Past events

We are passionate about enhancing places, connecting people through the arts and we are proud of the city we are rooted in.

With this in mind, let’s look back on some of our ambitious, accessible, world-class cultural projects.

Live Like Legends

Live Like Legends

Live Like Legends is a bold and compelling celebration of Hull’s Street Art and graffiti scene. Taking place across two floors at Humber Street Gallery, the exhibition explores some of the joys and complexities of this unique form of public expression which has had a striking presence in the urban landscape of Hull since the early 1980s.  

Live Like Legends
OPEN HOUSE Workshops

OPEN HOUSE Workshops

OPEN HOUSE was a series of workshops delivered at Humber Street Gallery by a range of national artists, curators, and producers. Each session was designed to help you discover fresh ways to think about yourself as an artist and/or cultural producer, using unique and creative approaches.

OPEN HOUSE Workshops
Co-Creating a Climate Ready Hull

Co-Creating a Climate Ready Hull

Co-Creating a Climate Ready Hull engages primary and secondary school pupils, policymakers, community groups, academics, artists, and the general public in a visual conversation about the city’s response to climate change.

Co-Creating a Climate Ready Hull
Living Coast

Living Coast

Living Coast was an installation of photography, fine art, spoken word, text, sound, music and video. It was created through a six-month collaboration between creative artists and environmental scientists from the University of Hull, and members of the local communities in Easington, Kilnsea and Spurn.

Living Coast
Byland's Super Saga, Jack Pell

Byland's Super Saga, 2024. Jack Pell © Jules Lister

Byland's Super Saga, Jack Pell

Byland’s Super Saga was the first institutional solo show by Hull born artist Jack Pell. The exhibition highlighted and examined the social history, folklore, industrial heritage and natural landscape of Hull and the East Riding in an imaginative way.

Byland's Super Saga, Jack Pell
Setting Off...

Setting Off...

Setting Off... was an exhibition celebrating the creative journeys of The Warren, Welcome House, Hull Afro Caribbean Men’s Group and Open Doors, who met in workshops created in partnership with Artlink.

Setting Off...
You and Me in HU3, Russell Boyce and George Norris

You and Me in HU3, Russell Boyce and George Norris. Courtesy of Humber Street Gallery, 2024 © Jules Lister

You and Me in HU3, Russell Boyce and George Norris

You and Me in HU3 presented the work of two photographers, Russell Boyce and George Norris. The exhibition combined analogue black and white photographs with ongoing collaborative work, and explored half a century of change across the HU3 area of Hull.

You and Me in HU3, Russell Boyce and George Norris
Diasporas Now UK Tour

Diasporas Now UK Tour at Humber Street Gallery, 2024 © Abbie Jennings

Diasporas Now UK Tour

Performance art platform Diasporas Now announced the next stop of their 2023-2024 U.K. tour at Humber Street Gallery.

Diasporas Now UK Tour
Perches and Flyways, Creative Connections Artists with Jennifer Holtridge and Juneau Projects

Perches and Flyways, 2023. Creative Connections Artists, Juneau Projects and Jennifer Holtridge © Jules Lister

Perches and Flyways, Creative Connections Artists with Jennifer Holtridge and Juneau Projects

Working with artist Jennifer Holtridge and artist-duo Juneau Projects, artists from Creative Connections created a collection of ceramic bird sculptures, focusing on species which are becoming rare in the Humber’s environment.

Perches and Flyways, Creative Connections Artists with Jennifer Holtridge and Juneau Projects
INTER_CHANGE Showcase 22/23

INTER_CHANGE Showcase 22/23

Working across a range of art-forms including painting, sculpture, performance, moving image, music and installation, the INTER_CHANGE Showcase 22/23 presented a cross section of new work being created by some of Hull’s most promising artistic talent.

INTER_CHANGE Showcase 22/23
Check Out: A Celebration of INTER_CHANGE 22/23

Check Out: A Celebration of INTER_CHANGE 22/23

CHECK OUT is a celebration of Absolutely Cultured’s talent development programme INTER_CHANGE, a fun-filled day of free workshops, performances, and exhibition tours led by the exhibiting artists.

