Modal gallery

Showcasing those at the forefront of the digital artworld.

Modal invites you to experience cutting-edge, immersive digital artwork using the latest technologies, across three major exhibitions a year at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Explore our large LED façade, cinema, open plan gallery and much more in the heart of Manchester.

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Modal gallery Autumn exhibition 2024 - Sound Pressure

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Sound Pressure

Immersive works exploring the agency of sound systems. Featured artists include AUDINT, DeForrest Brown Jnr. Kristen Gallerneaux, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, S Ayesha Hameed, Christina Kubisch, Nik Novak, Demdike Stare, Dave Tompkins, Sophie Trudeau – Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Flora Yin-Wong and Samson Young.

25 October 2024 – 7 January 2025
11am – 5pm Monday – Friday. 

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Screening: Don’t Believe the Hyperlink

Friday 6 December 2024
6 - 9pm

Screening and Q&A featuring artist Juliusz Grabianski as part of Deep Focus.

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SODA Building at Night

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Monday to Friday: 12 – 5pm.

Modal is located just off Oxford Road at the School of Digital Arts and its exhibitions are free and open to all.

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Collaborate with Modal

Modal particularly seeks to amplify artistic voices from underrepresented communities supported by UK and international arts and research funding. If you want to be kept up to date with calls for artists and collaboration opportunities please email v.catricala@mmu.ac.uk

Who we are

Based in the heart of one of Europe’s fastest growing digital cities, Modal is a new digital gallery that will showcase artists working at the forefront of creative technology.

Featuring three major exhibitions a year by local and international artists, alongside its exhibition programme, Modal will also have a rich and provocative line-up of talks, conferences and performances.

Modal combines a dynamic production centre with multiple styles of exhibition space to facilitate innovative work in traditional and emerging art forms. Exhibiting artists will be supported by advanced labs for extended reality, video making, sound art and design, motion capture and more.

Modal is located within the School of Digital Arts at Manchester Metropolitan University – a £35M investment to drive the next generation of creative practitioners studying at the intersection of storytelling, technology and innovation.

Curatorial Team

Curatorial Partners

Curatorial Committee

  • Barbara London (former videoart Department Director MoMA, New York)
  • Emma Enderby (Chief Curator at The Shed, NY)
  • Gaby Jenks (Director of Digital Programmes at Manchester International Festival)
  • Nadim Samman (Curator KW Berlin, Berlin)
  • Soh Yeong Roh (Director Art Center Nabi, Korea)
  • Mi You (Professor of Art and Economics at University of Kassel)
  • Ben Vickers (Serpentine Gallery, London)
  • Monica Bello (Curator and Head of Arts at CERN)