Alchemy
January to June 2008
Alchemy was the Museum's research programme for artists, it supported artists to work with the Museum's collection and access expertise from The University of Manchester in the creation of new work. These exhibitions and events are the culmination of the five Alchemy artists' year-long projects.
You can see images relating to the programme in our Alchemy Flickr set
27 February to 1 March 2008
Wednesday to Friday: 6pm
Saturday: 2, 4pm
Jordan Baseman
Screening
Screenings of Jordan Baseman's new work including Inside Man and An Event in the Village made during his fellowship.
19 January to 1 June 2008
Nick Jordan & Jacob Cartwright
MONO: Museum of Native Oak
An exploration of all things oak through natural history, archaeology, film, poetry and art.
14 March to 1 June 2008
Nick Jordan & Jacob Cartwright
Birds of America: Passenger Pigeon
Nick Jordan and Jacob Cartwright's new film about the now extinct passenger pigeon, will be showing in the Animal Life 2 gallery.
16 February to 1 June 2008
Jamie Shovlin
Manchester
Throughout the Museum there are objects Jamie Shovlin bought on eBay in response to his visitor survey asking what item represents Manchester. Answers included Tony Wilson, rain, football and misery - but how do you buy misery?
14 March to 1 June 2008
Ilana Halperin
Physical Geology
Bringing together new artworks and Museum collections Ilana Halperin reveals the human stories and amazing events hidden in rocks and fossils.