Talk #163

The Guardians of Living Matter

Tuesday 24 March 2026, 5.30pm

SODA Cinema
School of Digital Arts
14 Higher Chatham Street
Manchester
M15 6ED

Please register on Eventbrite if you wish to attend.

A video recording of this talk will be available from 24 April.

In partnership with Lowry, hosted by Alasdair Swenson (SODA)

Artists Sophy King and John-Paul Brown discuss their current exhibition The Guardians of Living Matter, opening at Lowry from 31 January – 29 March 2026. Their collaborative practice explores ecology, climate justice and our relationship with living and digital networks – bringing together sculpture, installation, research and regenerative materials.

Centred around a major new multi-sensory installation made from AI and mycelium, the exhibition imagines radical ecological futures and new ways of living in balance with the world around us.

Join us for a conversation about artistic collaboration, living materials, and what it means to create in the age of climate crisis. The project has been commissioned through Lowry’s flagship artist development programme, Developed With, which supports artists across the North of England to scale their ambitions and reach new audiences. The exhibition will run in Lowry’s Andrew Law Galleries from 31 January – 29 March 2026.