In support of Black Lives Matter, we have commissioned a further two artworks as part of the Utopia series.

Pat Flynn explores how we understand ourselves through mass culture and commodities; creating narratives about our human need to believe and how this affects our morality.

Rowland Hill is a Manchester-based artist whose practice is concerned with how language and power operate on and through the body.

Bink Bulthaweenan is a visual artist based in Manchester, who finds her voice and solace through art.

John Carney visually guides us through the origins of utopia, how it relates to artists and our wider visual, political and social worlds.

Brendan Curtis’ triptych of audio poems exploring potential queer utopia, radical forms of love that exist outside of heterosexuality.

Kiara Mohamed has produced a short film and poem exploring the artist’s own personal journey and self-acceptance

TRS Sets bring a new brief every friday night through our instagram account.

The Royal Standard (TRS) will be hosting Generator Projects as part of an exchange which celebrates artist-led organisations nationally & introduces artists from across the nation to new cities and audiences.