Record

Curators' Walkthrough: Donald Rodney Visceral Canker

Robert Leckie and Nicole Yip standing next to a black and white drawing of a cowboy and Native American

Welcome Walkthrough Summer 2024

Listening Session: A conversation between carved records by Masimba Hwati and Paul Stan Nataraj

Language Matters Keynote: From Desire Lines to Singing the Dead, Malika Booker and Hanan Issa

a graphic reading "language matters" in white text on a blue and green gradient background

Welcome Walkthrough: Ridykeulous

a person standing in front of a sculpture

Rosalind Nashashibi: Denim Sky

Sustaining Resilience: Land Rights and the Politics of Conservation

a film still showing people sitting on rocks

Artist Talk: Eva Koťátková

Eva Koťátková sitting in front of a hanging sculptural installation made of rope and fabric

Artist Interview: Kresiah Mukwazhi

Kresiah Mukwazhi sitting in her exhibition with trees and a projection on fabric behind her and a painting on green fabric on the wall to her left

Artist Talk: Rosalind Nashashibi

Artist Talk: Charlotte Johannesson

an installation view of 3 digital projections on large screens in a gallery

Artist Talk: Charlotte Johannesson in conversation with Lars Bang Larsen

A print by Charlotte Johannesson showing two masks - one smiling and one frowning

Caves, Dwellings & Vibration: Sonic Meditation with Zeynep Bulut and Ignota Books

white text on a black background reads "sonic meditation Zeynep Bulut and Ingota books"

Caves, Dwellings & Vibration: The Shape of Emptiness by Flora Parrott and Frank Pearson

white text on a black background reads "the shape of emptiness Flora Parrott Frank Pearson"

Caves, Dwellings & Vibration: ӕramphore performance by Emma McCormick Goodhart & Jessika Kenney, + conversation with Ella Finer

white text on a black background reads "aeramphore (climate remix) Emma McCormick-Goodhart Jessika Kenney in conversation with Ella Finer"

Caves, Dwellings & Vibration: sub_merge by Laura Emsley, followed by a conversation with Maria Angélica Madero

white text on a black background reads "sub_merge Laura Emsley Maria Angélica Madero"

Caves, Dwellings & Vibration: Rethinking Geologic Subjectivity in Broken Earths, Kathryn Yusoff, moderated by Andrew Goffey

a black slide with white text reading "keynote: rethinking geologic subjectivity in broken earths. Kathryn Yusoff moderated by Andrew Goffey

Caves, Dwellings & Vibration: In Conversation with Louis Henderson and Nicole Yip

white text on a black background reads "bring breath to the death of rocks. Louis Henderson in conversation with Nicole Yip"

Channelling Queer Depths: An Evening with Poet Shivanee Ramlochan

shivanee ramlochan looking off to the right

Hollow Earth: Art, Caves & The Subterranean Imaginary - Matt Copson

Into The Shadows: In Conversation with Kevin Lu

Artists' Film: Jarman Award Touring Programme 2022 - In Conversation with Rosa-Johan Uddoh

a Composite of stills from work in the Jarman Award 2022 touring programme

A Walkthrough of Hollow Earth: Art, Caves & The Subterranean Imaginary with Sam Thorne

a vitrine of archive material including drawings, publications and ceramics

Artists' Film: Selected 12

a film still showing trees with branches growing in an unusual trellis shape. subtitles read "my relations are part of me, and I part of them"

The Adventure Playground: Present/Play with Gabriela Burkhalter

a person standing in front of a large orange and yellow sculpture made of tubes

The Adventure Playground: A Playful Attitude by Aberrant Architecture

an installation in a gallery featuring a blue sunken pit with a doorway detail coming out of it

The Adventure Playground: Out of the Sandbox and Into the City by Sol Pérez-Martínez

Keynote: Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley

Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley stand smiling at the camera with their arms around each other

Walkthrough and Artist Talk: Assemble + Schools of Tomorrow

two people talking in a gallery - one is standing and one sits on a large red slide

Welcome Walkthrough: The Place We Imagine with Lisa Jacques

a person standing in a gallery amongst large black and white floor cushions shaped like animals

