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Nottingham Contemporary Podcast recordings of events, talk and lectures
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Katy Barrett - Already where? A History of Collections and Classification- audio | Already there! was selected from many museums and collections. Researcher and historian Katy Barrett will consider the works in the exhibition, the type of collections and museums they come from, and what it means to rearrange them. Barrett has worked at the British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, Natural History Museum and Pitt Rivers Museum. | 15 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoSurfacing, What Is This That Stands Before Me? - Video | The talk will be followed by a performance of a specially commissioned piece by Nottingham duo Surfacing- of whom Bell is a member. Entitled 'What Is This That Stands Before Me?', the performance will sample Weber's sculpture and famous works of dissonance (as well as creating plenty of its own). | 8 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Surfacing - 'What Is This That Stands Before Me?' Audio | The talk will be followed by a performance of a specially commissioned piece by Nottingham duo Surfacing- of whom Bell is a member. Entitled 'What Is This That Stands Before Me?', the performance will sample Weber's sculpture and famous works of dissonance (as well as creating plenty of its own). | 8 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoDaivd Bell The Tritone and Musical Meaning - Video | What do the ominous tones of Klaus Weber's 'Large Dark Wind Chime' (Arab Tritone) mean? To many, they will sound terrifying. The tritone has, after all, long been linked with the devil. Legend has it that it was banned in the Middle Ages, and blues players would refuse to play it for fear of conjuring up the dark master. Yet there is another potential narrative to its dissonance - one which acknowledges difference, rejects closure and is, in the words of musicologist Dane Rudhyar 'the music of true and Spiritual democracy'. Drawing on theories of dissonance and noise alongisde contemporary political theory, David Bell will chart the politics of dissonance and suggest that dissonance can be seen as a utopian, emancipatory force. | 8 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bee Works - Apiology and the Hive Vivienne Brown - Audio | Vivienne Brown, Professor Emeritus in Philosophy and Intellectual History in the Economics Department at The Open University, will introduce a different view of the “hive” – as a model of productivity described by the early economist Adam Smith. | 1 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoThe Spatial Politics of Squatting in Berlin - Alex Vasudevan | Klaus Weber took part in Berlin’s 90s squatting scene. Dr Vasudevan, of the Cultural and Historical Geography Department, University of Nottingham, will present his research on the history of the city’s famous squatting movement and its relationship to other grassroots urban movements, considering how this is reflected in Weber’s art | 23 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoPhil Loring Objects and the Psyche | Phil Loring, Curator of Psychology at the Science Museum, will give an illustrated tour of 20th century nerve tonics and psychiatric medicines. Some of the most mundane psychological objects are the pills people take for various mental illnesses. | 22 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoPaul Camic Objects and the Psyche | Paul Camic, Professor of Psychology at Canterbury Christ Church University, will discuss the role of material objects in human development. A founding member of the Material Objects Research Group, he has a particular interest in the use of artefacts in healthcare. | 22 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoVictoria Tischler - Objects and the Psyche | Victoria Tischler of The University of Nottingham’s Division of Psychiatry will discuss the magical powers we imbue objects with, our urge to collect, and objects from the asylum. | 22 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Audio - Jean Painlevé films introduced by Brigitte Berg | Jean Painlevé’s experimental nature films The Seahorse (1934) and The Love Life of the Octopus (1965) are included in Already there!. Berg, Director of Les documents cinématographiques, introduces her own selection from this visionary filmmaker’s astonishing oeuvr | 17 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Audio - Jonathan Rée Me and my body | Jonathan Rée’s lecture will examine the challenge that modern science and medicine bring to traditional ideas of the meaning of bodily existence. Rée is a writer, historian and philosopher whose books include Descartes, Philosophy and its Past and The Concise Encyclopaedia of Western Philosophy. He has written and presented on radio, television and for many newspapers, including The Independent. | 16 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoVideo - Maya Deren: Short Films Selected and introduced by Elinor Cleghorn | To complement the inclusion of Maya Deren’s Meshes of the Afternoon (1943-59) in Klaus Weber’s Already there!, Deren expert Elinor Cleghorn will introduce a selection of her short Surrealist films. Cleghorn has programmed the BFI’s commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Deren’s death. During the event we will be screening the 16mm versions of Deren’s: - At Land - Witch's Cradle - Ritual in Transfigured Time - Outtakes from 'A Study in Choreography for Camera' | 11 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Audio - Maya Deren: Short Films Selected and introduced by Elinor Cleghorn | To complement the inclusion of Maya Deren’s Meshes of the Afternoon (1943-59) in Klaus Weber’s Already there!, Deren expert Elinor Cleghorn will introduce a selection of her short Surrealist films. Cleghorn has programmed the BFI’s commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Deren’s death. During the event we will be screening the 16mm versions of Deren’s: - At Land - Witch's Cradle - Ritual in Transfigured Time - Outtakes from 'A Study in Choreography for Camera' | 11 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jean Rouch Films Introduced by Elizabeth Cowie | Two influential films by the director and anthropologist Jean Rouch, Petit à Petit (1971) and Les Maîtres Fous (1955), touch on ideas in Already there! and relate to our previous exhibition – Jean Genet’s play The Blacks was inspired by Les Maîtres Fous. Elizabeth Cowie, Professor of Film Studies at The University of Kent will introduce this pioneering figure of Nouvelle Vague cinema. | 2 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoArtist Talk: Klaus Weber with Ian White | -- | 23 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Panel Discussion- Genet and the Panthers audio | -- | 30 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Kobena Mercer audio | Kobena Mercer is a Professor or History of Art and African American Studies at Yale University. He previously taught at New York University and University of California at Santa Cruz. Mercer’s writes and teaches on the visual arts of the black diaspora, examining African American, Caribbean, and Black British artists in modern and contemporary art. His books include, Welcome to the Jungle (1994), and his work features in several interdisciplinary anthologies including Art and Its Histories (1998), The Visual Culture Reader (2001) and Theorizing Diaspora (2003). Mercer is the author of monographic studies on Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Isaac Julien, Renee Green, and Keith Piper, as well as historical studies of James VanDer Zee, Romare Bearden, and Adrian Piper. He is the editor of the Annotating Art’s Histories series, published by MIT and INIVA.He is currently working on an essay collection, Travel & See: Writings on Black Diaspora Art. | 30 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | VideoKobena Mercer video | Kobena Mercer is a Professor or History of Art and African American Studies at Yale University. He previously taught at New York University and University of California at Santa Cruz. Mercer’s writes and teaches on the visual arts of the black diaspora, examining African American, Caribbean, and Black British artists in modern and contemporary art. His books include, Welcome to the Jungle (1994), and his work features in several interdisciplinary anthologies including Art and Its Histories (1998), The Visual Culture Reader (2001) and Theorizing Diaspora (2003). Mercer is the author of monographic studies on Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Isaac Julien, Renee Green, and Keith Piper, as well as historical studies of James VanDer Zee, Romare Bearden, and Adrian Piper. He is the editor of the Annotating Art’s Histories series, published by MIT and INIVA.He is currently working on an essay collection, Travel & See: Writings on Black Diaspora Art. | 30 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | VideoQ+A Emory Douglas & Kodwo Eshun | Emory Douglas, the Panthers’ former Minister of Culture who will talk about his life and work. Douglas’ uplifting and acerbic political art helped forge the Panthers powerful imagery. Emory Douglas was minister of culture for the Black Panther Party from 1967 until its discontinuation in the early 1980’s. Douglas’s powerful visuals helped define the style of the groups newspapers, posters and pamphlets. His bold illustrations and striking images spoke forcefully to a community ravaged by poverty, police brutality and poor living conditions and portrayed a populace fighting to assert their rights to equality. The afternoon consists of a presentation on Genet and the Panthers by Kodwo Eshun, with academic Kobena Mercer, via Skype. They will focus on the significance of the Genet / Panther interface and the cultural legacy of the Panthers. Artist Lili Reynaud-Dewar will join a panel discussion. Kodwo Eshun lives and work in London. He is a member of The Otolith Group, their film Nervus Rerum (2008) is screened in the current exhibition Act 2: Prisoner of Love. Eshun is the author of More Brilliant than the Sun (1998) and co-editor of the new issue of Third Text on The Militant Image. The Otolith Group