How do you run a gallery and keep the show on the road in challenging times?

In this episode I find out what inspired Matthew to set up Backlit Gallery in 2008 and how he stays motivated to keep it running. Does he manage to find time for his own work? Matthew tells me about the dynamic between artist, curator and gallery and how the local community have become central to his thinking.

This episode was recorded shortly after the final lockdown restrictions were lifted and we discuss how things might be different post-pandemic.

Matthew Chesney is founder and director of Backlit Gallery, Nottingham. His work as an artist is based around performance, video and sculpture with experimental configurations of people and technologies.

LINKS

backlit.org.uk