Commissions

We commission projects across all art forms and cultural disciplines, from live streaming performances to immersive experiences, online collections and digital storytelling. Scroll down for a selection of some of the projects we’ve commissioned.

Louise Orwin holding a mobile phone and melting ice cream against a cloudy sky. Famehungry

An interactive TikTok Live show investigating the attention economy and the suspicion that social media is distracting us from the apocalypse.

Four of the female guests from the Black Writers After Hours podcast, against a red background. Black Writers: After Hours

In commonword/cultureword's podcast, Black Writers: After Hours, host Radhaika Kapur uncovers the backstories, creative habits, and outlets of key Global Majority writers.

Examples of Wearing Antarctica Tik Tok filters Wearing Antarctica

Wearing Antarctica is a project by The UK Antarctic Heritage Trust that explores 6 eras of polar exploration via digital interactive experiences about clothing and human stories on the white continent.

Computer generated image of a flower -like shape with blue and orange design, made up of intricate thin lines in a circular shape. Vocalize: training the voices of the future

Create your own voice reel with Vocalize and Hayley - one of the world’s leading AI voice over agencies.

A person is draped in pink material covering themselves, apart from their hands and forearms. They sit at a table covered in a pink cloth upon which playing cards are scattered. They look as if they are attempting card tricks. Two microphones sit either side of the desk. Explore the hidden choreography of everyday life in PASSING

Experimenting with sensory modes of seeing, PASSING proposes a more personal way of 'seeing'.

Scene from Rambert's dance film Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby. People on stage are dressed in 1940's clothing. Rambert’s Peaky Blinders

Watch Rambert's Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby on the BBC.

A collage of 4 images. Clockwise from top left, hands at a piano keyboard, a telescope points upwards towards an open window in a roof, 2 people dance in a club, aerial photo of 2 people on an empty rooftop car park LEEDS 2023: Space commissions

2023 has seen Leeds celebrate a year of culture.

A short-haired woman with a plastic ball in her mouth, standing in front of a curtain. Look Mum, Let’s Talk About Disability

A series of short films aimed at family audiences, raising awareness of the social model of disability, in a playful and fun way.

Elijah standing on a small stage in silhouette, surrounded by yellow screens. Make The Ting 360º

A live 360º capture of Grime DJ and producer Elijah's 'Make the ting.' A hybrid digital experience about creativity in the digital age.