were founded in 2000. Anjalika Sagar and Kodwo Eshun are its core members. Working with media archives, histories, legacies and themes around tricontinentalism, the group use moving image, sound, text and explore curatorial practice in their work. | 30 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | ExplicitVideoEmory Douglas, the Panthers and Genet | Emory Douglas was minister of culture for the Black Panther Party from 1967 until its discontinuation in the early 1980’s. Douglas’s powerful visuals helped define the style of the groups newspapers, posters and pamphlets. His bold illustrations and striking images spoke forcefully to a community ravaged by poverty, police brutality and poor living conditions and portrayed a populace fighting to assert their rights to equality. | 30 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitAgnès Vannouvong – Polymorphism of the Genre. On the “Sexuality Dispositive” in Jean Genet`s dramaturgy | Agnès Vannouvong will investigate how Genet creates a poetics of ambiguity though a polymorphism of gender; circulating sexual, social and imaginary identity. Dr Vannouvong is a Lecturer at Geneva University. Her research focuses on representations of the body and gender within contemporary art and literature. She co-edited Toutes les images du langage, Jean Genet (2008) and published her PHD under the title Jean Genet, les revers du genre (2010.) Her articles include The wounded man, For Genet, (2011), Dancing on the wire, The Tightrope of Jean Genet, (2009) Jean Genet and the arts, Arts Journal (2009) For a sexualization of the image in The Maids and The Balcony, Jean Genet, Journal Verso,(2006.) | 14 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 22 | ExplicitVideoAdrian Rifkin Genet- Sex, Power and Dramaturg | Adrian Rifkin will discuss the implications of figures such as Sartre, Derrida and Fassbinder’s descriptions of Genet as a site of commentary and cultural fetishism with particular attention to Genet's self-reflection in Notre Dame des Fleurs. Adrian Rifkin is currently Professor of Art Writing at Goldsmiths, London. He was previously Professor of Visual Culture at Middlesex University and Professor of Fine Art at the University of Leeds. Rifkin is the author of Street Noises, Parisian Pleasures, 1900 – 1940 (1993), Ingres then, and now (2001) and the site and blog gai-savoir.net. | 14 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 23 | ExplicitVideoCarl Lavery Genet- Sex, Power and Dramaturgy | Carl Lavery will consider the aesthetics and politics of Genet's late theatre following on from his publication The Politics of Jean Genet's Late Theatre: Spaces of Revolution (2010), which situate the politics of Genet's theatre within the social, spatial and political contexts of post-war France. He will do by this reflecting on Genet's dramaturgy and ideas of transversality and assemblage. He will also explore what it might mean to write critically about Genet's complex notion of aesthetic politics. Dr Lavery has taught at several universities in the UK, and currently teaches in the department of Theatre, Film and Television at Aberystwyth University. Lavery has written Spaces of Revolution: The Politics of Jean Genet's Late Theatre, co-authored Sacred Theatre (2007) and co-edited Jean Genet: Performance and Politics (2006) and Contemporary French Theatre and Performance with Clare Finburgh (2011). He has also written for performance and collaborated with several contemporary companies and artists. He is co-author of Walking, Writing and Performance: Autobiographical Texts by Dee Heddon, Carl Lavery and Phil Smith (2009). His most recent publication is 'Good Luck Everybody'. Lone Twin: Journeys, Performances and Conversation (with David Williams, 2011). He is currently writing a book about location and performance. | 9 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 24 | VideoMarc Camille Chaimowicz with Michael Bracewell | Marc Camille Chaimowicz will be in conversation about his work and Jean Genet, with novelist and cultural historian Michael Bracewell. Bracewell’s most recent book is Re-make/Re-model (2007), about the formation of the group Roxy Music. | 11 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Introduction of Un Chant D'Amour Enda McCaffrey Audio | Jean Genet developed screenplays for several films, but in the end only made one short, Un Chant d’Amour (1950), a forerunner of queer cinema. A silent homoerotic fantasy set in prison, it recalls Genet’s early writing. Censored for many years, it became a cause celebre for gay rights. Introduced by Enda McCaffrey, Reader in French Studies at Nottingham Trent University and author of the Gay Republic: Sexuality, Citizenship and Subversion in France (2005). | 28 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 26 | VideoIntroduction of Un Chant D'Amour Enda McCaffrey_video | Jean Genet developed screenplays for several films, but in the end only made one short, Un Chant d’Amour (1950), a forerunner of queer cinema. A silent homoerotic fantasy set in prison, it recalls Genet’s early writing. Censored for many years, it became a cause celebre for gay rights. Introduced by Enda McCaffrey, Reader in French Studies at Nottingham Trent University and author of the Gay Republic: Sexuality, Citizenship and Subversion in France (2005). | 28 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Alex Farquharson, Director Walk through of Jean Genet Exhibition | Jean Genet Act 1 & Act 2 16 Jul 2011 - 02 Oct 2011 Nottingham Contemporary presents a major exhibition inspired by the life and work of Jean Genet (1910 – 1986), the celebrated poet of revolt. Act One Marc Camille Chaimowicz, Jean Genet...the Courtesy of Objects Featuring Alberto Giacometti and Tariq Alvi, Lukas Duwenhogger, Mathilde Rachet, Wolfgang Tillmans Act Two Prisoners of Love André Acquart, Emory Douglas, Latifa Echakhch, Mona Hatoum, Glenn Ligon, Abdul Hay Mosallam, The Otolith Group, Lili Reynaud-Dewar, Carole Roussopoulos, Gil J Wolman, Akram Zaatari Act One is a solo exhibition by Marc Camille Chaimowicz, the influential London-based artist who was born in post-War Paris. New works in film, slide projection and sculpture evoke the early Genet – the orphan, thief, prisoner, army deserter, vagabond and prostitute who turned brutal experience into sexually fevered poetry. Featured “guests” in his dreamlike, ornate environments include Alberto Giacometti. Chaimowicz’s exhibition,refers to Genet’s first play The Maids (1948), about two servants who revolt against their mistress, and features a new film inspired by it. His installation is in the form of a strange and exquisite domestic interior that offers a mental image of a space Genet might wish to inhabit. The Chaimowicz exhibition hosts the work of others, including six major sculptures and paintings from the 1950s by the great Modernist sculpture Alberto Giacometti, generously lent by the Fondation Giacometti, Centre Pompidou and Tate. These famous works will be seen as never before, and include a portrait of Genet by his great friend Giacometti, as well as furniture designed in the 1930s. Picasso called Genet’s essay on Giacometti the greatest essay on an artist. Other guest artists include Tariq Alvi, Lukas Duwenhogger, Mathilde Rachet and Wolfgang Tillmans. Genet wrote his five novels while in prison – loans from Her Majesty’s Prison Service Collection help to evoke this. Act Two reflects on Genet’s later life – particularly as an advocate for the Black Panther Party, and of the Palestinian cause. The art works include a major new commission by Lili Reynaud-Dewar, a film set in a Palestinian refugee camp by the Otolith Group, and the political murals of Emory Douglas, Culture Minister of the Black Panther Party, as well as artefacts relating to Genet himself. Act Two reflects Genet’s life since the late 50s, beginning with his controversial anti-colonial plays, The Blacks (1958) The Screens (1961). He became an advocate and spokesperson for the US Black Panther Party at their express invitation, visiting the US in 1970 and supporting Bobby Seale, Angela Davis and George Jackson and spent the next two years living alongside the young Palestinian fedayeen in Jordan. He was the first Westerner to witness the immediate aftermath of the massacres in the Palestinian refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila in Beirut in 1982, powerfully recalled in his last great essay, Four Hours in Shatila. Within the exhibition Lili Reynaud-Dewar’s major installation has four black, pink and white “walls” made from blankets, reminiscent of nights under the stars in the desert. It features coloured mannequin limbs, a child’s Black Panther uniform and a voice reading from Genet’s Prisoner of Love. Latifa Echakhch has covered the galleries with numbers drawn in charcoal directly on the wall that refer to the unrealised UN resolutions on Israel and Palestine. Mona Hatoum’s art works are a table full of glazed ceramic hand-grenades in various colours and a traditional Arab scarf, a keffiah, made of human hair. The exhibition also has two large murals by Emory Douglas, and a selection of his posters, as well as an extensive collection of Panther Party newspapers. The film Nervus Rerum by the Otolith Group was made in Jenin refugee camp – the sound track partially deriving from Genet’s Prisoner of Love. Situationist Gil J Wolman’s “scotc | 25 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 28 | VideoSarah Wilson Jean Genet: from existential to post-colonial | Leading art historian Sarah Wilson has written and curated extensively on the relationship of art and philosophy in France since the Second World War. Here she will reflect on her work on Genet, spanning Jean-Paul Sartre and Existentialism, Jacques Derrida and Deconstruction, and finally Tahar Ben Jelloun, North Africa and Post-Colonialism. Her most recent book is The Visual World of French Theory: Figures (2010). | 21 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 29 | VideoThe Freudian Robot Lydia Liu | Lydia Liu is Wu Tsun Tam Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Chinese and Comparative Literature in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University, New York. In this lecture Professor Liu will examine the psychic life of digital