Part performance, part exhibition, our new work Telescope premieres at Manchester Museum Wed 15 – Sun 19 Oct. Book tickets here
Do different generations value things differently? Young people on the cusp of adulthood and older people who’ve lived a life are invited to lend us something to display – maybe something they’d be devastated to lose, something they’d like to get rid of, something they found and kept…
This evolving exhibition is animated by performer-hosts, who ask the lenders a series of questions as starting points for conversations that are by turns complex, funny, familiar, extraordinary – and profoundly human.
It’s an insight into what we hold on to; what we value and why, both individually and as a society.
Telescope is one strand of The Questions, a three part project that invites us to gather, reflect and respond to ideas about belonging across generations, through live exhibition, conversation and installation.
The Questions is presented in collaboration with ASA-FF e.V. and Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz – Museum Gunzenhauser
Part of Chemnitz European Capital of Culture 2025
In cooperation with Allianz Foundation
Supported by Cultural Bridge, Manchester City Council and The Skelton Charity
This project is part of the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025. This project is co-financed by tax funds on the basis of the parliamentary budget of the state of Saxony and by federal funds from the Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media).
Preview: Wednesday 15 October, 5–7pm
Thursday 16 – Sunday 19 October, 12–4.30pm, 2025
Manchester Museum
Pay What You Can
Book tickets here
Sat 15 & Sun 16 Nov, 12–4.30pm
Wed 19 – Sun 23 Nov, 12–4.30pm
Tue 25 – Sat 29 Nov, 12–4.30pm
Museum Gunzenhauser, Chemnitz
Entry included in ticket to Museum Gunzenhauser