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In a world of visual communication, how much are we aware of images that are projected onto us, that sell a story or manipulate a response?

How do images reveal or disguise truth? How do we unpack the power of what we see when the facts are often hidden?

Truther Tellers explores the power of the image and the arts in truth telling.

By focusing on the Manchester Arena attacks, the artists and scholars bring their own unique methods to unpack the contentious issue of truth-making. Truth Tellers exhibits not only artworks, but also the processes behind the creation of the works.

Project Team

  • TOM DE FRESTON is an artist and writer based in Oxford.
  • MARIAH WHELAN is a poet and academic based in The Centre for New Writing at The University of Manchester.
  • DR PABLO DE ORELLANA is a Lecturer in International Relations at the Department of War Studies, King’s College London.
  • DR CHRISTIANA SPENS is an academic and writer, currently teaching in the School of International Relations at the University of St. Andrews 

Event details


The Exchange
Bush House North East Wing, Aldwych , WC2B 4BG