Manchester Art Gallery hosts a night of climate-inspired art & discussion

This November, Manchester Art Gallery hosts a night of vital climate-inspired art and discussion as part of this year’s Asia Triennial Manchester.

Taking place on Wed 26 Nov, the event will feature a screening and discussion with artist Yu-Chen Wang, alongside Dr Martin Sullivan, a scientist from Manchester Metropolitan University who has been researching various ecological environments, and Helen Wewiora, Director of Castlefield Gallery.

A two single channel version of video works by Yu-Chen Wang will be screened: Sea Forest (2023-25) and Full Circle (2022), followed by a lively discussion on artistic research, mangrove ecologies and climate concerns.

Now in its sixth edition, the Asia Triennial Manchester is hosted by Manchester Metropolitan University and showcases a diverse body of works by more than 30 international artists and collectives. As well as displaying works across various university galleries, partnerships with Manchester Art Gallery, esea contemporary, and HOME, extend the exhibition throughout the city.

The curatorial framework for this year’s multi-venue Triennial is ‘transvaluation’, with works linked together by the ways in which they think about value, extending beyond economic value, efficiency and utility, to establish new conceptions of social, sexual, ecological, indigenous and decolonial relations.

The wider Asia Triennial will be displayed until Thu 4 Dec, you can read more about it here. To book your spot at this month’s screening and discussion with Yu-Chen Wang, click the button below.