media, exploring digital writing and its ‘fateful’ entanglement with the Freudian unconscious. Her new book The Freudian Robot: Digital Media and the Future of the Unconscious demonstrates how human-machine relationships can be re-thought at the level of the unconscious. This event is the keynote address of the Translating Culture symposium, held in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Nottingham on 15 July. | 14 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 30 | VideoDecoding Monkey | Writer Wayne Burrows traces this curious cultural journey, from Wu Cheng’s Journey to the West, written in 1590, and arguably the first road novel, through English poet Arthur Waley, the Japanese music scene of the 60s, the cult of martial arts master Bruce Lee – all the way to the global impact of the 70s TV series | 24 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 31 | VideoMythologising Animals in Chinese Contemporary Art | Animal symbols appear throughout Huang Yong Ping’s exhibition, referencing Chinese cosmology, Daoist divines and the mysterious afterlife. Dr Kleutghen from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, will offer a particular slant on Huang Yong Ping’s work by revealing the significance of animal symbols in Chinese art. | 16 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 32 | VideoHou Hanru Via skype talk | Prolific critic and curator Hou Hanru will be in discussion with Nottingham Contemporary Director Alex Farquharson via a live skype link to discuss Huang Yong Ping’s work in the wider context of the Chinese art scene. Born in 1963 in China, Hou Hanru is based in Paris and San Francisco. He is Director of Exhibitions and Public Programs and also Chair of Exhibition and Museum Studies at the San Francisco Art Institute. Hou Hanru has been a consultant for several cultural institutions internationally including the Solomon Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Deutsche Bank Collection, Frankfurt; the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; and the Contemporary Art Museum in Kumamoto, Japan. He has taught and lectured at numerous educational institutions in Europe and is a correspondent for Flash Art International and a regular contributor to several other contemporary-art journals including ART iT, Artasiapacific and Yishu. He has curated many exhibitions including: “The Spectacle of the Everyday” Lyon Bienalle, 2009; "Trans(cient) City" and "Global Multitude", Luxembourg, 2007; 10th Istanbul Biennale, 2007; "Everyday Miracle, four woman artists in the Chinese Pavilion (Shen Yuan, Yin Xiuzhen, Kan Xuan, Cao Fei)", 52nd Venice Biennale, 2007; "Go Inside", 3rd Tirana Biennale, 2005; and exhibitions at the Venice Biennale, 2003, 2007; and Shanghai Biennale, 2000. | 14 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 33 | VideoGeoff Dyer and John Hegley video | Poet and performer John Hegley will be joined by author Geoff Dyer for an evening of verse, music and discussions around the poetry and letters of Nottinghamshire’s legendary international author D.H. Lawrence. The event follows Hegley and Dyer’s appearance on BBC Radio 4’s Great Lives series where they started their investigation into Lawrence. Geoff Dyer’s book Out of Sheer Rage: In the Shadow of D.H. Lawrence (1997) was shortlisted for the National Book Critics’ Circle Fiction Award in the USA. John Hegley has produced ten books of verse and prose pieces, two CDs and one mug. An Edinburgh Festival regular he explores topics as diverse as dog hair, potatoes, handkerchiefs and the general misery of human existence. | 10 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Geoff Dyer and John Hegley | Poet and performer John Hegley will be joined by author Geoff Dyer for an evening of verse, music and discussions around the poetry and letters of Nottinghamshire’s legendary international author D.H. Lawrence. The event follows Hegley and Dyer’s appearance on BBC Radio 4’s Great Lives series where they started their investigation into Lawrence. Geoff Dyer’s book Out of Sheer Rage: In the Shadow of D.H. Lawrence (1997) was shortlisted for the National Book Critics’ Circle Fiction Award in the USA. John Hegley has produced ten books of verse and prose pieces, two CDs and one mug. An Edinburgh Festival regular he explores topics as diverse as dog hair, potatoes, handkerchiefs and the general misery of human existence. | 10 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Us and Them: Beyond Orientalism - Arshin Adib–Moghaddam | Dr Adib–Mohhaddam is Lecturer in Comparative and International Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He has written widely on Islamism and the politics of the Persian Gulf and is a frequent contributor to newspapers and TV. At Nottingham Contemporary he will trace the history of Islamophobia, confronting the idea of a “clash of civilisations” between “Islam” and “the West.” He calls for a new understanding that appreciates our common historic, cultural and political interdependence | 1 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 36 | VideoThe Crusades- Islamic Perspectives Video | Historian Carole Hillenbrand is among the world’s top scholars of the Crusades. Professor Emerita of Islamic History at the University of Edinburgh, her work focuses on the Islamic perspective of the Crusades, using Arab source material. Her talk will expand on the themes of Wael Shawky’s Cabaret Crusades:The Horror Show File. | 25 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Crusades- Islamic Perspectives | Historian Carole Hillenbrand is among the world’s top scholars of the Crusades. Professor Emerita of Islamic History at the University of Edinburgh, her work focuses on the Islamic perspective of the Crusades, using Arab source material. Her talk will expand on the themes of Wael Shawky’s Cabaret Crusades:The Horror Show File. | 25 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 38 | VideoChicago Boys: While we were singing, they were dreaming.. | Chicago Boys: while we were singing, they were dreaming... is an ongoing project initiated and conceived as a 1970s cover band and neo-liberalism study group by the Kurdish Iraqi artist Hiwa K. Drawing from the You tube videos, a team of global lay researchers accessed via Skype, and band members' personal experiences, the group has played songs from the 1970s and performs comparative studies of neoliberalism around the world. Pop songs from Holland, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Bangladesh and Poland are interspersed with discussions and stories about the processes through which free market values such as those espoused by their namesake - the Chicago Boys - a group of Chilean students who studied under economist Milton Friedman - are experienced in specific locations around the world. Chicago Boys sessions respond to the location they are in and have focused on topics such as migration, education and privatisation of public space. Chicago Boys: while we were singing, they were dreaming… was originally commissioned by the Serpentine Gallery’s Edgware Road Project at the Centre for Possible Studies, where Hiwa K was artist-in-residence. It has since developed in relation to the sites of Alternativa (Wyspa, Gdansk, Poland), Casco Projects and if I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution (Holland) and The Arts Against Cuts Direct Weekend (London) among others. | 14 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 39 | VideoThe 21st Century- China's Century | China is now the world’s second economy, poised to overtake the US. Professor Shujie Yao and Dr Zhengxu Wang from the Contemporary Chinese Department of The University of Nottingham will discuss the “Chinese Century” – a period when economic transformation has had profound internal – and world wide effects. Professor Shujie Yao is Head of the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies and Professor of Economics and Chinese Sustainable Development at The University of Nottingham. He was recently ranked among the world’s top ten China scholars. Dr Wang is the Acting Director of the China Policy Institute at The University of Nottingham. His research area is Chinese political reform and democratic change | 12 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Razia Iqba | Razia Iqbal is a Special Correspondent for BBC News, with extensive experience in both the arts and politics. She reports for the BBC’s 6 and 10 o’ clock news and other programmes, including the PM Programme, Woman’s Hour, Front Row, the BBC’s World Service and 5LIVE. From 2003 to 2009 she was the BBC’s Television Arts correspondent. She has also been a reporter in Pakistan and Sri Lanka. At Nottingham Contemporary she will discuss Wael Shawky’s work, in the context of Middle Eastern politics and culture. | 4 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 41 | VideoWael Shawky Artist’s Talk - Video | Wael Shawky will talk about his work – an attempt, he says, to create “hybridised society”. This event will offer a fascinating insight into his art work, at a time of turmoil in the Middle East. | 22 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Wael Shawky Artist’s Talk - audio | Wael Shawky will talk about his work – an attempt, he says, to create “hybridised society”. This event will offer a fascinating insight into his art work, at a time of turmoil in the Middle East. | 20 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 43 | VideoTaxidermy Tour Wollaton Hall | Wildlife artist and illustrator Chris Orgill was trained by Wollaton Hall’s late and legendary taxidermist Don Sharp. He gives a personal insight into the history and craft of taxidermy, followed by a tour of Wollaton Hall’s extensive collection | 19 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Huang Yong Ping Artist Talk - audio | Huang Yong Ping is one of the leading Chinese artists of his generation. He moved to Paris in 1989 after participating in the renowned Magiciens de la Terre exhibition at Centre Pompidou that year, soon after the brutal suppression of the demonstrations in Tiananmen Square. Today he divides his time between studios in Paris and Fujian province in southern China. | 16 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 45 | VideoHuang Yong Ping Artist Talk - video | Huang Yong Ping is one of the leading Chinese artists of his generation. He moved to Paris in 1989 after participating in the renowned Magiciens de la Terre exhibition at Centre Pompidou that year, soon after the brutal suppression of the demonstrations in Tiananmen Square. Today he divides his time between studios in Paris and Fujian province in southern China. | 16 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 46 | VideoJean Fisher A Swim Against the Tide, A Lecture on Jack Goldstein | Jean Fisher knew Jack Goldstein well and wrote about his work in depth. Fisher will speak of Goldstein’s core concerns and offer her perspective on his aesthetic philosophy as it relates to art of the 1980s. Although one of the most influential artists of his generation, Fisher argues that he was often misinterpreted in his day by mainstream critics. Jean Fisher teachers on the Curating Contemporary Art MA at the Royal College of Art and is Professor of Fine Art and Transcultural Studies at Middlesex University. | 17 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Patricia J. Williams Rush, Rights, and the Rise of Radical Wrong | Rush Limbaugh was among the first of the so-called “shock-jocks.” Over the last decade or so, the dominance of angry, polemical voices in American media has had a profound effect on political debate in the United States. This increase has been facilitated by the concentration of broadcast ownership in very few hands; and it has diminished viewpoint diversity considerably. With the death of the Fairness Doctrine, with overall regulatory retreat, and with little reference to journalistic ethics, American radio and television political reportage has abandoned many of the standards of fact-based reporting, even as a coterie of privately-underwritten partisan pundits has gained credibility and influence. This presentation will examine the history and consequence of this phenomenon. Nottingham Contemporary's public programme is jointly supported by Nottingham Trent University and The University of Nottingham | 15 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 48 | VideoPatricia J. WilliamsRush, Rights, and the Rise of Radical Wrong | Rush Limbaugh was among the first of the so-called “shock-jocks.” Over the last decade or so, the dominance of angry, polemical voices in American media has had a profound effect on political debate in the United States. This increase has been facilitated by the concentration of broadcast ownership in very few hands; and it has diminished viewpoint diversity considerably. With the death of the Fairness Doctrine, with overall regulatory retreat, and with little reference to journalistic ethics, American radio and television political reportage has abandoned many of the standards of fact-based reporting, even as a coterie of privately-underwritten partisan pundits has gained credibility and influence. This presentation will examine the history and consequence of this phenomenon | 15 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nina Power Q+A | A subtle critique of the sexual politics of photography is often apparent in Anne Collier’s images. Nina Power, author of One Dimensional Woman, will be discussing contemporary feminism in relation to Collier’s work. Power is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy | 9 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nina Power Lecture | A subtle critique of the sexual politics of photography is often apparent in Anne Collier’s images. Nina Power, author of One Dimensional Woman, will be discussing contemporary feminism in relation to Collier’s work. Power is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Roehampton University and a regular contributor to The Guardian and New Statesman. The event coincides with Nottingham’s celebration of International Women’s Day. | 9 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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An Evening with Morgan Fisher | Morgan Fisher is one of the most influential avant-garde film makers of his generation. He began working in Los Angeles around the same time as Jack Goldstein. Though very different artists, both often dealt with the omnipresence of Hollywood. Fisher’s films deconstruct cinema by taking the mechanisms of film’s illusions as their subject. He will talk about his use of stock film footage. His films Standard Gauge (1984) and Wilkinson Household Fire Alarm (1973) will then be screened. Stuart Comer, Tate’s Curator of Film, will conduct a Q&A session. The lecture and screening coincides with a major exhibition by Morgan Fisher at Raven Row in London. | 25 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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In Focus Street Art and Art Institutions | The artist and writer Cedar Lewisohn curated the Street Art exhibition at Tate Modern in 2008, as well as co-curating last year’s Rude Britannia at Tate Britain. He is currently working on Tate’s Great British Art Debate. Lewisohn will consider street art and its role inside and outside conventional art institutions. This event will be followed by a Q&A with the audience. The In Focus Seminar Series is organised in collaboration with student placements from The University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University. Nottingham Contemporary's public programme is jointly supported by Nottingham Trent University and The University of Nottingham | 18 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 53 | VideoIn Focus- Feminist and Gender Critique, Patrizia diBello | Dr diBello of Birkbeck University is the author of books on both feminist critique and photography. She is currently researching the relevance of the photograph to Conceptual art practices, and its ambiguities as a document. She will examine the work of Anne Collier and its relationship to feminism, providing a theoretical and historical context. Followed by a Q&A session. The In Focus Seminar Series is organised in collaboration with student placements from The University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University. Nottingham Contemporary's public programme is jointly supported by Nottingham Trent University and The University of Nottingham. | 10 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 54 | VideoTwo Boxers - a re-performance by Jack Goldstein | This is a very rare opportunity to experience a Goldstein performance originally presented in 1979, re-performed in New York in 2002 and now presented for the first time in the UK. It will be contextualised by a lecture on Goldstein’s films and performances by Chrissie Iles, Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. The audience occupies seats in front of a boxing ring in darkness, before a fanfare heralds the appearance of two boxers. The three parts of the work allude to three possible modes of representation – the “heroic” contest is evoked by music, the strobe lit bout refers to the silent movie, and the final images assume the appearance of still photography. The 2002 re-performance of Two Boxers was under Jack Goldstein’s direction, as part of a major exhibition of his films curated by Chrissie Iles at the Whitney | 2 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Gary Winship | This Event Will Change Your Life 25 Jan 2011. Dr Gary Winship, a psychoanalytic psychotherapist from The University of Nottingham. | 1 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Susan Quilliam | This Event Will Change Your Life 25 Jan 2011, Susan Quilliam, relationship psychologist and author | 1 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr Beena Rajkumar and Tim Sweeney | This Event Will Change Your Life 25 Jan 2011, Dr Beena Rajkumar, specialist registrar in psychotherapy, Tim Sweeney, adult psychologist, talk about CMT | 1 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr Victoria Tischler | This Event Will Change Your Life 25 Jan 2011, Dr Victoria Tischler from The University of Nottingham, talk about the history of self help books | 1 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitOliver Burkeman | Dr Victoria Tischler Introduces Writer Oliver Burkeman who spoke about his new book Help! How To Become Slightly Happier and Get a Bit More Done, based on his weekly Guardian column, At Nottingham Contemporary on 25 January 2011 as a part of the talk, "this event will change your life" | 26 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 60 | VideoIn Focus- An Introduction | In this introductory lecture Dr Anna Lovatt of The University of Nottingham will introduce three key themes important to recent art which will be explored in future seminars: Appropriation, Feminist/Gender Critique and Institutional Critique, making reference to the work of Anne Collier and Jack Goldstein. The In Focus Seminar Series is organised in collaboration with student placements from The University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University. Lecture Theatre Two, Newton and Arkwright Building Nottingham Trent University, Goldsmith Street, Nottingham | 25 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 61 | VideoJohn Newling Miracle Tree (the Moringa Oleifera) | In March of 2010 John Newling was approached to develop a work in collaboration with Bronislaw Szerszynski of the Department of Sociology and the ESRC Centre for the Economic and the Social Aspects of Genomics (CESAGen), Lancaster University. The work that emerged 'Synthia II (code / soil / life)' consisted of Craig Venter's synthetic life form 'Synthia'. Growing in the soil was a Moringa Oleifera tree germinated by Newling in his studio. During this time Newling germinated and attempted to grow 11 of these 'generous' trees. Often referred to as the Miracle Tree, the Moringa Oleifera is native to the southern foothills of the Himalayas in northwestern India. Gram for gram, Moringa leaves contain: seven times the vitamin C in oranges, four times the calcium in milk, four times the vitamin A in carrots, two times the protein in milk and three times the potassium in bananas. It is for this and other extraordinary properties of this tree that it has been referred to as the world's most generous tree. As part of his research Newling has been closely observing the growth of the trees and making pressings of