Reading: Elizabeth A. Povinelli & Rindon Johnson - Futures, maps, memories, meanderings

the words "five bodies" in black on a green and yellow gradient background

Reading: Sumita Chakraborty & Karen McCarthy Woolf - Echoes and Disturbances

Artist Talk: Meriem Bennani

Artists’ Film: Gerard Ortín Castellví, Agrilogistics

a poster for "agrilogistics". the title is in black on a gridded turquoise background surrounded by a border of pink flowering plants

Artist Talk: Assemble + Schools of Tomorrow

three people sitting on red and grey steps

Welcome Walkthrough: Life on the CAPS with Niall Farrelly

Welcome Walkthrough: The Place We Imagine with Karen Lunt

Welcome Walkthrough: The Place We Imagine with Simon Withers

Reading: CA Conrad & Will Montgomery - Sounding Ritual: (Soma)tics and Acoustics

A Dialogue Through Material by Céline Condorelli and Hannah Catherine Jones

an install shot of a dimly lit gallery with a patterned curtain in the centre

Artist Talk: Creatures of the Lines

a close up image of a spine like structure

After Growth: A Symposium on Post-Capitalist Imaginaries, Day 1

the words "after growth: a symposium on post capitalist imaginaries 19.03-20.03" in black on a yellow and pink gradient background

Land and Solidarity; presentations by Ez North (Landworkers’ Alliance), and Kathrin Böhm, chaired by Rebecca Beinart

Repair and Remediation; presentations by wild.NG and Asad Raza, chaired by Theo Reeves-Evison

Speculative Fiction, Speculative Economics; presentations by Bahar Noorizadeh and Ama Josephine B. Johnstone, chaired by Manuel Ángel Macía

Visualising the Ends of Growth; keynote presentation by TJ Demos, chaired by Angela YT Chan

Artist Talk: Grace Ndiritu

Grace Ndiritu sitting on a beanbag in a gallery banging a hand held drum

Reading: Jason Allen-Paisant & Mina Gorji - Roots and Weeds

the words "five bodies" in black on a green and yellow gradient

Reading: Natalie Diaz & Nina Mingya Powles - River /Mouth / 河口

1525: Behind the Scenes Conversations - Ryan Kearney

a graphic with a green magnifying glass on a gradient blue background with coral text reading "Behind the Scenes"

1525: Behind the Scenes Conversations - Olivia Aherne

Our Silver City, 2094 Walkthrough

Olivia standing in the galleries with artworks behind her

1525: Behind the Scenes Conversations - Philippa Sharpe

1525 Radical Tech for Survival: Sean Roy Parker

ungloved hands passing an object into gloved hands

1525: Behind the Scenes Conversations - Natelle Morgan-Brown

a graphic of a green magnifying glass on a gradient blue background with coral text reading "Behind the Scenes"

A Tour of Our Silver City, 2094

The words our Silver City 2094 in black on a blue and grey textured background

Céline Condorelli : Colour & Cephalopods

Céline sits with a printed fabric artwork suspended on scaffolding poles behind her

Femke Herregraven : How Will the Weather Change?

Femke Herregraven sits facing us with her chin resting on her hands talking to Kiera Blakey who has her back to us. A camera and light are facing Femke.

Grace Ndiritu : Spiritual Technologies

Grace stands with a tapestry and cup to her left and a hairy pole like sculpture to her right

Liz Jensen : Exhibition as Speculative Fiction

Liz stands with artworks displayed on freestanding chipboard walls behind her

Prem Krishnamurthy : How Can We Make Exhibitions Differently?

Prem sits with his hands open in mid air expressively. Behind him are artworks displayed on freestanding chipboard walls.

1525 Intergenerational Conversations, Episode 1: Meet Qaa’sim and Capoeira

4 screenshots of people's faces in zoom windows on a green background

1525 Intergenerational Conversations, Episode 2: Meet Nathaniel aka NV and his Music

1525 Intergenerational Conversations, Episode 3: Meet Honey Williams, a multidisciplinary multidimensional artist

1525 Intergenerational Conversations, Episode 4: Meet Jaya aka Jayahadadream and her Music

1525 Intergenerational Conversations, Episode 5: Discussion

Artists' Film: Jarman Award Touring Programme 2021, Q+A with Guy Oliver

Caption Conscious Ecology

Talk: Protest and Practice

Talk: Access and Abundance

the words "caption conscious ecology" in black on a white background

Artists' Film: Selected 11

A picture of Katayoun Jalilipour with pink hands on a green and blue background.

