Spring 2026 Exhibition Launch Party
Join us to celebrate the launch of our two new spring season exhibitions, Shahana Rajani: Lines that World a River لکیروں سے دریا تھامنا and Dala Nasser: Cemetery of Martyrs.
Through moving image installations, Shahana Rajani's exhibition centres practices and lineages of drawing and painting through which coastal communities in Pakistan remain connected to sacred ecologies of rivers and sea amidst the violence and erasure of infrastructure and the climate emergency.
Dala Nasser's exhibition will feature a large-scale sculptural and sonic installation that invites audiences into a collective space of mourning and remembrance, honouring seminal artists, writers, poets, filmmakers, historians and journalists who fought for independence and freedom in times of political dominance and occupation.
Party the night away with a performance from steelpan player ZOLATEC and DJ set from bran rot in the café, and an exclusive first look at More Than Human, a new immersive media installation in The Space by Tom Dale Company as part of Light Night 2026.
This exhibition launch, like all our programme, is free admission for all but donations are both encouraged and needed. As a registered charity, every donation – no matter the size – makes a big difference. Suggested donation £5. Thank you.
Timings
Galleries open 6.30pm-9pm
Blend at Contemporary open 6.30pm-11pm
More Than Human: A Soft-Cinema Lounge Experience from 6.30pm
ZOLATEC performance 7.15pm-8pm
bran rot DJ set 8.30pm-11pm
ZOLATEC is a Leicester-born music producer and professional steelpan player. She began creating music during the COVID lockdowns as a way to process her inner world. Coming from Pakistani and Caribbean ancestry, ZOLATEC’s music is a diasporic fusion of breakbeats, shoegaze textures, and experimental electronic sound design anchored by live steelpan and ethereal vocals. Drawing from trip hop, breakcore & witch house, her work weaves dreamy, distorted atmospheres with a sense of emotional weight and cultural reclamation. It’s alternative electronic music that’s both intimate and spiritual, exploring themes of heartbreak, identity, and existential drift through raw and immersive performance.
bran rot is Alex and Meg, a DJ duo who love music as much as language lessons. Their globetrotting sets move from Moroccan funk to Japanese disco, with carefully chosen distractions in-between.
Access
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If you have any questions around access or have specific access requirements we can accommodate, please get in touch with us by emailing info@nottinghamcontemporary.org or phoning 0115 948 9750.