Research Jam
Aligning with the Asia Triennial Manchester 6, the Research Jam highlights the breadth and depth of practice-based research. It brings together visual, performance and sound art using participatory place and space-based interactive encounters to develop and share knowledge with an emphasis on making, experimentation, exchange, and collective inquiry.
Over the course of a year, the Research Jam has encouraged discursive doctoral research in the Arts and Humanities to build a sustained transnational collaboration. The outcomes reflect its open format and the intersections of cross-disciplinary work, with content organised into shifting categories that allow connections and overlaps to surface. Themes addressed in this year-long “jam” include animated matter; decolonial practice; acoustic territories; rupture; health and wellbeing; cross-cultural exchange; and digital transformation.
Participating ATM 2025 Research Jam Practice-Based Researchers:
Jack Bartley (Manchester Metropolitan University)
Edwin Cheng (Taipei National University of the Arts)
Nicola Lewis-Dixon (Manchester Metropolitan University)
Tyuki Imamura (University of Oxford)
Alana Lake (Manchester Metropolitan University)
Angie Lee (Taipei National University of the Arts)
Marie Reichel (University of Applied Arts Vienna, Vienna)
Aymei Wang (Taipei National University of the Arts)
Shuwen Wang (Manchester Metropolitan University)
Bing-Chi Wu (Manchester Metropolitan University)
Conny Zenk (University of Applied Arts Vienna, Vienna)
ATM Curatorial Convener and HOME Guest Curator: Dr Anna Bergqvist (Manchester Metropolitan University)
Programme
| Day | Time | Activity | Location | More details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday 27th October | 14:30 | Screening: Patriotic Women’s Association | HOME | Book here |
| Monday 27th Oct | 15:15 | Direct Action Sharing | HOME | Book here |
| Tuesday 28th Oct | 10:30 | Surfaces—Forums for Discourse: Talk and Workshop | HOME | Book here |
| Tuesday 28th Oct | 13:30 | Collating Research | HOME | Book here |
| Wednesday 29th Oct | 10:30 | Castlefield Mindful Photowalk | HOME | Book here |
| Wednesday 29th Oct | 13:30 | It’s Always the Hands | HOME | Book here |
| Wednesday 29th Oct | 13:30 | Materiality, Dimensionality, and Embodied Sensation | HOME | Book here |
| Wednesday 29th Oct | 15:15 | It’s Always the Hands | HOME | Book here |
| Thursday 30th Oct | 10:30 | Religion in East Asia: Material Practices of Resurgence and Transformation | HOME | Book here |
| Thursday 30th Oct | 13:30 | Handmade Workshop: Making Dried Flower Garland | HOME | Book here |
| Thursday 30th Oct | 15:15 | Folding Lotus Flowers: A Joss Paper Workshop | HOME | Book here |
| Friday 31st Oct | 10:30 | Sound x Tracks | HOME | Book here |