Check Out: A Celebration of INTER_CHANGE 22/23
BOOTLEG SHREG & FRIENDS, Bruce Asbestos

BOOTLEG SHREG & FRIENDS, 2023. Bruce Asbestos © Jules Lister

BOOTLEG SHREG & FRIENDS, Bruce Asbestos

BOOTLEG SHREG & FRIENDS was an exhibition that invited you to enter the world of ‘Shreg’, featuring interactive inflatables, paintings, sculptures, and mixed media pieces in various mediums for visitors to enjoy.

BOOTLEG SHREG & FRIENDS, Bruce Asbestos
Pearson Primary Portraits, Class 5

Pearson Primary Portraits, 2023 © Jules Lister

Pearson Primary Portraits, Class 5

From 7 December 2022 - 30 March 2023, artist Esther Cawley completed an artist residency at Pearson Primary School, working with Class 5 over eleven sessions to explore the theme of identity.

Pearson Primary Portraits, Class 5
Winner Breaks First, Luke Beech

Winner Breaks First, Luke Beech. Courtesy of Humber Street Gallery © Jules Lister

Winner Breaks First, Luke Beech

Luke Beech's 'Winner Breaks First' reshaped Space 2 into a snooker hall pocket realm, found by an artist from another world who explores the game for the first time.

Winner Breaks First, Luke Beech
Baa's House, Hetain Patel

Baa's House, Hetain Patel. Courtesy of Humber Street Gallery, 2023 © Jules Lister

Baa's House, Hetain Patel

Baa’s House by Hetain Patel was a collection of films, sculptures and newly commissioned paintings. It explored the personal significance of Patel’s late Grandmother and her home in Bolton.

Baa's House, Hetain Patel
SUB:VERSION and SURGE

SUB:VERSION and SURGE

Tom Dale Company and Absolutely Cultured presented SUB:VERSION and SURGE, a double bill of dance performances, in partnership with Hull Truck Theatre.

SUB:VERSION and SURGE
Climate Feedback Loops, Oliver Ressler

Installation view. Oliver Ressler, Climate Feedback Loops. Courtesy of Humber Street Gallery and the artist, 2022 © Jules Lister

Climate Feedback Loops, Oliver Ressler

For his exhibition Climate Feedback Loops at Humber Street Gallery, Oliver Ressler presented a 2-channel video installation that combined recordings taken during an expedition in July 2022 in Svalbard, an archipelago between the Northern coast of Norway and the North Pole.

Climate Feedback Loops, Oliver Ressler
Earth is a Deadname, Lou Lou Sainsbury

Installation view. Lou Lou Sainsbury, Earth is a Deadname, 2022. Commissioned and produced by Gasworks. Courtesy of Humber Street Gallery and the artist. Photo: Jules Lister

Earth is a Deadname, Lou Lou Sainsbury

Comprising film, sound, stained-glass installation, sculpture and live-performance, Earth is a Deadname by Lou Lou Sainsbury sought to reimagine transgender experience beyond the limiting language of medicalisation.

Earth is a Deadname, Lou Lou Sainsbury
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2022

Installation view. Bloomberg New Contemporaries. Courtesy of Humber Street Gallery and the artists, 2022 © Jules Lister

Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2022

New Contemporaries annual exhibition of emerging and early career artists launched in Hull at Humber Street Gallery and Ferens Art Gallery.

Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2022
Nobody: A Dance-Circus Adventure

Nobody by Motionhouse. Image © Dan Tucker

Nobody: A Dance-Circus Adventure

Motionhouse’s renowned dance-circus style combines with mesmerising choreography to tell this emotional and ultimately uplifting story that resonates with the times we live in.

Nobody: A Dance-Circus Adventure
The Big Draw Week

INTER_CHANGE Symposium © Anete Sooda

The Big Draw Week

To celebrate The Big Draw festival, you helped us bring Humber Street Gallery alive by doodling on the walls in our café space, building a collage that showcased the collective creativity of Hull.

The Big Draw Week
HSG Open Call

Installation view. Various Artists, HSG Open Call Q1 2021. Courtesy of Humber Street Gallery and the artists, 2021. © Jules Lister

HSG Open Call

HSG Open Call invited artists, printmakers and designers to submit pre-existing limited editions and original artworks to be displayed for free on the walls outside of our Humber Street Gallery spaces.

