Art Archive

We are excited to present the first exhibition in our new galleries, featuring immersive work by five Leicestershire-based artists.

Careful Networks is an online exhibition exploring more ethical and sustainable ways of creating and sharing art on the internet.

The Sound of Somebody Changing Their Mind is a multimedia installation created by Leicester-born artist Beth Kettel

In 'Watching', media artist Ben Bogart has trained an AI programme to ‘watch’ and attempt to recreate classic sci-fi films by breaking them apart and reconstructing them. Part of the Art-AI Festival.

Make amazing ‘do-it-yourself’ film and art projects at home with our free Creative Kits for children and families.

screen_share is an for artists making screen-based work of any kind to come together, share what they’ve made and talk about it in a friendly and informal environment.

The Idle Index is an exhibition and online project featuring screensavers created by artists based in, or with links to, Leicester.

A multisensory installation centring on Thanatos, an original perfume that evokes the scent of a decomposing body discovered in a woodland.

The Spark Festival returns to Phoenix, taking over the building with a host of cutting edge interactive artworks, creative games and amazing animations.

Bodyscapes is a collection of new films by Japanese artists whose use of the body is central to their work

Don a virtual reality headset, jump on a swing and get ready to be transported into an exhilarating virtual adventure in the VR Playground by Thrill Laboratory.

Farewell to Thee is an installation by internationally acclaimed artist Bill Balaskas, inspired by a nuclear missile alert that was mistakenly issued in the State of Hawaii on 13 January 2018.

Acclaimed German artist Mario Klingemann created a new interactive installation for the Art-AI festival, placing the viewer in the middle of an AI system where two neural networks are pitted against each other.

Visible Bits Audible Bytes 2019 brought another set of experimental audiovisual art from around the world to Phoenix

Langoors in the Labyrinth is an experimental game by Indian independent game developers Studio Oleomingus that reflects on memory, exploring how stories and histories are formed and recorded

Jerwood/FVU Awards 2019: 'Going, Gone' featured two moving-image installations by Webb-Ellis and Richard Whitby, the recipients of this sixth edition of the Awards.

Three Breaths in Empty Space is an audio-visual installation by Bret Battey, commissioned to celebrate the 10th anniversary of our move to the Cultural Quarter

Changing Places is an exhibition of artists' video curated by Film and Video Umbrella linking the industrial transformations occurring across South Asia with sites of historic significance in Britain.

Visible Bits Audible Bytes 2018 brought more genre defying audio-visual art to our cinema screens.

Electro-Pythagoras is artist filmmaker Luke Fowler’s profile of the pioneering electronic music composer Martin Bartlett.

The Kitty AI: Artificial Intelligence for Governance is a video installation set in a speculative future in which an artificial intelligence in the form of a kitten has replaced the governing elite.

The Digital Playground takes on a musical theme this year, with a host of activities exploring the world of digital sound and music making.

Exhibited as part of Journeys Festival International 2018, Future Aleppo blends virtual reality with paper models to rebuild the devastated Syrian city.

This screening was the premiere of 'A Bang, A Bomb, A Lie And A Band That Stands for Something Else', an experimental music video by Beth Kettel commissioned by Phoenix and the ICA.

Streets Paved with Pearl brought together three works, two created by artist Di Fang, and a third by Di Fang in collaboration with Jiu Society, an artist group based in Shenzhen, China.

Where Shapes Come From is a film installation by Semiconductor which considers how science translates nature on an atomic scale.

The eighth annual Visible Bits Audible Bytes brought together another set of stunning, genre-breaking audiovisual works to Phoenix.

No Copyright Infringement Intended brought together work by a group of artists exploring the relationship between copyright and culture in the digital age

Play, learn and create with amazing new technologies at this year’s Digital Playground, part of the Spark Festival

Discover the filmmakers of tomorrow with Playback – an interactive exhibition showcasing award-winning new short films from across the country

Mangala For All is an installation by Anglo-Indian design studio Superflux, exploring what India’s space programme means to its people - shedding light on ideas of nationhood, geopolitics and the space race

Taiwanese artist Wu Chi-Yu explores censorship and national identity in this new film installation Reading List, commissioned by Phoenix and Videoclub in association with Osmosis Festival Taipei.

Little City Studio is a day-long festival of films, discussions and performances exploring process, production and performance in artist’s moving image

The Canvas of Resonance is an installation by Kenny Wong inspired by the way metal sheets were used to produce sound effects in the pre-digital age.

The seventh annual Visible Bits, Audible Bytes brought more stunning, genre-breaking works of audiovisual art to Phoenix.

Canary Songs is a sound and choral performance by the artist Teresa Dillon, inspired by the women who worked in UK munitions factories during WW1.

Come down to the Spark Festival at Phoenix to play, learn and invent with brilliant new creative technologies.

Framed Expanse was an exhibition of new work by Luci Eldridge and Meg Rahaim exploring how landscape is represented by digital technologies.

Phoenix is proud to present Mr. Nobody, a solo show of new work by Kitty Clark commissioned especially for our Cube Gallery.

