Exhibition Launch Party: Autumn 2025
Join us to celebrate the launch of our two new exhibitions, a major new commission by the Palestinian artist duo Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme and I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih: Feels Strangely Good, Ya?
Abbas and Abou-Rahme collaborate across sound, image, text, installation, and performance. Their practice involves uncovering, reactivating, and imagining incidental narratives, gestures, figures, and sites—using these elements as raw material to rethink the present and explore alternative possibilities for what is, and what could be. This exhibition will feature the artists’ largest multi-media installation to date, celebrating their significant contribution to the field of research driven audio-visual art.
Murni (1966–2006, Bali) was a prolific and fiercely independent artist whose vivid, deeply personal works emerged from her subconscious—functioning as both therapy and a kind of visual diary. Feels Strangely Good, Ya? highlights the full force of Murni’s boundless imagination and offers a rare opportunity to experience her work in depth.This exhibition marks an important step in championing Murni’s legacy to audiences globally.
Galleries Open 6.30-9pm
Blend at Contemporary Open until 11pm with a night of DJ sets, delicious food and drinks.
Kicking off our DJ sets will be 'Aura b2b Stargirl' as part of Gyals In Notts, 7-9:30pm. You can expect highly contagious energy vibing from the sets they play, with music heavily focused on bass genres such as garage, techno, dubstep and more.
Up next we have FEMINEM 9.30-11pm, a multi genre DJ with a particular taste for hard drum, jersey, global club and UK funky. DJ'ing with 'beautiful chaos' as their mantra, expect a lot of drums, kick and anything you can stomp your feet and shake your ass too, as well as a few curveballs designed to make you dance.
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Access
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Due to licensing laws, under-18s are not allowed in the building from 10pm onwards, but families and young people are welcome between 6.30pm and 10pm. We ask that all children aged 12 and under are accompanied by an adult at all times.
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Gyals in Notts is a female led collective based in Nottingham; showcasing FLINTA* talent in the city through events, radio and ongoing mix series. Their aim over the years has been to reverse the norm of Male Dominated spaces behind the decks and give space for people who have been under-represented in the music industry; whilst creating a safe space for them to let loose and play the music they love. High contagious energy can be expected from both the parties they throw and the sets they play, with music heavily focused with bass genres ~ such as garage, techno, dubstep + more.
FEMINEM is a multi genre dj. With a particular taste for hard drum, jersey, global club and UK funky. They dj with beautiful chaos as their mantra. Expect a lot of drums, kick and anything you can stomp your feet and shake your ass too to fill their sets as well as a few curveballs designed to make you dance.