the Moringa leaves and complete trees. Leaves from the Moringa are pressed in selected books and the work is complemented by a video documenting Newling's recycling process of making the soil from which the Moringa grows, caring for the plants, and pressing their leaves. This is a rare opportunity to study the growing trees first-hand, with only one other known example within the UK of a successfully cultivated tree, at the Eden Project in Cornwall. This is the first in a series of artist's interventions in the Study. | 22 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 62 | VideoLive Lectures: Duncan Campbell - BAS7 | Campbell will discuss his film Bernadette, a portrait of Bernadette Devlin, the fiery republican Mid Ulster MP from 1969 to1974 – the youngest woman ever elected to the British Parliament. The film was compiled from historical documentary footage. It explores the seductive power of storytelling and the limitations of historical representation. | 9 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 63 | VideoAnthony d’Offay in conversation short | Anthony d’Offay was arguably the most influential gallerist in London during the 80s and 90s, representing art luminaries such as Andy Warhol, Joseph Beuys, Bruce Nauman, Jeff Koons, Gerhard Richter, Rachel Whiteread and Gilbert & George. ARTIST ROOMS, which includes the Arbus collection on show at Nottingham Contemporary, was established through The d’Offay Donation in 2008, with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, The Art Fund and the Scottish and British Governments. D’Offay will talk with Alex Farquharson about some of the artists he has worked with, and his experiences of the art world, in the private and public sectors | 29 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 64 | VideoLive Lectures: Brian Griffiths - BAS7 | Brian Griffiths made the giant sculpture in the window of Nottingham Contemporary. He is known for his theatrical sculpture and installations. Of his work he says “For me, objects are known and secure – an alternative to the instabilities and anxieties of ideas.” Griffiths has exhibited widely in the UK and internationally. Thursday Live Lecture Series In collaboration with Nottingham Contemporary, New Art Exchange and Nottingham Castle, the Fine Art course at Nottingham Trent University presents the Thursday Live Lecture series of free seminars by the British Art Show 7 curators and a selection of artists included in the exhibition. This series is an opportunity to find out more about the art on show across the city. | 25 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Critics' Circle - BAS7 | Join three distinguished art critics as they discuss what they might write about British Art Show 7. They will also examine the reviews of the exhibition in a What The Papers Say style. They will take a long look at the 35 year history of the BAS, relating it to other recurring exhibition formats. The panel is Gilda Williams, London correspondent of Artforum and a lecturer on the MA Curating Programme at Goldsmiths, JJ Charlesworth, associate editor of ArtReview magazine and Sam Thorne, associate editor of Frieze magazine | 24 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 66 | VideoCamera Lucida Revisited - short edit | Brian Dillon is the UK editor of Cabinet magazine. His writing has appeared in The Guardian, The Independent, The London Review of Books, The New Statesman, as well as various art magazines. His book In The Dark Room won the Irish Book Award for Non-Fiction. His lecture will discuss Roland Barthes’s Camera Lucida, perhaps the most influential book ever written on photography. Despite the fact that Barthes and Arbus seem to share the idea of photography as “the impossible science of the unique being,” Arbus is absent in Barthes’s text. Dillon will ask why. | 23 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 67 | VideoCamera Lucida Revisited | Brian Dillon is the UK editor of Cabinet magazine. His writing has appeared in The Guardian, The Independent, The London Review of Books, The New Statesman, as well as various art magazines. His book In The Dark Room won the Irish Book Award for Non-Fiction. His lecture will discuss Roland Barthes’s Camera Lucida, perhaps the most influential book ever written on photography. Despite the fact that Barthes and Arbus seem to share the idea of photography as “the impossible science of the unique being,” Arbus is absent in Barthes’s text. Dillon will ask why. | 23 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 68 | VideoOlivia Plender The Lost Works of Johan Riding - BAS7 | Much of Olivia Plender’s work is grounded in historical research. In drawings, graphic novels, videos, performances and installations, she has examined 19th- and early 20th-century spiritualist and social reform movements, and the British Empire Exhibition of 1924. She is interested in exposing ‘the ideological framework around the narration of history’ and how this impacts on present-day politics and culture. In Nottingham Contemporary, Plender will present a performance, ‘The Lost Works of Johan Riding', Dr Roger Quallen, Olivia Plender and Craig Burnett will introduce the little-known filmmaker Johan Riding. Dr Quallen will read from his upcoming study of Riding to provide some background about his life and work. Quallen, Plender and Burnett will then present some of the material - drawings, photos and possibly a film clip - that they have uncovered while researching his first three films: The Lost Clown, Mr Slidly Joins the Team and Out of Wack. | 20 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 69 | VideoLive Lectures: George Shaw - BAS7 | George Shaw studied at Sheffield Polytechnic and the Royal College of Art. He worked as a teacher in Nottingham, and had studios at the Oldknows building and in Eastwood. Using Humbrol enamel paint, he creates highly detailed paintings of the Midlands council estates of his childhood. He will discuss the literary and musical influences in his work, as well as references to art history. Thursday Live Lecture Series In collaboration with Nottingham Contemporary, New Art Exchange and Nottingham Castle, the Fine Art course at Nottingham Trent University presents the Thursday Live Lecture series of free seminars by the British Art Show 7 curators and a selection of artists included in the exhibition. This series is an opportunity to find out more about the art on show across the city. | 18 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 70 | VideoLive Lectures: Roger Hiorns - BAS7 | Nominated for the Turner Prize in 2009, Hiorns has worked with fire, foam, copper sulphate and animal remains to explore the physical and psychological resonances of material. In this seminar he will discuss his recent sculpture, including new work made for BAS7. In collaboration with Nottingham Contemporary, New Art Exchange and Nottingham Castle, the Fine Art course at Nottingham Trent University presents the Thursday Live Lecture series of free seminars by the British Art Show 7 curators and a selection of artists included in the exhibition. This series is an opportunity to find out more about the art on show across the city. | 11 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 71 | VideoGoth Cruise / Goth Night | Nottingham Contemporary is summoning the city’s Goths to appear in all their finery for a special photo shoot, from 7 – 8pm. The gloriously pale and sartorially undead will be immortalised through the lens of filmmaker Jeanie Finlay, who is making a series of Goth portraits. All participants will receive a digital copy of their likeness. Goth Cruise, Finlay’s film about the 4th annual Goth Cruise, which took place in blazing sunshine around Bermuda – in the company of two and a half thousand Hawaiian shirted senior citizens - will be screened at 8pm. Followed by a Q&A session with director Jeanie Finlay and Chris Cooke – from the Mayhem Horror Film Festival | 9 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 72 | VideoCosmos and Culture- BAS7 | The BAS7’s subtitle In the Days of the Comet is the inspiration for this detailed look at the history of the heavens above and our culture below. From the earliest times the heavens have played a central role in human cultures, acting as a clock, calendar and a teller of futures. Led by Marek Kukula, Public Astronomer at The Royal Observatory in Greenwich. | 9 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BAS Audio guide Daniella King | Silent Histories - Digging through the 31-year history of the British Art Show, this audio guide includes information about each of the previous British Art Shows as well as British Art Show 7. Written and read by Daniella King. | 5 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 74 | VideoLive Lectures: Anja Kirschner and David Panos - BAS7 | Anja Kirschner will talk about the film the Last Days of Jack Sheppard (2009) showing at Nottingham Castle. The writer Brian Dillon described it as “a Hogarthian frieze of disgraced stockjobbers, ruined gentry and opportunist hacks.” Their work often re-enacts historical or literary themes through genres such as westerns, sci-fi and period drama | 2 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 75 | VideoLive Lectures: Edgar Schmitz - BAS7 | Schmitz’s soundtracks and visual trailers “envelope and buffer the outer membranes” of BAS7 across its three sites. In this presentation he will address escapism, effects and expectations, as well as “almost indifferent backdrops.” He has had recent exhibitions in London, Graz and Eindhoven. Thursday Live Lecture Series In collaboration with Nottingham Contemporary, New Art Exchange and Nottingham Castle, the Fine Art course at Nottingham Trent University presents the Thursday Live Lecture series of free seminars by the British Art Show 7 curators and a selection of artists included in the exhibition. This series is an opportunity to find out more about the art on show across the city. | 28 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 76 | VideoLive Lectures: Olivia Plender -BAS7 | Olivia Plender’s installations, performances, videos and publications address subjects ranging from the history of the global financial system to social and religious movements. She has exhibited internationally