HSG Open Call
Hull Television Workshop, Harold Offeh

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Hull Television Workshop, Harold Offeh

Contemporary artist Harold Offeh facilitated workshops with Hull community groups to co-create Hull Television Workshop episodes in this Humber Street Gallery exhibition.

Hull Television Workshop, Harold Offeh
Luminarium

Luminarium

In Summer 2022 Absolutely Cultured presented Luminarium, a walk-in sculpture designed by Alan Parkinson of Architects of Air that you enter for a kaleidoscopic encounter with light.

Luminarium
Ankles Absorbing Ash, Harminder Judge

Installation view, 2022. Harminder Judge, Ankles Absorbing Ash. Courtesy of Humber Street Gallery and the artist. © Jules Lister

Ankles Absorbing Ash, Harminder Judge

Harminder Judge made transportive sculptural works and pushed the boundaries of what painting can be in his exhibition for Humber Street Gallery.

Ankles Absorbing Ash, Harminder Judge
INTER_CHANGE Showcase

Installation view, 2022. INTER_CHANGE Showcase. Courtesy of Humber Street Gallery and the artist. © Jules Lister

INTER_CHANGE Showcase

A group exhibition by artists and creatives from our INTER_CHANGE programme. Featuring work by Anthony Attwood, Claire Holditch, Emily Oetegenn, George Welch, Luke Beech, Natasha Monfared, Pheobe riley Law, Raelle Marshall, Sean Azzopardi and Tonks.

INTER_CHANGE Showcase
Show Real, Kara Chin

Installation view. Kara Chin, Show Real. Courtesy of Humber Street Gallery and the artist, 2022 © Jules Lister

Show Real, Kara Chin

For her most ambitious solo exhibition to date, artist Kara Chin transformed Humber Street Gallery into a ‘blue screen’ studio, where sculptures resembled props from a CGI movie set.

Show Real, Kara Chin
Trust Melody, Ashley Holmes

Installation view. Ashley Holmes, Trust Melody. Courtesy of Humber Street Gallery and the artist, 2022 © Jules Lister

Trust Melody, Ashley Holmes

Trust Melody was an ambitious new installation made up of audio, textiles, sculpture and moving image works.

Trust Melody, Ashley Holmes
In Conversation as Collective Strategy

Installation view, 2021. In Conversation as Collective Strategy. Courtesy of Humber Street Gallery and the artist. © Jules Lister

In Conversation as Collective Strategy

Other Cinemas with Black Heritage Collective, An Untold Story Voices and Cinenova platformed the work of community education, campaign, and transformative justice organising that exists in Hull.

In Conversation as Collective Strategy
Time Taggers

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Time Taggers

Local artist Dom Heffer has been working in residency with young people to explore contemporary art.

Time Taggers
Flesh ‘n’ Blood, Jasleen Kaur

Installation View, 2021. Jasleen Kaur, Flesh 'n' Blood. Courtesy of Humber Street Gallery and the artist. © Jules Lister

Flesh ‘n’ Blood, Jasleen Kaur

This new body of work by Jasleen Kaur for Humber Street Gallery explored our relationship with visceral emotions such as grief and ecstatic healing.

Flesh ‘n’ Blood, Jasleen Kaur
Creative Case for Diversity: An Introduction

50 Queers for 50 Years Workshop © Chris Pepper

Creative Case for Diversity: An Introduction

Diversity and equality are crucial to arts and culture. This online discussion offered an Introduction to Art Council England's 'Creative Case for Diversity'.

Creative Case for Diversity: An Introduction
Managing yourself as a creative

© Absolutely Cultured

Managing yourself as a creative

We delved into how to maintain a healthy work-life balance, set boundaries and work with Unions in this online masterclass.

Managing yourself as a creative
FloodLights

Floodlights, 2021. Absolutely Cultured © Thom Arran

FloodLights

Projection and light installations commissioned by Absolutely Cultured, exploring the city of Hull's relationship to water.

FloodLights
Parklife / Stories from the Shires

Parklife / Stories from the Shires

Relive our Parklife exhibition and Stories from the Shires soundscape, originally part of Creative Hull, in our pop-up art space in Whitefriargate.

