Animation Exhibition: Supermedium - Kelan Andrews and Petra Szemán
Thursday 8th October 2026 to Sunday 31st January 2027
Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, <15 4GB
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Supermedium will showcase commissions & existing work by Kelan Andrews & Petra Szemán, alongside items from the legendary Manchester animation studio Cosgrove Hall Films Archive.
Slip through layers of celluloid animation into an exhibition that asks what it means to animate: to bring life to human-scale animatronics, or to a digital avatar crossing candy-coloured landscapes
Supermedium will showcase commissions and existing work by Kelan Andrews and Petra Szemán, alongside items from the legendary Manchester animation studio Cosgrove Hall Films Archive. The artists’ new works are developed in dialogue with the archive that is home to items from some of the UK’s most iconic and beloved hand-drawn and stop motion animations – Danger Mouse (1981-92) The BFG (1989), The Wind in the Willows (1983-90) and Postman Pat (2004 to 2008) to name just a few.
Special Preview Event on Thurs 8th October 2026 - Book here.
Saturday Quiet Preview on Saturday 10th October 2026 - Book here.
The Exhibition runs from 11 October 2026 to 31st January 2027.
