Factory International

MIF25

FALE SĀ / SACRED HOUSE - FĀGOGO

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Date
4 Jul - 10 Aug 2025
Venue
HOME, Tony Wilson Place, First Street, Manchester M15 4FN
Tickets

12pm – 8pm from Tuesday to Saturday

12pm - 6pm on Sundays

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Accessibility features available for this event: Audio Description Relaxed Performance BSL Interpreting Wheelchair Access

FĀGOGO brings together an exhibition of striking digital art exploring some of the major issues impacting Pacific peoples

Home is a precarious notion for cultures in a constant state of motion and displacement. FALE SĀ / SACRED HOUSE asks FAFSWAG artists to create a site for ceremonial transformation, imagining a future HOME for our celestial bodies, sacred objects, ancestral stories and collective gatherings.

Fāgogo refers to a traditional storytelling technique from the Samoan Islands. In FALE SĀ / SACRED HOUSE, FĀGOGO is a digital exhibition where contemporary artists use different styles of storytelling and transmission to weave together a living archive of cultural knowledge and experience. Artists bring their own unique focus to some of the major issues impacting Pacific peoples.

The exhibition brings into question the nature of our relationships to our communities, our environment, and the constantly expanding cosmos, with artists directly accessing ancestral memories to craft collective stories and imagine Indigenous futures.

Curated by FAFSWAG, featuring Tanu Gago, Tapuaki Helu, Nahora Ioane, Māhia Te Kore, Pati Tyrell and Jaimie Waititi.

This exhibition is part of FALE SĀ / SACRED HOUSE. Explore the full programme here.

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Credits

Commissioned by HOME and Factory International.

Produced by Factory International. SAUNIGA (cultural ceremony) was developed with support from Asia TOPA, Arts Centre Melbourne.

Image: FAFSWAG

Access information

The full address of the venue is HOME, Tony Wilson Place, First Street, Manchester M15 4FN and the what3words is each.shall.limbs.

The venue can be approached from Whitworth Street West, First Street or Medlock Street

There are two accessible toilets on every floor, six in total. The Changing Places toilet space is located on the first floor.

In order to access the Changing Places space, please let a member of the team know and they will assist you to the space.

The Changing Place space has a hoist, an adjustable-height sink, a changing bench, privacy screen, stoma shelf, support handrails, and an accessible hand-drier.

Assistance dogs are welcome at this venue. You can reserve an assistance dog space by contacting access@homemcr.org or by calling HOME’s box office on 0161 200 1500, or by dropping into the venue.

We are working with a venue partner on this event. All bookings for accessible tickets need to be booked directly with HOME. You can contact the Box Office directly via phone on 0161 200 1500 or email boxofficeteam@homemcr.org.

This exhibition will take place in the Gallery. The gallery is on the ground floor and is fully accessible. 

There will be a BSL tour of the exhibition on Saturday 19 July, 2pm. The BSL Interpreter will be Martin Glover

There will be an audio description tour of the exhibition on Monday 7 July, 11am.

There will be relaxed showings of this exhibition on the following dates:

Tuesday 8  July, 12-2pm 

Saturday 12 July, 12-1pm 

Tuesday 15 July, 12-2pm 

Thursday 17 July, 6-7pm 

We will be producing a What To Expect Guide for this event. It will be available from 5 June.

Travel information

HOME is located between Oxford Road Train Station and Deansgate Train Station.

  • Deansgate train station is closest at 0.2 miles
  • Oxford Road train station is 0.3 miles
  • Piccadilly train station is located 0.7 miles away
  • Victoria train station is 1 mile away

Deansgate-Castlefield is the nearest Metrolink stop, a 5 min walk away, which is 0.2 miles or 320 metres from HOME.

HOME is located between Oxford Road Train Station and Deansgate Train Station.

  • Deansgate train station is closest at 0.2 miles
  • Oxford Road train station is 0.3 miles
  • Piccadilly train station is located 0.7 miles away
  • Victoria train station is 1 mile away

Deansgate-Castlefield is the nearest Metrolink stop, a 5 min walk away, which is 0.2 miles or 320 metres from HOME.

The 256 bus from Piccadilly Gardens stops on Medlock Street. The bus stops are located 50 metres and 150 metres from HOME’s entrance. Get off the bus and walk towards HOME which is visible from the road.

Alternatively, you can use the Free Bus that links the main rail stations, shopping areas and businesses in the city centre. There are two circular routes covering the city centre. Free buses run from Piccadilly, Salford Central, Victoria, Oxford Road and Deansgate train stations.

Take a look at TFGM’s bus information for further details: https://tfgm.com/ways-to-travel/bus

Q-Park First Street multi-storey carpark has 28 accessible parking spaces. Blue Badges are not valid for free parking. You can find alternative Blue Badge parking on the Manchester City Council website here.

The nearest car park is Q-Park at First Street. The pedestrian car park entrance is approximately 30 metres from HOME’s main entrance. If you book online, you can receive a discount of 25% when you pre-book your car park ticket online, using the code: HOMEMCR25.

HOME is 0.8 miles from Aviva Studios, and the route is serviced by bus route 33.

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