Castlefield Gallery in Manchester hosted the opening night of "It Requires Getting Lost" on October 30, 2025, an exhibition running from November 1, 2025 to February 22, 2026. The show features projections, sound-works, and sculptural installations by three northern UK-based artists—Gregory Herbert, Malik Jama, and Jocelyn McGregor—alongside major works from the Roberts Institute of Art (RIA)/Indrė Roberts Collection, including pieces by Magdalena Abakanowicz, Noemie Goudal, Pierre Huyghe, Leon Kossoff, and Wolfgang Tillmans. The opening included a live activation in McGregor's sculptural installation, where performers used foot-pumps to push water through transparent tubes, while Jama's projections transformed the gallery's corridors into immersive zones.
The exhibition matters because it foregrounds a collaborative, research-driven approach among emerging and established artists from the North of England, connecting their practices through a shared theme of embracing the unknown. By placing contemporary commissions in dialogue with internationally recognized works from a major private collection, Castlefield Gallery highlights the region's role in fostering innovative, experiential art that challenges viewers to surrender to disorientation and find connection through embodied experience.