Nottingham Contemporary

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.