at exhibitions that include the Tate Triennials of 2006 and 2009, nd played a key role in our exhibition Disclosures II: The Middle Ages in 2008. Thursday Live Lecture Series In collaboration with Nottingham Contemporary, New Art Exchange and Nottingham Castle, the Fine Art course at Nottingham Trent University presents the Thursday Live Lecture series of free seminars by the British Art Show 7 curators and a selection of artists included in the exhibition. This series is an opportunity to find out more about the art on show across the city. | 21 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Live Lectures: Introduction to British Art Show 7 Lisa Le Feuvre and Tom Morton | Introduction to British Art Show 7 14 October 2011 With Lisa Le Feuvre and Tom Morton In this casual seventy minute conversation between Lisa, Tom, and Curator of Public Programmes at Nottingham Contemporary Rob Blackson, Lisa and Tom answer a series of questions regarding the collaborative curatorial process they initiated to organise British Art Show 7. The British Art Show has for the past thirty years been a significant exhibition of British art that occurs every five years and is overseen by the Southbank Centre’s Hayward Touring Programme. In this conversation Lisa and Tom also describe their underlining intentions behind their use of this exhibition’s subtitle In the Days of the Comet, which has been lifted from the HG Wells science fiction novel of the same name. | 15 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 78 | VideoIntroduction to British Art Show 7 | In a Q&A with Rob Blackson, Nottingham Contemporary’s Curator of Public Programmes, the British Art Show 7 curators will discuss the collaborative process for selecting the artists and explore the exhibition’s various themes. Questions from the audience are welcomed. Lisa Le Feuvre teaches on the postgraduate curatorial programme at Goldsmiths, London. She is soon to be Head of Sculpture Studies at the Henry Moore Institute. Between 2005 and 2009 she directed the contemporary art programme at the National Maritime Museum. Tom Morton is currently a curator at the Hayward Gallery, and was previously curator of Cubitt Gallery, London. He was co-curator of the 2008 Busan Biennale, South Korea. He has been Contributing Editor of Frieze magazine since 2003. 14 Oct 2010 In a Q&A with Rob Blackson, Nottingham Contemporary’s Curator of Public Programmes, the British Art Show 7 curators will discuss the collaborative process for selecting the artists and explore the exhibition’s various themes. Questions from the audience are welcomed. Lisa Le Feuvre teaches on the postgraduate curatorial programme at Goldsmiths, London. She is soon to be Head of Sculpture Studies at the Henry Moore Institute. Between 2005 and 2009 she directed the contemporary art programme at the National Maritime Museum. Tom Morton is currently a curator at the Hayward Gallery, and was previously curator of Cubitt Gallery, London. He was co-curator of the 2008 Busan Biennale, South Korea. He has been Contributing Editor of Frieze magazine since 2003. Thursday Live Lecture Series In collaboration with Nottingham Contemporary, New Art Exchange and Nottingham Castle, the Fine Art course at Nottingham Trent University presents the Thursday Live Lecture series of free seminars by the British Art Show 7 curators and a selection of artists included in the exhibition. This series is an opportunity to find out more about the British Art Show in Nottingham. | 14 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 79 | VideoSoundtracks- Thomas Bloch | Nottingham Contemporary’s galleries will reverberate with music as two very different musicians supply soundtracks for the two exhibitions. Renowned classical musician Thomas Bloch will play the glass harmonica in the Gert and Uwe Tobias exhibition. This rare and beautiful instrument was first premiered in 1762. More than 100 composers, including Mozart and Beethoven, wrote works for it. However it acquired a sinister reputation – its vibrating sound was thought to drive listeners mad – and it fell out of favour. Only around 15 people in the world can currently play it. Bloch has worked with Radiohead, Gorillaz, Tom Waits and Marianne Faithfull. | 14 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 80 | VideoGeoff Dyer: Explaining a Trick by a Further Trick | Geoff Dyer is a successful novelist, winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, as well as a photography historian and journalist. In this lecture he discusses Arbus’s work in the context of 20th century photography. Described by The Telegraph as “quite possibly the best living writer in Britain,” his award winning books include But Beautiful and Out of Sheer Rage. He has contributed articles to The Guardian, The Independent, Wallpaper* and The New York Times. Simon Baker, Tate’s first Curator of Photography will lead a question and answer session | 5 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Alexander Nemerov Gallery walk though Diane Arbus | Alexander Nemerov is the nephew of Diane Arbus - son of her brother, the acclaimed poet Howard Nemerov and Professor of Art and American Studies at Yale University. | 28 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 82 | VideoPhoto Booth | Video documentation from The World's Largest Photo Booth at Nottingham Contemporary, 24 July - 5 September 2010. Thanbks To Branden Oliver, Lab and James Brouwer, | 24 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Subtitles- Discussion Anders Kreuger | Director Anders Kreuger in conversation with Alex Farquharson, Director of Nottingham Contemporary, followed by a screening of Subtitles, Kreuger’s dissection of the progressive ideals of 70s Sweden, through the medium of then wholesome children’s TV | 23 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 84 | VideoThe Yes Men Fix The World Q&A with Alan Hayling short edit | The true story of two politically committed mischief makers who pose as the representatives of companies they despise - and impose justice by any means at theirdisposal. Introduced by the film’s producerAlan Hayling of Renegade Films | 24 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 85 | VideoThe Yes Men Fix The World Q&A with Alan Hayling | The true story of two politically committed mischief makers who pose as the representatives of companies they despise - and impose justice by any means at theirdisposal. Introduced by the film’s producerAlan Hayling of Renegade Films | 24 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 86 | VideoXenospace Angus Cameron short edit | Angus Cameron, Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Leicester and emissary of the artists Goldin+Senneby (included in the Uneven Geographies exhibition) will be leading a discussion on the idea boundaries and their often fictional role within contemporary society. Cameron explains his interests in boundaries as: "The convention of the boundary is deeply contradictory. Boundary lines are integral to the social world and yet, by definition, they have no magnitude: they do not exist. In this presentation Cameron argues that boundary lines serve as a foundational fiction for the modern globalised world, not only punctuating 'real' space, but also opening up an array of fictional spaces called xenospaces. These are functional exteriors that have no physical existence but which shape and pervade everyday life. By examining the boundary line as the spatial equivalent of a mathematical 'zero', this presentation questions the very basis of spatial practice and representation." Following Cameron’s presentation he will be answering questions from the audience led by respondent Dr. Nicky Marsh of the University of Southampton. | 22 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 87 | VideoXenospace Angus Cameron | Angus Cameron, Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Leicester and emissary of the artists Goldin+Senneby (included in the Uneven Geographies exhibition) will be leading a discussion on the idea boundaries and their often fictional role within contemporary society. Cameron explains his interests in boundaries as: "The convention of the boundary is deeply contradictory. Boundary lines are integral to the social world and yet, by definition, they have no magnitude: they do not exist. In this presentation Cameron argues that boundary lines serve as a foundational fiction for the modern globalised world, not only punctuating 'real' space, but also opening up an array of fictional spaces called xenospaces. These are functional exteriors that have no physical existence but which shape and pervade everyday life. By examining the boundary line as the spatial equivalent of a mathematical 'zero', this presentation questions the very basis of spatial practice and representation." Following Cameron’s presentation he will be answering questions from the audience led by respondent Dr. Nicky Marsh of the University of Southampton. | 22 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 88 | VideoOne Thoresby Street- Annexinema - Nottingham Temporary - Moot - Trade Gallery | The programme takes a sideways look at the themes of Uneven Geographies. Films include Neil Beloufa's haunting ethnological sci-fi documentary Kempinski, Lenka Clayton's Qaeda Quality Question Quickly Quickly Quiet – a telling alphabetical deconstruction of George W. Bush's Axis of Evil speech, and the mysterious C. Elliott Friday's controversial and long-lost promotional tourist film Visit Howland Island. There will be limited areas of seating, and shelter, but participants are asked, if possible, to bring their own seating and comfort. You will also need shelter, should conditions be adverse. Food and drink will be available, the venue is accessible and there are ground floor facilities inside the building. The event will form part of a full evening of activity at One Thoresby Street, starting with Trade Gallery openings at 6pm. Annexinema is an autonomous, not-for-profit partnership, focusing on the screening and performance of visionary and experimental work in sound and the moving image. It is peripatetic, having worked in various locations, from a disused shop unit to a cycle-powered event under a motorway flyover. | 19 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The