Exhibitions at the Exchange
Exhibitions at The Exchange explore the different challenges affecting the West Midlands, the United Kingdom and the world and showcase the research going on at the University of Birmingham with local and global partners to help tackle these issues. Explore the current and past exhibitions held at The Exchange to learn more about these key topics.
Thrift Radiates Happiness
February - October 2024
Monday - Saturday, 10:00 - 16:00, Free Entry
The Exchange was once the headquarters of Birmingham Municipal Bank. Thrift Radiates Happiness is a photographic display of images of the bank, when it was first opened in 1933.
Images have been reproduced courtesy of the Library of Birmingham, Cadbury Research Library, Lloyds Banking Group Archive.
Image Copyright Lloyds Banking Group Archive.
AI Futures
Temporary Exhibition Closure
The Vaults is temporarily closed to the public while we install a new exhibition. However, visitors can still enjoy the Thrift Radiates Happiness exhibition on the ground floor. The new exhibit, 'We need 2 tlk' by artist Exodus Crooks, will open to the public on Thursday 4 July.
AI Dialogues
AI Dialogues is temporarily closed until Friday 28 June 2024.
Embark on a future-focused journey with AI Dialogues, an interactive touch screen featuring leading academics from across University of Birmingham.
This digital experience invites you to physically touch the future and gain firsthand insights into the advances in artificial intelligence shaping out world - directly from the experts steering them. Our academics consider the boundless possibilities as well as the challenges and ethical considerations that accompany this transformative technology.
We need 2 tlk
Coming soon, 4 July - 2 November 2024
Open Monday - Saturday, 10:00 - 16:00, Free Entry
The Exchange and Ikon, with support from Vivd Projects present this new moving image installation by Midlands-based artist Exodus Crooks as part of AI FUTURES.
With 'We Need 2 Tlk', Exodus has explored public perceptions of AI and reflections on media and technology as outlined in the work of celebrated Jamaican-British academic and cultural theorist Professor Stuart Hall (1932–2014). Produced in collaboration with movement artist Chelsea Gordon, the artwork considers how developments in communication shift our behaviour in conversing with others.