Parklife / Stories from the Shires
High Street Soundwalk Artist Talk: Jez riley French

© Pheobe riley Law

High Street Soundwalk Artist Talk: Jez riley French

In this informal talk, sound artist Jez riley French will discuss the soundwalk he has created about Whitefriargate for Heritage Open Days.

High Street Soundwalk Artist Talk: Jez riley French
HSG Open Call - Season Two

Installation view. HSG Open Call - Season Two. Courtesy of Humber Street Gallery and the artist, 2021. © Jules Lister

HSG Open Call - Season Two

HSG Open Call invites artists, printmakers and designers to submit pre-existing limited editions and original artworks to be displayed for free on the walls outside of our Humber Street Gallery spaces.

HSG Open Call - Season Two
Introduction to Fundraising in the Arts

Fruit Factory Network site visit to Bloc Projects, Sheffield © Absolutely Cultured

Introduction to Fundraising in the Arts

Learn ins and outs of fundraising. See for yourself that this daunting task doesn't have to be so difficult after all. During this workshop you'll learn where to start and how to plan your project, as well as where can you get the funding from.

Introduction to Fundraising in the Arts
In My Room, Hannah Quinlan & Rosie Hastings

Installation view. In My Room, Hannah Quinlan and Rosie Hastings. Courtesy of Focal Point Gallery and the artists, 2020 © Anna Lukala

In My Room, Hannah Quinlan & Rosie Hastings

Hannah Quinlan and Rosie Hastings’ first institutional exhibition develops the artists’ study of politics, histories and aesthetics of queer spaces and culture.

In My Room, Hannah Quinlan & Rosie Hastings
Enjoy Civic Life, Leo Fitzmaurice

Installation View, 2021. Leo Fitzmaurice, Enjoy Civic Life. Courtesy of Humber Street Gallery and the artist. © Jules Lister

Enjoy Civic Life, Leo Fitzmaurice

Leo Fitzmaurice reworks logos and signs as a response to a collection of mounted plaques on display in Hull’s Guildhall in this new exhibition of work, commissioned by Humber Street Gallery.

Enjoy Civic Life, Leo Fitzmaurice
HSG x GK Beaulah: Design Challenge

© GK Beaulah & Co Ltd

HSG x GK Beaulah: Design Challenge

To celebrate our new exhibition, Enjoy Civic Life by Leo Fitzmaurice, we launched our HSG x GK Beaulah: Design Challenge.

HSG x GK Beaulah: Design Challenge
Creative Hull

Creative Hull © Studio Capri

Creative Hull

Creative Hull was a weekend-long celebration of the creativity and culture that Hull has to offer.

Creative Hull
Life as a Creative

Fruit Factory Network site visit to Bloc Projects, Sheffield © Absolutely Cultured

Life as a Creative

Are you starting out your creative career? Interested in finding out how others make a career in the arts?

Life as a Creative
HSG Open Call - Season One (2021)

Installation View. HSG Open Call - Season One. Courtesy of Humber Street Gallery and the artists, 2021. © Jules Lister

HSG Open Call - Season One (2021)

HSG Open Call invites artists, printmakers and designers to submit pre-existing limited editions and original artworks to be displayed for free on the walls outside of our Humber Street Gallery spaces.

HSG Open Call - Season One (2021)
Autosuggestions, Leo Fitzmaurice

Installation View, 2021. Leo Fitzmaurice, Autosuggestions. Courtesy of Humber Street Gallery and the artist. © Jules Lister

Autosuggestions, Leo Fitzmaurice

Leo Fitzmaurice deconstructs and adapts car parts from his local scrapyard to create a series of mask-like creations that seem almost-human.

Autosuggestions, Leo Fitzmaurice
Meet the funders

Dance Exchange Hull, 2019 © Tom Arran

Meet the funders

An opportunity to find out more about local organisations providing funding for arts and culture projects.

Meet the funders
Making work with and for communities

Chatty Hull, 2019 © Absolutely Cultured

Making work with and for communities

Considering Art Council England’s "Let’s Create" strategy, we looked into how to plan, collaborate and develop meaningful relationships with communities.

Making work with and for communities
Christmas Activities 2020

Gipsyville Christmas Tree, 2020 © Absolutely Cultured

Christmas Activities 2020

2020 was a long year, but we took the opportunity to lift spirits through a variety of cultural activities over the Christmas period.

