Staging Age: a geographer’s take on intergenerational encounter in Telescope
Today we’re publishing research by the University of Manchester’s social and cultural geographer Dr Amy Barron, on intergenerational encounters in Telescope – Quarantine’s performance project presented at Manchester Museum in October 2025. According to a report by social enterprise United for all Ages, Britain is now one of the most age-segregated countries in the world. […]
12 Last Songs New York – an update
In the moment when leaders and tankers are seized and sovereign nations are seen as up for grabs, as daily restrictions and infringements on the freedom of movement of people saturate our news and drench the lives of those fleeing war or famine or climate catastrophe or simply heading somewhere to work at making a […]
Announcing the speakers for Art of Assembly XXXII: Jenna Ashton, Linda Brogan & Alistair Hudson
What makes a City I: Cultural Palimpsests Hosted by Florian MalzacherSat 11 October 2025, 2–4pmContact, ManchesterBook tickets here Cities are palimpsestic—constantly rewritten through traditions, conflicts, identities, and ideologies that shape their realities. In recent years, they have increasingly found themselves in competition, with municipal councils tasked with constructing urban identities that function as brands, carefully […]
The Questions: this autumn
Quarantine are today announcing The Questions, a project featuring a live exhibition, performance, conversation and cultural exchange happening in both Manchester, UK and Chemnitz, Germany as part of Chemnitz 2025: European Capital of Culture. The Questions asks: who – and what – belongs here? Twin cities since 1983, Chemnitz has a similar industrial heritage to […]
Join our Board
Quarantine is seeking two new Board Members to help shape the future of a bold and distinctive company. We’re especially keen to hear from individuals with senior-level experience in finance, organisational development and change management. This is an opportunity to apply your professional expertise to help support a values-led, internationally-recognised arts organisation who have continued […]
Introducing our 2025 Would Like to Meet artists
Introducing our Would Like to Meet artists! Following a call out in both Chemnitz, Germany and Manchester, UK, Quarantine and ASA-FF have selected 5 pairs of artists for a cross-border, intergenerational exchange. Working in textiles, ceramics, ikebana, visual art, performance, photography and illustration, the group of artists will come together for two residencies, one in […]
Announcing A Public Address: A Quarantine takeover at Battersea Arts Centre
Battersea Town Hall was once known as a site for radical politics, including infamous speeches and debates on religion, suffrage, social housing and art. In March 2026, we’ll present A Public Address, a takeover of Battersea’s former Town Hall – now Battersea Arts Centre – using this historic site of debate to ask: who gets […]
Creating a catalogue of portraits in libraries across the north
This spring, Quarantine presents Building of spines across the north. Beginning at Gateshead International Festival of Theatre, we’re undertaking 4 week-long residencies in Gateshead, Chester, Stockton and Oldham, making a book in each location, and so adding 4 new publications to the Building of spines catalogue. Each Building of spines book uses the Dewey Decimal […]
Announcing our Chemnitz Would Like to Meet artists
Quarantine and ASA-FF have now selected the 5 artists from Chemnitz to join Would Like to Meet, our cross-border, intergenerational exchange, happening in autumn 2025, as part of Chemnitz 2025: European Capital of Culture. Our Chemnitz artists are: Vanessa AzerothJoachim B.-MalthetStephanie BrittnacherLinus GröselViet Phuong Nguyen We asked each of them what kind of artist they […]
Would Like to Meet: call out for Greater Manchester based artists
Call out extension Whilst the wider open call closed on Friday 16 May, we have extended the application deadline until Wednesday 28 May, 5pm for artists interested in pairing with: Read more about both artists here. Find out more about how to apply below. Full call out information Quarantine and ASA-FF would like to meet […]