In October 2024, esea contemporary welcomed visual artist and filmmaker Musquiqui Chihying as the first participating artist for our research project, ‘Voicing the Archive.’

Jatiwangi art Factory (JaF) will be in residency in summer 2024, with support from the British Council

Berlin based artist and dancer Yon Natalie Mik is in residency at esea contemporary from 12 to 17 April, 2024

This residency is part of the 'Developing Co-Curation Strategy for Emerging Curators in China and the UK' project, supported by the British Council.

The Reconnecting, Artmaking and Mobility programme has invited artists, cultural producers, curators, and writers from Chengdu, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Changsha and Wuhan to reflect anew on network-to-network, peer-to-peer exchanges between cultural and creative practitioners and organisations in Greater Manchester and China.