23 Jul 26

Exhibition & Film Preview: The Darkforest As

Name: Exhibition & Film Preview: The Darkforest As
Start: 2026-07-23T18:00:00+01:00

Join us for an evening of glitz and glam, as we roll out the red carpet for the exciting launch of The Darkforest As, the new fantasy film created by Sahjan Kooner in collaboration with a talented group of young people aged 12-19, from Liverpool and Leigh.

This is your chance to see the film a day before it premieres inside Sahjan's new exhibition at FACT, (darkforest) The Zone of Ghosts. Come along and chat to the artist, explore the exhibition they used as a film set and enjoy some of the best samosas in town!

FACT Liverpool, 88 Wood Street, Liverpool, L1 4DQ
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Booking Required — FREE

Thu, 23 Jul

18:00

Sahjan Kooner creates expansive, speculative worlds that question the technological, social and racialised structures shaping our daily lives. Guided by the belief that imagination is our most important form of technology, this new exhibition invites us into a world created in collaboration with young people aged 12-19 from Liverpool and Leigh. Discover more →

Sahjan Kooner, (darkforest) The Zone of Ghosts (2026). Installation view at FACT Liverpool. Photography by Rob Battersby

(darkforest) The Zone of Ghosts by Sahjan Kooner is commissioned by FACT Liverpool and made in collaboration with young people from Global Friends, Unity Youth and Young Inspectors, with funding from the PH Holt Foundation, Eleanor Rathbone Charitable Trust, the DWF Foundation, and the Chrimes Family Charitable Trust.

The Zone of Ghosts digital game was developed by Poppy Curran Jones, with board game design by An Endless Supply, and is produced by Wigan Museums and FACT Liverpool. This project is part of New Perspectives, a partnership between Wigan Museums, Global Friends and FACT Liverpool with funding from Art Fund.

Exhibition

Sahjan Kooner: (darkforest) The Zone of Ghosts

22 May 26 — 16 Aug 26

FACT

Sahjan Kooner creates expansive, speculative worlds that question the technological, social and racialised structures shaping our daily lives. Guided by the belief that imagination is our most important form of technology, this new exhibition invites us into a world created in collaboration with young people aged 12-19 from Liverpool and Leigh.

Tour

Educators Morning & Artist Tour

18 Jun 26

FACT

Do you work with young people and are interested in creative storytelling? FACT's Learning Team invites you to a special tour and chat with Sahjan Kooner, as we preview their new exhibition, created in collaboration with young people aged 12-19.

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