Phoenix is excited to bring Ocean of Light - an unforgettable experience which immerses the viewer in colour and light - to this year’s Diwali Lights Switch-On.

Silent Signal is an ambitious group exhibition that brings together six artists working with animation and six leading biomedical scientists.

Created by internationally-renowned artist Julian Oliver, The Crystal Line reconstructs a World War One crystal radio as a way to hear about the future of warfare.

VBAB2015 brought another set of stunning, genre-blending works by audiovisual artists from around the world to Phoenix

The Fading Afterglow of Creation brings together the work of Leicester-based artists Dave Briggs and Jack Squires, and explores the ways fact and fiction combine to shape how we see ourselves in an increasingly technology-driven world.

Immerse yourself in amazing interactive experiences at Phoenix for The Spark Festival 2015.

Both Sides Now explores the political and social connections and differences between the UK and China & Hong Kong, bringing together artworks that investigate nationhood, individuality and power.

Shout Out! UK Pirate Radio in the 1980s is an archival exhibition that looks back at the early tower block pirate radio movement that emerged in the UK during the 1980s, prompting a new musical phenomenon that would change the face of British music as we know it.

'Whose Gaze Is It Anyway?' is an exhibition that looks at the history of Arab pop culture through printed matter – posters, notebooks, diaries and book covers – as well as film and video.

'The Gain Line' is a moving-image art work by Ravi Deepres, commissioned to coincide with the Rugby World Cup.

Site Exploration is an exhibition looking at the way artists use technology to explore our relationship with the environment and the natural physical world

Phoenix and Two Queens present an installation and performance by Oregon-based artist duo MSHR.

VBAB2014 was a one day festival of talks, screenings and performances exploring the relationship between sound and the moving image

Frequencies (a) by Canadian artist Nicolas Bernier is an award winning installation of sound and light.

Our Spark Festival programme for 2014 was packed with amazing interactive digital experiences

River Studies by Michael Aschauer is an ongoing project that explores how rivers affect people and cultures.

The New Incunable Print Shop was an exhibition and working print shop designed by artist collective Juneau Projects where visitors could 3D-print woodblock stamps based on their own drawings and use them to create original prints and artworks.

Melt, Splinter and Thread are three new animated sculptural light works by Esther Rolinson.

Phoenix is partnering with San Francisco software company Cycling ’74 to host Code Control, its second international festival for artists and musicians to explore software which can be used to create unique sounds, stunning visuals and interactive digital art.

VBAB2013 was a series of talks and a concert of experimental film and audio-visual works exploring the relationship between sound a vision

After studying the distant cosmos with scientists at the University of Leicester, artist Dave Griffiths has been inspired to create Extinction Event, a new artwork commissioned specially for this exhibition at Phoenix.

The pursuit of pleasure is at the heart of this exhibition of films by three leading artists.

At Phoenix we’ll be sparking children’s imaginations with a programme packed full of amazing experiences, marvellous activities and family friendly films handpicked for the digital generation.

Phoenix is working with Two Queens gallery to present a solo show by Benedict Drew, one of the UK’s most exciting new contemporary artists.

Live webcams feeding images from opposite ends of the globe are the subject of this stunning new exhibition - part of Layla Curtis’s ongoing interactive online artwork Antipodes.

PixelPyros is a virtual pyrotechnics display mounted onto a massive 60-foot wide screen using state-of-the-art projectors and lasers. Part of Light the Night 2013

“Do Billboards Dream of Electric Screens" ATTENTION STRUCTURE is an international touring exhibition curated specifically for video billboards.

More than 800 drawings created using an iPhone as a sketchbook will be displayed in a new exhibition by internationally acclaimed artist Simon Faithfull

Phoenix Square has been invaded by bugs... Can you help us keep the little creatures under control? Part of Spark Festival 2012

An inspiring multi-screen installation that re-imagines classical Indian performance for the digital age. Part of An Indian Summer 2012

Intuition and Ingenuity explores the enduring influence of Alan Turing – the father of modern computing - on art and contemporary culture.

Three pioneers in the world of digital arts will lead a Masterclass in this free event for artists, students and anyone interested in learning more about the history and practice of this field.

Symbiotic is an exhibition where the artworks interact with each other, as well as their visitors.

Phoenix presents an exhibition of new and recent work by Sebastian Buerkner, one of the most exciting and innovative artists working with animation today.

In ‘cMatrix12’ Bret Battey shows us a glimpse of a fleeting world that is going through a process of constant transformation

AvSeq by Tom Betts is an interactive installation that takes the form of an abstract computer game

Annie Cattrell’s work captures moments in time, clouds on a particular day, a breath inside a human lung.

The Cutting Room present David Blandy's "Barefoot Lone Pilgrim, Issue 1+2 : Origins" and Hetain Patel’s new film ‘Kanku Raga' an exciting mix of reality and fantasy in the cube gallery

Kaff Mariam and Uña de Gato explore the complex themes surrounding these two medicinal plants, first encountered by Lucas in her local markets in Brixton, south London