Roots/Routes Episode 5: The Important Role of Black Studies

Roots/Routes Episode 4: Black Thought, Imagination, and Intellectual Presence

Roots/Routes Episode 3: Community Organising and Creative Practice in Nottingham

Roots/Routes Episode 2: Why Research?

Roots/Routes Episode 1: Our Story

Poetry: Raymond Antrobus, Bhanu Kapil, Nat Raha

Talk: Astrida Neimanis

Artist Talk: Allison Katz

Contemporary Conversation: Making Queer Kin

Poetry: Five Bodies

A pink and yellow ombre background with text that says "Five Bodies".

Poetry: Five Bodies

A pink and yellow ombre background with text saying "Five Bodies".

Talk: Fumi Okiji

'Cruising Utopia', José Esteban Muñoz

Pink, red, orange and yellow ovals on a yellow background.

Contemporary Conversation: Global Intimacies

From left to right, speakers include Aimar Arriola, Malik Gaines and Laura Guy.

Talk: Grace Before Jones

'Life and Death on the Pulse Dance Floor', Tim Lawrence

A crowd of people holding lanterns and LGBTQ+ flags at the Orlando Shooting Vigil.

Poetry: Five Bodies

A purple and orange ombre background with text saying "Five Bodies.

1525: Anagenisis by Christos Gkenoudis

A reflective, dark blue circular shape on a white background.

Poetry: Five Bodies

Creating an Exhibition: Grace Before Jones

'DISSS-CO (A Fragment)', Douglas Crimp

Red, yellow and orange ovals placed on top of one another on a blue background.

An Interview with Jimmy Robert

Poetry: Five Bodies

A green and pink ombre background with text that says "Five Bodies"

‘I Feel Love: Disco and its Discontents’, Tavia Nyong'o

A photo-montage image of Grace Jones wearing a balaclava.

Keynote: Michelle M. Wright

Michelle M. Wright looking towards the camera.

Artist Talk: Jimmy Robert

Contemporary Conversation: Futurism after the Future

'Theory Made Flesh?', Ricardo Montez

'Black Beauty Model Agency', Desta Hailé

Desta Hailé looking away from the camera behind a microphone.

'I, The Object', Mark Fisher

A wooden table covered with Grace Jones masks, sunglasses and other objects.

'Grace Jones', Irenosen Okojie

Behind the Sign: an interview with S Mark Gubb

Rights of Nature: Decolonising Indigenous Epistemologies

Two screens adjacent to one another. One is showing greenery with text that says "It's a space for transmitting our knowledge" and the other shows a man in front of a body of water with subtitles of the same text.

Cosmo-Songs

A jazz ensemble called the 'Sun Ra Arkestra' playing instruments.

Talk: Eriel Tchekwie Deranger

A large screen in the centre of a dark room on wooden stacks. In front are two smaller screens placed opposite one another and also placed on wooden stacks.

Collecting the Ways: John Corbett in conversation with Irene Aristizabal

An art work with the text "Sun Ra" and "Discipline 27-II"

Architecture in Conversation: A Conversation with Adam Caruso

A photo of Nottingham Contemporary from the opposite side of the road

David Scott: The Theory of Haiti

David Scott looking down at a piece of paper

Nature of Rights: Earth Law, Forensics, Geo-Symptoms

Installation view of Nottingham Contemporary.

1804 & Its Afterlives: Session Three

A group of people sat around a table with microphones and documents engaged in discussion.

The Forgotten Space - with Sukhdev Sandhu & Philip Steinberg

Philip Steinberg and Sukhdev Sandhu sat next to one another in front of microphones, a jug of water, a glass of water and a book.

Denzil Forrester on Drawing

Denzil Forrester drawing on to a white background with his back facing the camera

Artist Talk: Denzil Forrester

Denzil Forrester and Sam Thornes sat in discussion whilst facing the camera. A table with a jug of water and two glasses is between them.

An Interview with Denzil Forrester

Denzil Forrester holding a glass whilst standing next to his artwork at Nottingham Contemporary

An Interview with Sung Tieu

Sung Tieu sat in the exhibition space whilst looking to the side

CAMPUS Talks: Gurminder K. Bhambra

Gurminder K. Bhambra addressing an audience

Artists' Film: The Otolith Group: O Horizon

Three people sat in a line discussing in front of a black background

Architectures of Education: Ho Rui An

Architectures of Education: Ola Uduku

Architectures of Education: Ramon Amaro and ruangrupa (farid rakun)

Architectures of Education: Aoife Donnelly & Kristin Trommler

Architectures of Education: Tom Holert and Anna-Maria Meister

Contemporary Conversation: Form and Frontier

Artist, Iman Issa, looking towards the camera

Keynote: Ines Weizman

Image of the Photomontage Gropius chair in the director's office at the Staatliche Bauhaus Weimar, 1924 with Photogrammetrie of the chair.

