Practice in Motion

A two day art exhibition & live programme

Date & Time

Friday 5 June 2026, 4:00 PM – 9:00 PM (Opening Event)
Saturday 6 June 2026, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Full Programme)

Location

The Old Printworks
Birmingham

About the Event

Practice in Motion 2026 is a two-day exhibition and live programme bringing together artists and researchers to explore how artistic practice functions as a form of thinking, knowing and inquiry.

Rather than presenting finished works, this event foregrounds process, experimentation and live encounter. Visitors are invited to move freely between installations, performances, sound works and conversations, experiencing artistic practice as it unfolds. The exhibition acts as a micro-laboratory for artistic research, where making, discussion and reflection happen side by side.

Bringing together artistic and academic approaches, the event explores how they meet, overlap and generate new ways of understanding.

What to Expect

Across two days, you can experience:

• Live performances and pop-up interventions
• Installation and visual artworks
• Sound works and audio pieces
• Practice research presentations
• Open discussions and shared inquiry

Artists explore themes including:
bodies, labour, rest, touch, intimacy, power, value, memory, movement and space

Programme

Friday 5 June – Opening Event (4–9PM)

An informal evening opening with:

• Live performances
• Installations
• Sound works
• Opportunities to meet artists and researchers

Saturday 6 June – Long Table & Practice Presentations (10AM–5PM)

A full day of artistic research in action, including:

Practice Presentations

Artists share work through performance, installation and live processes.

Long Table Discussion

A live, open format where artists and audiences think together.
Drop in and out of conversations shaped by the work in the space.

Keynote Artists

• Florence Peake
• Eve Stainton
• Deborah Di Meglio
• Tara Fatehi

Who is this for?

• Artists and creatives
• Researchers and practice-based PhD students
• Students and educators
• Anyone curious about how art is made, experienced and shared

No prior knowledge of “practice research” is needed.

About the Event

Practice in Motion centres artistic practice as:

• Live and evolving rather than fixed
• Process-led rather than outcome-driven
• Collaborative and exploratory

It invites audiences to engage with art not just as spectators, but as participants in a shared space of inquiry.

Curated by

Greta Gauhe
Henrietta Hale
Teddy Hunter
(M4C-funded PhD researchers)

Artists taking part:

Amelia Crouch
Deborah Di Meglio
Tara Fatehi
Marguerite Galizia
Greta Gauhe
Michaela Gerussi
Henrietta Hale
Teddy Hunter
Loren McK
Timothi Lim
Zinning Liu
Nell Lyhne
Julia Pond
Florence Peake
Jake Parry
Melissa Pasut
Eve Stainton
Alexah Tomey-Alleyne
Klaudia Wittmann
Frances Yeung
Joel Blackledge

Funded by

Midlands4Cities - https://www.midlands4cities.ac.uk/

Accessibility

• Step-free access: TBC
• Seating available
• Quiet space
• Contact us for specific access needs

Booking

Free
Please book a ticket to help us manage capacity.

Contact

exhibitionm4c@gmail.com