Find out more about our involvement in We Made This Hull's Christmas tree trail and our festive activities!

Christmas Activities 2020
Practice In Place

Installation View. Practice in Place. Courtesy of Humber Street Gallery and the artists, 2020. © Jules Lister

Practice In Place

The culminating exhibition of Fruit Factory Network, a year-long pilot programme designed to support local visual artists.

Practice In Place
Jamie Crewe, Solidarity & Love

Installation view, 2020. Jamie Crewe, Solidarity & Love. Courtesy of Humber Street Gallery and the artist. © Jules Lister.

Jamie Crewe, Solidarity & Love

Taking inspiration from Radclyffe Hall’s novel The Well of Loneliness (1928), the exhibition addressed the provocations of the book, which has had a lasting impact on generations of queer, lesbian, and transgender people.

Jamie Crewe, Solidarity & Love
1:1 Advice Surgeries with Arts Council England

HIPI Hang Out Forum, Absolutely Cultured © Absolutely Cultured

1:1 Advice Surgeries with Arts Council England

Working with Arts Council England, we offered an opportunity for artists to talk to ACE representatives for some 1:1 advice surgeries.

1:1 Advice Surgeries with Arts Council England
Volunteer Community Support and Crisis Response

Model City, Absolutely Cultured © Tom Arran

Volunteer Community Support and Crisis Response

We worked with local partners and organisations to deliver a co-ordinated plan for assistance from Hull volunteers in the face of the COVID-19 crisis.

Volunteer Community Support and Crisis Response
Creative Micro-Commission Programme

50 Queers for 50 Years Workshop © Chris Pepper

Creative Micro-Commission Programme

Our Creative Micro-Commission Programme offered £350 to creative practitioners from any discipline to produce a new work within the limits of working under COVID-19 social distancing measures.

Creative Micro-Commission Programme
Remote Talent Development

Remote Talent Development

In response to COVID-19, we continued to offer support to creative practitioners through our talent development programmes.

Remote Talent Development
Lucy Clout, ZZZ

Installation view, 2020. Lucy Clout, ZZZ. Courtesy of Humber Street Gallery and the artist, 2020. © Jules Lister

Lucy Clout, ZZZ

Lucy Clout's ZZZ presented new video work filmed nocturnally on a phone.

Lucy Clout, ZZZ
Model City

Model City, Absolutely Cultured © Chi He

Model City

Co-creating high quality arts and culture with young people from across the city and award-winning sound artist Dan Jones

Model City
Proboscidea Rappings, Ollie Dook

Installation view, 2019. Ollie Dook, Proboscidea Rappings. Courtesy of Humber Street Gallery and the artist, 2019. © Jules Lister

Proboscidea Rappings, Ollie Dook

Dook offered up a new version of Jumbo, considered the first modern day animal celebrity, exploring the enormity of his physicality, popularity and impact on the world

Proboscidea Rappings, Ollie Dook
Equanipolis, Aniara Omann

Installation View, 2019. Aniara Omann, Equanipolis. Courtesy of Humber Street Gallery and the artist, 2019. © Jules Lister

Equanipolis, Aniara Omann

Inspired by traditional prop-making, vintage fashion and popular sci-fi, Equanipolis invited you to step into an alternate reality and reconsider the past, present and future.

Equanipolis, Aniara Omann
Wrapping, Nnena Kalu

Nnena Kalu, Wrapping. Courtesy of Humber Street Gallery and the artist, 2019. © Jules Lister

Wrapping, Nnena Kalu

Nnena Kalu's colourful sculptures were created by layering and binding materials such as industrial plastic tubing, newspaper, foam, cling film, fabric and tape.

Wrapping, Nnena Kalu
Dance Exchange Hull

Dance Exchange Programme, Absolutely Cultured © Absolutely Cultured

Dance Exchange Hull

Following on from three trips to northern cities with local emerging dancers, the Dance Exchange Hull saw dance artists, producers and collaborators come together to discover, explore and showcase the sector in Hull.

Dance Exchange Hull
Ecstatic Rituals

Installation View. Mike S Redmond and Faye Coral Jones (MSR FCJ), Ecstatic Rituals.Courtesy of Humber Street Gallery and the artist, 2019. © Jules Lister

Ecstatic Rituals

Through a series of sculpture, performance and installation Ecstatic Rituals explored the tradition of Hull Fair.