Contemporary Conversation: Carceral Continuum

Silvia Federici: Keynote Talk

A Reading by Lis Rhodes

An Interview with Lis Rhodes

Contemporary Conversation: Plan, Plant, Planet

Elizabeth Price Interview - February 2019

Daniel Steegmann Mangrané Interview - February 2019

Slavs and Tatars: Transliterative Tease Lecture

Slavs and Tatars, Transliterative Tease, 2013–present, lecture-performance

Linder on The House of Fame at Nottingham Contemporary

Linder, What I Do To Please You I Do, 1981-2008. Courtesy of Stuart Shave/Modern Art, Dependance, Andrehn Schiptjenko, Blum & Po

Linder describes her encounter with The Goddess of Fame

A Sensory Gathering with Linder and Guests

Studio International: From Ear to Ear to Eye

Lubaina Himid discusses her work

Radical Black Art Working Convention - REVISITED

Text on a green background which says "Radical Black Art: A Working Convention Revisited"

Marlene Smith: Interview with the Artist

Sam Thorne on The Place Is Here

Marguerite Humeau: Artist Talk

Michael Beutler: Artist Talk

Simon Starling in Conversation

An introduction to Simon Starling's exhibition

Unbribable Life: Art and Activism in former Yugoslavia and the UK

Avgust Cernigoj, GUERRA FONDAI, 1972, courtesy of Lipica Stud Farm, Gallery of Avgust Cernigoj, Slovenia

Monuments Should Not Be Trusted Symposium

Bogdanka Poznanovic, Akcija srce – predmet, 1970. (Detail) Marinko Sudac Collection

Pablo Bronstein in Conversation

An Evening with Glenn Ligon

Glenn Ligon, Malcolm X #1 (small version #2), 2003. Courtesy the Rodney M. Miller Collection.

Contemporary Art and the Politics of Ecology

Rights of Nature Conference: Morning

Lecture: The Philosophy of Time

Agnieszka Polska, I Am the Mouth 2014 ,Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Zak Branicka Berlin

Laura Clarke, Assistant Curator, on Agnieszka Polska

Paul Kneale on Raphael Hefti’s exhibition

Agnieszka Polska: Future Days Live Performance

Eanna O’Ceallachain on Carol Rama

Victoria Tischler on the work of Carol Rama

Catherine Spencer on Somewhat Abstract

Keith Coventry on Somewhat Abstract

The Asco Interviews

Asco, Asshole Mural © 1975 Harry Gamboa Jr.

Daniel Sturgis on Tala Madani

Marvin Gaye Chetwynd & Sara Jane Bailes in conversation

Rights of Nature Conference: Afternoon

Sir Nicholas Serota and Alex Farquharson: Aquatopia

Mark Leckey Live Lecture at NTU

Collaborative Effects: A symposium

Piero Gilardi, May Day Demonstrations, Turin 1977. Courtesy of the artist

John Newling on his exhibition at Nottingham Contemporary

John Newling, Fall, (detail) 2012. Courtesy of the artist

An introduction to Kafou Haiti, Art and Vodou

Stuart Burch on Alfred Kubin

Francis Upritchard on historical detail, collaboration and triangles

Francis Upritchard, Jockey, 2012, Photo Kate MacGarry

Francis Upritchard on her exhibition A Hand of Cards

Skype Interview with Mika Rottenberg

A person with their leg outstretched whilst sat down behind a table and surrounded by cardboard boxes

DAAR Common Assembly

An installation view of a structure held up by string

Marc Camille Chaimowicz & Michael Bracewell on Jean Genet exhibition

Installation view of Jean Genet: Act 1 and 2 displaying an artwork on the wall in front of decorated wallpaper

Klaus Weber introduces Already there!

An installation view of artworks by Klaus Weber

Klaus Weber in Conversation with Ian White

An anatomy model of a human with vegetables on the inside

Camera Lucida Revisited with Brian Dillon