Here To Remember with Jasmin Kent Rodgman
A commission for East and Southeast Asian artists to explore collective memory through music.
- When
- August-November 2025
- Where
- Manchester
- Deadline
- 31 July 2025
Here to Remember is back. Following the success of the previous two editions, we’re looking for East and Southeast Asian (ESEA) artists interested in exploring the ESEA experience in their work.
Curated by multidisciplinary artist and composer Jasmin Kent Rodgman (Co-Artistic Director, Manchester Collective) and taking place between August-November 2025, the commission will feature:
- A two-day creative residency co-presented with esea contemporary
- Guest workshops and one-to-one mentoring
- A live showcase event at SOUP, Manchester
Tell your story with your music. Apply by 31 July.
What’s involved
- Work individually to create new music inspired by exploration of your heritage and esea contemporary’s Voicing the Archive exhibition
- Take part in music making sessions and workshops with guest artists (more to be announced) to explore archiving and storytelling as a creative practice
- Showcase your work at a live event
- Receive a fee of £1500
- Travel, accommodation and expenses covered
We understand this commission will be deeply personal for artists. The content of the creative output will be led solely by the commissioned artists, with the Brighter Sound team providing practical and pastoral support.
Who can apply
Here to Remember is open to musicians:
- Aged 18+
- Who identify as East and Southeast Asian / mixed East and Southeast Asian
- From or based in the North of England (North East, North West and Yorkshire regions)
We’re interested in hearing from artists from a range of genres, backgrounds and musical disciplines.
"Here to Remember is an incredibly precious space and opportunity for Global Majority artists to nurture connections with themselves, their community and ancestors. I cannot wait for this year's focus on British ESEA history, a community whose stories and voices have so often been silenced and made invisible. I am excited to explore how this cohort's ESEA heritages have influenced their music practices, their notion of plurality and intersectionality, and how their music (across genre) can be a vehicle for activism and archive. At a time where distraction and fragmentation are used to divide us, we need to celebrate and centre collective memories, wisdoms and stories now more than ever."
Jasmin Kent Rodgman
