Research Projects

Bummock

Seeking to investigate, research and use unseen parts of archives as catalysts for the creation of new artworks.

Waiting for diagnosis: an artistic exploration

This project aim ed  to explore the impacts of waiting on patients undergoing clinical treatment, as well as ways to...

I Hear Your Dreams: Contemporary Art from Norway

This project explored the artistic representation of dreams in different cultures, their socio-political meanings and ...

Speculative Natures

Speculative Natures, funded by the Leverhulme Trust,  explores the role of contemporary art in imagining environmental ...

Thailand Biennale Krabi 2018

Professor Jiang Jiehong of the Centre for Chinese Visual Arts curated the biannual Thailand Biennale (2018)

Thinking of Place iii

Thinking of Place iii brings artists together to reflect on geographical culture, exchange stories and reflect on them...

Disability Under Siege

Examining the role of arts and humanities in developing inclusive forms of education for children with disabilities.  ...

Doing / thinking – About (facing away from the direction of travel)

The project aims to explore how gathered materials can be combined and presented to create something new, making not a...

This is Shanghai: An Exhibition of Urban Parallels

This exhibition explored the ideologies behind President Xi Jinping's notion of the Chinese Dream.

Everyday Legend: Reinventing Traditions in Chinese Contemporary Art

Understanding the decline in traditional Chinese arts and culture amid the country’s rapid economic growth.

Kipper and the Corpse

The Kipper and the Corpse saw Stuart Whipps pay homage to the iconic Longbridge Motor Factory by restoring a classic 1...

The Distant Unknown: Contemporary Art from Britain

This exhibition aimed to cross international boundaries by introducing a Chinese audience to five British artists, who...

Terrorism and the Arts

Jonathan Harris and a team of international researchers have created an extensive new publication detailing the key def...

The Shadow Never Lies

This exhibition explored the meaning of shadow in different cultural contexts and determine, through contemporary art, ...

Tomorrow's Great Pageant

Producing a powerful, contemporary remake of a famous early 1900s Suffrage play, working with Bedfordshire's LGBTQ+ com...