Curated by the Performance Research Group at Manchester School of Art