Nottingham Contemporary

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

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

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