future suck Unless We Can Change it | A discussion by Alan Simpson Former Nottingham South MP Alan Simpson will lead a discussion based on his global research into environmental solutions – ranging from Nottingham’s 19th century fight against cholera to new dams in the Himalayas. Representatives from the Mozes Community Energy Initiative, Stormsaver Rainwater Harvesting and The Nottingham University Hospitals Trust will illustrate how communities, the health sector and small businesses are demonstrating sustainable approaches to energy, water conservation and locally produced food. | 10 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 90 | VideoNew Geographies of Globalisation | Three speakers from The University of Nottingham's School of Geography present global case studies. Louise Crewe examines the complex landscape of the contemporary fashion industry. Stephen Legg examines historical conditions between the two World Wars that set the scene for modern mobility, both monetary and personal. Alex Vasudevan describes new forms of resistance to "neo-liberal" global economics that cross national boundaries as efficiently as capital. | 9 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Saskia Sassen Q and A | Nottingham Contemporary is pleased to present Saskia Sassen, Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics and Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology at Columbia University in a lecture that is based on a quarter of a century of research into the consequences of global capital. Sassen is one of the world’s leading authorities on the social consequences of globalisation. Her meticulous and far-reaching work has encompassed immigration, new networked technologies, the dynamics of global cities, the changes within the nation-state caused by the “transnational” economy and the feminisation of labour. It is characterised by the “unexpected and the counter-intuitive”, used as a way to cut through established “truths” that may not be what they seem. This event is organised in partnership with The University of Nottingham’s School of Geography. | 19 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 92 | VideoSaskia Sassen short edit | Nottingham Contemporary is pleased to present Saskia Sassen, Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics and Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology at Columbia University in a lecture that is based on a quarter of a century of research into the consequences of global capital. Sassen is one of the world’s leading authorities on the social consequences of globalisation. Her meticulous and far-reaching work has encompassed immigration, new networked technologies, the dynamics of global cities, the changes within the nation-state caused by the “transnational” economy and the feminisation of labour. It is characterised by the “unexpected and the counter-intuitive”, used as a way to cut through established “truths” that may not be what they seem. This event is organised in partnership with The University of Nottingham’s School of Geography | 19 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 93 | VideoSaskia Sassen | Nottingham Contemporary is pleased to present Saskia Sassen, Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics and Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology at Columbia University in a lecture that is based on a quarter of a century of research into the consequences of global capital. Sassen is one of the world’s leading authorities on the social consequences of globalisation. Her meticulous and far-reaching work has encompassed immigration, new networked technologies, the dynamics of global cities, the changes within the nation-state caused by the “transnational” economy and the feminisation of labour. It is characterised by the “unexpected and the counter-intuitive”, used as a way to cut through established “truths” that may not be what they seem. This event is organised in partnership with The University of Nottingham’s School of Geography | 19 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nadim Chaud Lunch time talks Uneven Geographies | Uneven Geographies brings together the work of artists from five continents who find experimental ways of capturing the processes of globalisation, and its human consequences in various regions of the world. Curated by T.J Demos and Alex Farquharson | 19 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Uneven Geographies Alex Farquharson, Director, Nottingham Contemporary | Éduardo Abaroa, Azzellini & Ressler, Yto Barrada, Ursula Biemann, Bureau d’Études, Öyvind Fahlström, Goldin + Senneby, Mark Lombardi, Steve McQueen, Cildo Meireles, George Osodi, Bruno Serralongue, Mladen Stilinović, Yang Zhenzhong Uneven Geographies brings together the work of artists from five continents who find experimental ways of capturing the processes of globalisation, and its human consequences in various regions of the world. Curated by T.J Demos and Alex Farquharson | 13 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 96 | VideoThe Geopolitical Turn | What are the reference points for contemporary art in a global economy that creates enormous wealth as well as widening inequality. Our opening conference explores the many strategies artists use to reveal the processes and human consequences of the globalised market economy. Introduced by the exhibition’s co-curator T.J. Demos – writer, curator and lecturer at University College, London – the conference includes artists George Osodi, Ursula Biemann, Dario Azzellini, Oliver Ressler and Bureau d’Études. Other speakers include Alfredo Cramerotti, author of Aesthetic Journalism and co-curator of the next Manifesta exhibition; Angus Cameron, the official “emissary” of artists Goldin+Senneby and a lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Leicester; Janna Graham, artist and curator; The University of Nottingham’s Alex Vasudevan and Mark Fisher, author of Capitalist Realism; Is There No Alterative? Together they will examine the challenges of representing globalisation, and what’s at stake when artists engage with geopolitical issues. | 8 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Soviet Cosmos Rolf Hellebust | Associate Professor Rolf Hellebust of the University of Nottingham will give an illustrated lecture on the history of Soviet space exploration as a symbol of utopian desire. Starting from the pre-revolutionary period of communist cosmic utopianism, it covers proletarian poetry and science fiction and the triumphs of the Soviet cosmonauts, together with the deconstruction of official mythology as the Soviet state toppled. Afterwards there will be a chance to explore the evening sky, courtesy of the NTU observatory and its telescopes with Dr. Dan Brown, Astronomy Development and Outreach Officer (weather permitting | 25 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Food and Humour Part 2 | The cuisines of communism and Eastern Bloc humour, Seth Graham of University College London will preside at a night of humour – and food. A smorgasbord of Eastern European cuisines will include Russian, Polish, Ukranian and Romanian delights. There will also be live Polish music | 18 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Food and Humour Part 1 | The cuisines of communism and Eastern Bloc humour, Seth Graham of University College London will preside at a night of humour – and food. A smorgasbord of Eastern European cuisines will include Russian, Polish, Ukranian and Romanian delights. There will also be live Polish music | 18 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Art Under Communism Mike O’Mahony | During the period 1917 to 1945 artists, and subsequently the state, attempted to define the political role of art. Dr Mike O’Mahony of the History of Art Department at the University of Bristol traces this fascinating trajectory through the rise and fall of the Soviet avant-garde to the emergence of Socialist Realism - “intrinsically an art of the past, present and future.” | 17 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Byt part 1 Dr Susan E. Reid | Russian Cosmism and Post-Soviet Art Viktor Misiano Viktor Misiano’s lecture focuses on the reawakening of interest in the mytical and revolutionary ideas of the Russian Cosmists in the work of leading Russian artists of the post-communist era: Dmitri Gutov, Yuri Liederman and Sergei Shutov. In particular, he examines the influence of the founder of Cosmism, Nikolai Fyodorov, who believed that modern science would soon bring about he resurrection of everyone who had ever lived and the colonization of other planets. Although Cosmism influenced the development of the Soviet space programme, its ideas were thoroughly suppressed under Stalin. Misiano is one of the leading curators and critics of the Russian contemporary art scene. He is editor of ‘Progressive Nostalgia: Contemporary Art of the Former USSR’ (2008), a book that documents a number of international exhibitions he curated in recent years on how artists have responded to enormous social change in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union. “Byt” is Russian for everyday life. Dr Susan E. Reid of the Russian and Slavonic Studies Department, the University of Sheffield, will talk about Russian domestic life during the 50s and 60s. The Khrushchev era in the Soviet Union (mid-1950s - mid-1960s) was a time of rapid modernization and intensive industrialized construction of standard mass housing for the Soviet people. The provision of new flats was accompanied by large quantities of advice about how to furnish, decorate and dwell in them in ways that were deemed modern, tasteful and socialist, such that the new apartments would not become nests of ‘petit-bourgeois’ private values but, rather, become the springboard for the final transition to full Communism. This illustrated talk will look at the way in which Soviet citizens who moved into new flats in the early 1960s negotiated standardization, shortages, and modernist taste prescriptions to make these standard spaces into home | 10 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Byt part2 Russian Communism and Post-Soviet Art Viktor Misiano | Viktor Misiano’s lecture focuses on the reawakening of interest in the mytical