Ecstatic Rituals
The Cucumber Fell In The Sand, Frances Disley

Frances Disley, The Cucumber Fell in the Sand. Courtesy of Humber Street Gallery and the artist, 2019. © Jules Lister

The Cucumber Fell In The Sand, Frances Disley

Through her ongoing interest in the subject of self-care, Liverpool-based artist Frances Disley investigated Hull’s rich heritage around food, with an exhibition that featured sculpture, painting, textiles and plant life.

The Cucumber Fell In The Sand, Frances Disley
Chatty Hull

Language Café © Chris Pepper

Chatty Hull

Tea, cake and conversation. A campaign to get Hull talking.

Chatty Hull is an exciting citywide initiative led by Absolutely Cultured, which had a day of events held across the city on Saturday 28 September.

Chatty Hull
Jade Montserrat: Instituting Care

Installation View. Jade Montserrat, Instituting Care. Courtesy of Humber Street Gallery and the artist, 2019. © Jules Lister

Jade Montserrat: Instituting Care

Instituting Care consisted of large-scale charcoal drawings made directly on the walls of the gallery. The drawings offered fragmented reflections of the artists experience navigating her way through education, working as an artist and living in the UK.

Jade Montserrat: Instituting Care
Hull Takeover: Previews

Hull Takeover: Previews © The Herd/The Roaring Girls/Just Club

Hull Takeover: Previews

This summer, Hull headed back to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Hull Takeover: Previews
PRS Foundation New Music Biennial 2019

PRS Foundation's New Music Biennial 2019, Absolutely Cultured © Tom Arran

PRS Foundation New Music Biennial 2019

Bursts of sounds guided audiences on a sonic journey of discovery when PRS Foundation's New Music Biennial returned to Hull on 12-14 July 2019.

PRS Foundation New Music Biennial 2019
Journey To The Centre Of The Couch (Couches & Other Good Ideas), Ella Dorton

Ella Dorton, Journey to the Centre of the Couch (Couches & Other Good Ideas). Courtesy of Humber Street Gallery and the artist, 2019. © Jules Lister

Journey To The Centre Of The Couch (Couches & Other Good Ideas), Ella Dorton

Hull based artist Ella Dorton will expand her fabric collage-based practice with her first major project at Humber Street Gallery.

Journey To The Centre Of The Couch (Couches & Other Good Ideas), Ella Dorton
A Tittle-Tattle Tell-a-Tale Heart, Athena Papadopoulos

Athena Papadopoulos, A Tittle-Tattle Tell-a-Tale-Heart, courtesy of Humber Street Gallery and the artist 2019. © James Mulkeen

A Tittle-Tattle Tell-a-Tale Heart, Athena Papadopoulos

Athena Papadopoulos' first major institutional presentation in the UK, using her recent two-part novel, of the same title as a point of departure.

A Tittle-Tattle Tell-a-Tale Heart, Athena Papadopoulos
Cut, Richard Houguez & Graham Jones

Cut, Humber Street Gallery 2019. © James Mulkeen

Cut, Richard Houguez & Graham Jones

Haircuts and client interviews are gathered to create sound and sculptural artworks.

Cut, Richard Houguez & Graham Jones
The Witching Hour

The Witching Hour, Absolutely Cultured © LDi Studios

The Witching Hour

Immerse yourself in spinning tales of alchemy and legend from the East and West, brought to life with spellbinding theatre, magic and wonder.

The Witching Hour
Place To Place: Liverpool Biennial Touring Programme

Installation view. Place To Place: Liverpool Biennial Touring Programme. Courtesy of Humber Street Gallery and the artists 2019. © Rob Battersby

Place To Place: Liverpool Biennial Touring Programme

“Place to Place” displayed the work of three notable female artists from different global positions, as part of the Liverpool Biennial touring programme, which is bringing artworks by international artists presented at the 2018 festival of contemporary art to spaces across the North of England.

Place To Place: Liverpool Biennial Touring Programme
IETM Hull 2019 Plenary Meeting

Candoco Dance Company © Hugo Glendinning

IETM Hull 2019 Plenary Meeting

On the eve of the UK leaving the European Union, we opened our doors to the international performing arts community to discuss inclusion through an exciting programme of talks, debates, performance, and networking opportunities for IETM Hull 2019.

