Research Projects
Life:Moving: Digital Technology and Human Vulnerability: Towards an Ethical Film Praxis
The aim was to explore the power of digital film to communicate the meaningful and honest experiences of those affecte...
Asia Triennial Manchester: Harmonious Society
This exhibition was centred around the concept of harmony, specifically in response to the notion of Chinese Harmony a...
The Unseen: The Fourth Guangzhou Triennial
Taking part in the Guangzhou Triennial, one of the largest art events in China, the BCU team's curation of the theme 'U...
Art Diplomacy and Nation Branding: The Visual Politics of Re-inventing China
The research investigates how Chinese contemporary art has increasingly become a popular method to help rejuvenate Chi...
Spirit Matters
'Spirit Matters' is an exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Art, curated by Jiang Jiehong in the Chinese Centre for Visua...
Under the Cyber Eyes
Dr. Shiyu Gao, awarded Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at Birmingham School of Art, has created a unique art exhibition...
Colonialism, Communism, Capitalism and the Copy: Surrealism and the People’s Republic of China
BCU researcher Dr. Lauren Walden, based in the Centre for Chinese Visual Arts, has recently completed a three-year rese...