and revolutionary ideas of the Russian Cosmists in the work of leading Russian artists of the post-communist era: Dmitri Gutov, Yuri Liederman and Sergei Shutov. In particular, he examines the influence of the founder of Cosmism, Nikolai Fyodorov, who believed that modern science would soon bring about he resurrection of everyone who had ever lived and the colonization of other planets. Although Cosmism influenced the development of the Soviet space programme, its ideas were thoroughly suppressed under Stalin. Misiano is one of the leading curators and critics of the Russian contemporary art scene. He is editor of ‘Progressive Nostalgia: Contemporary Art of the Former USSR’ (2008), a book that documents a number of international exhibitions he curated in recent years on how artists have responded to enormous social change in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union. “Byt” is Russian for everyday life. Dr Susan E. Reid of the Russian and Slavonic Studies Department, the University of Sheffield, will talk about Russian domestic life during the 50s and 60s. The Khrushchev era in the Soviet Union (mid-1950s - mid-1960s) was a time of rapid modernization and intensive industrialized construction of standard mass housing for the Soviet people. The provision of new flats was accompanied by large quantities of advice about how to furnish, decorate and dwell in them in ways that were deemed modern, tasteful and socialist, such that the new apartments would not become nests of ‘petit-bourgeois’ private values but, rather, become the springboard for the final transition to full Communism. This illustrated talk will look at the way in which Soviet citizens who moved into new flats in the early 1960s negotiated standardization, shortages, and modernist taste prescriptions to make these standard spaces into home. | 10 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Formation of the Eastern Bloc | Dr Stefanos Katsikas of the History Department of Goldsmiths, University of London, revisits the Warsaw Pact and the Cold War. | 3 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Managing Personal and Political Change | Dr David Norris, Associate Professor, Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies, the University of Nottingham, will discuss the collapse of Yugoslavia, using Serbian films and novels from the 1990s. Dr Victoria Tischler of the University of Nottingham’s Division of Psychiatry will talk about the psychological impact of change, and how trauma can be transformative. | 2 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Start City Audio Catalogue | 12 Feb 2010 - 18 Apr 2010 Pawel Althamer, Micol Assaël, Stano Filko, Diango Hernández, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Július Koller, Robert Kusmirowski, Goshka Macuga, Joanna Malinowska & Christian Tomaszewski, David Maljkovic, Aleksandra Mir, Deimantas Narkevičius, Otolith Group, Tobias Putrih, Jane and Louise Wilson | 12 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hotel Theory Wayne Koestenbaum | Wayne Koestenbaum is the Distinguished Professor of English at the City University of New York and an extraordinary cultural commentator and poet whose work spans Andy Warhol, Jackie O, the relationship between homosexuality and opera, and most recently, hotels. In what promises to be a memorable performance in The Space, he will reunite Liberace and Lana Turner, the stars of his book Hotel Theory, illustrating their imagined relationship with projected twinned images of the artworks of Hockney and Stark. | 21 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Frances Stark: A Naked Name? | Alex Farquharson, Director of Nottingham Contemporary, and Francis McKee, Director Centre for Contemporary Art Glasgow, reflect on concealment and display in Stark’s work, in this walk-through of the exhibition | 14 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Future Suck Unless We Can Change It Q&A | A discussion by Alan Simpson Former Nottingham South MP Alan Simpson will lead a discussion based on his global research into environmental solutions – ranging from Nottingham’s 19th century fight against cholera to new dams in the Himalayas. Representatives from the Mozes Community Energy Initiative, Stormsaver Rainwater Harvesting and The Nottingham University Hospitals Trust will illustrate how communities, the health sector and small businesses are demonstrating sustainable approaches to energy, water conservation and locally produced food. | 10 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lost and Found Selecadisk and the Garage | The first of a series of events focusing on the rediscovered. Lost and Found will revisit influential art and culture organisations from Nottingham’s historic past, including Joanna Robinson, lecturer in drama at the University of Nottingham, explaining the theatrical uses of the Market Square in the 19th century; Pauline Lucas, artist and former member of the Midland Group describing the group’s impact on the city and lasting effects; and lastly speaking will be Jim Cooke, long-time manager of the Selectadisc record shop and Ian Gardiner, manager of The Garage Club, talking about their experiences, whilst touching on specific events in the 1980s Nottingham music and club scene. Combined, each of these ‘institutions’ have made significant contributions to the cultural atmosphere of contemporary Nottingham | 7 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lost and Found Pauline Lucas Midland Group | The first of a series of events focusing on the rediscovered. Lost and Found will revisit influential art and culture organisations from Nottingham’s historic past, including Joanna Robinson, lecturer in drama at the University of Nottingham, explaining the theatrical uses of the Market Square in the 19th century; Pauline Lucas, artist and former member of the Midland Group describing the group’s impact on the city and lasting effects; and lastly speaking will be Jim Cooke, long-time manager of the Selectadisc record shop and Ian Gardiner, manager of The Garage Club, talking about their experiences, whilst touching on specific events in the 1980s Nottingham music and club scene. Combined, each of these ‘institutions’ have made significant contributions to the cultural atmosphere of contemporary Nottingha | 7 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lost and Found Jo Robinson | The first of a series of events focusing on the rediscovered. Lost and Found will revisit influential art and culture organisations from Nottingham’s historic past, including Joanna Robinson, lecturer in drama at the University of Nottingham, explaining the theatrical uses of the Market Square in the 19th century; Pauline Lucas, artist and former member of the Midland Group describing the group’s impact on the city and lasting effects; and lastly speaking will be Jim Cooke, long-time manager of the Selectadisc record shop and Ian Gardiner, manager of The Garage Club, talking about their experiences, whilst touching on specific events in the 1980s Nottingham music and club scene. Combined, each of these ‘institutions’ have made significant contributions to the cultural atmosphere of contemporary Nottingham. | 7 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Adam Caruso Jonathan Hale Micheala Giebelhausen in conversation | New art galleries and museums are changing perceptions of cities worldwide. What cultural and aesthetic forces influence their design? How do they relate to the trends that shape public space? How does architecture influence our experience of art? Join Adam Caruso, of Caruso St John, the architect of Nottingham Contemporary and architecture critic of The Times, plus Jonathan Hale of the University of Nottingham, and Michaela Giebelhausen, of the University of Essex. Their debate will include our new building. | 9 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nottingham Contemporary by Adam Caruso, | New art galleries and museums are changing perceptions of cities worldwide. What cultural and aesthetic forces influence their design? How do they relate to the trends that shape public space? How does architecture influence our experience of art? Join Adam Caruso, of Caruso St John, the architect of Nottingham Contemporary, Tom Dyckhoff of The Culture Show and architecture critic of The Times, plus Jonathan Hale of the University of Nottingham, and Michaela Giebelhausen, of the University of Essex. Their debate will include our new building. | 9 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Bigger Splash Q and A by Jack Hazan, Director of the film in conversation with Mark Leckey and Stuart Comer | A Bigger Splash is a fascinating and experimental up-close documentary of three years in the life of David Hockney. Stuart Comer, Tate’s Curator of Film, and Mark Leckey, winner of last year’s Turner Prize, interview Jack Hazan, director of this classic early example of gay cinema | 2 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hockney’s Style: Michael Bracewell and Andrew Wilson | Join a compelling conversation between cultural commentator Michael Bracewell and Andrew Wilson, Curator of Modern and Contemporary British Art at Tate Britain, as they stroll through our Hockney exhibition. They will discuss Hockney’s role in the booming British art scene of the 60s – together with the social shifts that supposedly made London swing – and its continuing significance for contemporary artists, including Frances Star | 27 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Writers Respond: David Hockney and Frances Stark | Five poets read their responses to the work of David Hockney and Frances Stark. Wayne Burrows is the editor of Staple magazine and author of Marginalia and Emblems. Sue Dymoke is a lecturer at the University of Leicester. Michael McKimm is the author of Still This Need. Carol Rowntree-Jones's work is informed by the National Forest and Gregory Woods, who is Professor of Gay & Lesbian Studies at Nottingham Trent University, is most recently the author of Quidnunc. Join us for the creative written responses to the exhibitions in the upstairs galleries. Book your place using the link below. Fre | 24 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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