ERL New Decolonial Programme receives LJMU Enhancing Research Culture Grant 

Exhibition Research Lab is delighted to announce that its Autumn 2025 – Summer 2026 season is supported by an Enhancing Research Culture Grant from Liverpool John Moores University.  

The ERC Grant was awarded for a proposal entitled ‘Decolonial Research Culture: Connecting our local environment and the Global South through culturally diverse knowledge and creative practices’ led by Dr Christine Eyene, along with Professor Joasia Krysa, Dr James Schofield, Dr Hana Leaper, and Andrew Ibi. The programme will connect bodies of research and creative practices across LJMU, Liverpool and beyond, bringing together contemporary art, music, film, design and fashion.

The upcoming season features exhibitions, film screenings, performances, talks, conferences, and artists residencies embedded within Liverpool’s history, local communities, and contemporary art scene.     

Programme highlights include a conversation between Pr Dr Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung and Dr Christine Eyene moderated by Gabriela Saenger Silva (23 September); a talk by ERL exhibiting artist Joy Gregory; a research residency by poet, rapper, and multidisciplinary artist Kuamen; projects featuring British African-Caribbean visual artist Elsa James, South African photographer George Hallett, filmmaker Imruh Bakari, and more to be announced. 

The ERL Gallery is co-directed by Dr Christine Eyene and Dr James Schofield.    

For more information, contact info@exhibition-research-lab.co.uk.

 

Image: Visitor in front of Freya Tewelde, Roots of Resonance: The Baobab Tree Project, 2022-23. In What the Mountain Has Seen, ERL Gallery, Feb-Oct 2025.