Experience report: ASA-FF’s visit to Manchester
By Nora Krzywinski, Managing Director, ASA-FF As part of the Cultural Bridge programme, I travelled to Manchester together with three other individuals from the artistic and cultural sector. As the Managing Director of the association ASA-FF e.V. based in Chemnitz, this visit was particularly meaningful for me. Chemnitz and Manchester are twin cities, and we’re […]
12 Last Songs: a comic
This comic offers an insight into experiencing 12 Last Songs. Unprompted by us, illustrator Rosie Cunningham began the series (of 12 panels) after seeing 12 Last Songs at Tramway, Glasgow. We were totally delighted to encounter this glimpse into her experience of the day, and asked if we could share them online (with payment for […]
Meet Quarantine’s Philosopher in Residence
Michael Brady is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Glasgow. He’s also Quarantine’s Philosopher in Residence. Quarantine work to create art that is alive to contemporary experience. Michael’s work in philosophy is situated within the contexts of everyday life – the philosophy of emotion, or the philosophy of pain and suffering, for example. These […]
Lucy Tomlinson: The process of looking
Lucy Tomlinson is our research assistant for The Beauty Project; a research project that seeks to expand an evidence base for cultural value by looking at ways to understand and articulate the value of beauty. Here Lucy shares her reflections on doing a deep dive into beauty through key philosophical texts spanning hundreds of years. […]
Would Like to Meet: Artist reflections
“I never imagined having such an opportunity to reflect as an artist at this point in my life… to cast myself back 20 years, and also somehow, forward 20 years… The residency was like a tidal water mark… I sense in a few years time I will be able to trace decisions, senses and feelings […]
Dr Rox Middleton: Communicating beauty
Dr Rox Middleton, a physicist from the School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, is collaborating with us on The Beauty Project; a research project that seeks to expand an evidence base for cultural value by looking at ways to understand and articulate the value of beauty. In September 2022, Rox came up to Manchester to […]
The Beauty Project: Experiments in looking again
I am in a science lab in the biology department at the University of Bristol. The desk in front of me is a pleasing chaos of collected objects and scientific equipment – remnants of foraged berries dried on their branches; yellow lidded test tubes; neat rows of metal stubs with carbon tape discs on them; […]
Navigating environmental impact: Ella Pound
Following my BA in English, I was keen to pursue my interest in working in the arts, heritage, and culture sector. I applied for an MA in Arts Management, Policy and Practice and moved to Manchester, and, from December 2021 to May 2022, I was lucky enough to be on placement one day a week […]
Passando Lápis: Mit Personen in unterschiedlichen Sprachen arbeiten
(Passing pencils: Working with people in other languages) There were six of us sat in the tailors on Bochumer Straße in Recklinghausen, Germany. Myself and Sarah, Julian, Zoë, Gülten and the tailor himself – Halil. We were interviewing local people for our project – The people of. I led the interview, asking a question to […]
Environmental Case Study: Opening our eyes
Executive Director Ali Dunican reflects on using a period of r&d and open rehearsals to think about how we enact our environmental responsibility. It’s difficult to pinpoint exactly when any of us individually became aware of climate change and our negative impact on our environment. Organisationally, for Quarantine, there has been an increasing awareness of […]