We are D6: Culture in Transit, visual arts producers with a rooted local presence and established international reach. Our work is co-produced with artists and partners and focused on societal issues that concern and connect us. Through artistic exchange and commissions, we draw threads between communities of difference and explore international common ground with partners across continents.
New ideas, understanding and exchange lie at the heart of what we do. We support artists whose practice as research represents an exploration of society at the intersection of migration, environmental sustainability, gender, social justice, race, institutional practice and decolonisation. We build relationships, practice and programmes with rigour, care and generosity, creating spaces to enable a deeper understanding of multiple lived experiences and perspectives.
New ideas, understanding and exchange lie at the heart of what we do. We support artists whose practice as research represents an exploration of society at the intersection of migration, environmental sustainability, gender, social justice, race, institutional practice and decolonisation. We build relationships, practice and programmes with rigour, care and generosity, creating spaces to enable a deeper understanding of multiple lived experiences and perspectives.
WHAT's Happening
From beneath the ground to the future...(Re)Grounding online brings together the work of artists seeking answers to environmental challenges rooted in the industrial pasts of Cyprus, the UK and Ukraine. *Live until 28 March 2025*
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Environmental Impact and Cultural ResponseD6 joins Contested Desires partners in Cyprus to welcome international artists, producers, cultural institutions and museums to engage in critical discussions around colonial heritage and environmental stewardship.
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Andreas mallouris in residenceContested Desires artist Andreas explored ideas of vulnerability and care in the context of the impact of British imperialism on the lives of queer people around the world, asking: ‘How possible is it to decolonise each molecule of institutional perception around our individuality?’
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Elisabeth Efua Sutherland in residenceDrawing on local archives, architecture, walking tours and sites of remembrance, Contested Desires artist Elisabeth explored the possibilities of creating an embodied map of black experiences located in Newcastle.
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CURRENT programme
CONTESTED DESIRES: CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUESThis programme considers the problematic legacy of European colonialism through artistic production, exchange and learning between artists, curators, museums and audiences across continents.
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(RE)GroundinG 2024(Re)Grounding 2024 is an urgent call to build solidarity towards environmental justice through artistic production and community exchange. This phase of (Re)Grounding journeys from Ukraine to Cyprus and the UK.
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Sanctuary and Culture seeks to support artists with lived experience of displacement, and build the capacity of the local cultural sector.
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In our central studios in Newcastle we regularly host artists in residence. We support artists whose practice aligns with our values and interests through partnership programmes and open calls.
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OPPORTUNITIES
We offer regular opportunities through residencies, commissions, collaborations, internships and partnerships. Click here to find out more
Images: Elisabeth Efua Sutherland, work in progress. Photo: Fly Films UK | Andreas Mallouris, work in progress. Photo: Amelia Read | Green land and northern breeze, Paria Goodarzi, 2024 | Thaís Muniz, work in progress. Photo: Matt Denham | (Re)Grounding artists presentation at the Star & Shadow. Photo: Amelia Read | (Re)Grounding community meal, the NewBridge Project. Photo: Saya Rose Media | Bath, Kate Sweeney, 2024 | | Karolina Uskakovych, Common Ground, 2023. Photo: Saya Rose Media | CO2 Curtain, Alexandra Clod, 2023. Photo: Saya Rose Media |