IETM Hull 2019 Plenary Meeting
IETM Hull 2019 Artistic Programme

Man On The Moon Keisha Thompson. IETM Hull 2019 © Keisha Thompson

IETM Hull 2019 Artistic Programme

For IETM Hull 2019, Absolutely Cultured brought together a diverse mix of local, regional and national artistic talent, spanning all artistic genres, to create an exciting, inspiring and totally unique artistic programme – one that challenges the notion of inclusion.

IETM Hull 2019 Artistic Programme
Jamie Reid XXXXX: Fifty Years of Subversion and The Spirit

Jamie Reid XXXXX: Fifty Years of Subversion and The Spirit © James Mulkeen

Jamie Reid XXXXX: Fifty Years of Subversion and The Spirit

Through his art, music, performance and politics, British artist and anarchist Jamie Reid has become somewhat of a punk icon, rebelling against society’s social and cultural injustices. As part of its 2018 programme, Humber Street Gallery presented Jamie Reid XXXXX: Fifty Years of Subversion and The Spirit, which showcased a variety of material spanning several decades from the 1970’s to the present.

Jamie Reid XXXXX: Fifty Years of Subversion and The Spirit
Urban Legends: Northern Lights

Oh The Night! - imitating the dog. Urban Legends: Northern Lights, Absolutely Cultured © Tom Arran

Urban Legends: Northern Lights

Absolutely Cultured presented Urban Legends: Northern Lights, a newly commissioned outdoor event featuring captivating projections and atmospheric soundscapes, brand new for Hull in winter 2018.

Urban Legends: Northern Lights
Measures of Life by The Lumen Prize for Digital Art

Installation view. Measures of Life, The Lumen Prize for Digital Art. Courtesy of Humber Street Gallery and the artists 2018. © Tom Arran

Measures of Life by The Lumen Prize for Digital Art

From 21 July until 30 September 2018, Humber Street Gallery was proud to present Measures of Life by The Lumen Prize for Digital Art, celebrating some of the most extraordinary and innovative art created with technology.

Measures of Life by The Lumen Prize for Digital Art
Contains Strong Language

Contains Strong Language © BBC

Contains Strong Language

The UK’s biggest poetry and performance festival of new writing returned to Hull in September 2018. Bringing over 30 events to the city over three days, leading poets and world class spoken word artists will take to the stage alongside brand new voices.

Contains Strong Language
Home Town Story

Home Town Story, Absolutely Cultured © Tom Arran

Home Town Story

Building on the huge success of last year’s inaugural festival, we were delighted to partner with the BBC and Wrecking Ball Press to produce the return of the BBC’s national poetry and spoken word festival Contains Strong Language. As part of the programme we produced Home Town Story, captivating theatrical journey through the back streets of Hull.

Home Town Story
Dominoes

Dominoes, Absolutely Cultured © Rob Battersby

Dominoes

This internationally acclaimed, site-specific celebratory event, took over Hull playing with the architecture of the city on a 3.5km domino run – a moving sculpture, both playful and epic.

Dominoes
Act VII: Land of Green Ginger

Land of Green Ginger © Tom Arran

Act VII: Land of Green Ginger

Residents across the city of Hull were gifted the seventh and final Act of Wanton Wonder from Land of Green Ginger – a beautifully illustrated, limited edition book.

Act VII: Land of Green Ginger
It Takes a Village

Installation view. It Takes A Village. Courtesy of Humber Street Gallery and the artists 2019. © James Mulkeen

It Takes a Village

Reflecting on the ideas of congregation and the power of public assembly, It Takes a Village featured works by artists including Romily Alice (UK), Derek Alexis Coard (USA), Tessa Lynch (UK), Lakwena Maciver (UK), Hardeep Pandhal (UK) and Paul Yore (AUS).

It Takes a Village
Blade

Blade © Tom Arran

Blade

On 8 January 2017, the people of Hull woke up to discover a 75m wind turbine blade had mysteriously appeared in Queen Victoria Square. The 25 tonne structure was transported overnight from Siemens, where it was made, through the city in a complex operation, which saw more than 50 items of street furniture removed.

Blade