Haunted Caribbean plantations and wider American hauntings are just some of the fascinating fields University of Manchester academic Dr Natalie Zacek encounters in her work. A lecturer in English and American Studies, she will be sharing her insight as one of the panellists at the Manchester…
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An immersive evening of Hauntology in the White Hotel, Dave Haslam and The Option performing their ambient soundscape ‘Breathless’, and a specially-commissioned play taking audiences ‘Beneath These Tarmac Cracks’– these are just some of the creative highlights of Not Quite Light Weekend 2019, a…
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By Emily Oldfield Meet the man behind Manchester’s most prominent audio-visual meetup, a creator bringing VJing to range of venues across the city, and beyond. Manchester-based Sean Clarke is a creative who is continuously pushing the parameters of sound and vision, from developing interactive…
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By Dr Chloé Germaine Buckley (Manchester Metropolitan University and The Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies) Manchester’s Folk Horror Festival returned for a second year to The Peer Hat in the city’s Northern Quarter on the 2 nd February 2019. An afternoon and evening of discussion, film screenings…
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So, this is about art. How to experience it. Where to see it. There isn’t really a battle between looking at a painting in a gallery and looking at a mural on a wall. It’s all art and Manchester is big enough for the both of them. Of course, there are differences between art in a gallery and street…
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The Portico Library is an independent subscription library and exhibition space, first opened in the city in 1806. Writer Catherine Fox reflects on how it has inspired some of her particularly dark fiction… I wish I could tell you I was the sort of child who adored libraries. But when I was…
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By Emily Oldfield The dark certainly matters to Nick Dunn. He’s the Salford-born author of Dark Matters: A Manifesto for the Nocturnal City , a book which considers what can be learned from urban space at night – informed by his regular practice of Night-Walking; often adventuring across the…
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Cemeteries, ‘Churches of Technology’, Literary Martyrs, outcasts, myths and a panel of esteemed writers in conversation, are all items that will feature in the upcoming Death and the Sacred Conference taking place at Manchester Metropolitan University. The date is March 22 nd 2019 and the conference…
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By Emily Oldfield Bringing a whale alive through sound and music, channelling the tunes of the Irwell and ever-experimenting with new ways of making noise - welcome to the weird and wonderful, immersive world of XVelastín. XVelastín is the artistic name of Xavier Velastín, a sound designer and…
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By Emily Oldfield Cavernous basement clubs, gritty gigs, packed pits and the crush of the crowd – Manchester-based photographers Shari Denson and Karen McBride have encountered it all on their quest to capture the city’s underground culture at its most vibrant, with their cameras. Although their…
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