Ways of Seeing, Learning and Making: I Heard the Sky is Still Blue
Join us for a talks as part of CONTEMPORARY X ART HISTORIES, a collaborative strand of programming between the University of Nottingham and Nottingham Contemporary.
Matthew Chesney (Co-Director, BACKLIT) will reflect on the role of artist-led spaces in supporting creative development and sustaining artistic practice. Through years of working alongside artists at different stages of their careers, he considers how seeing, learning and making are shaped by studio environments, peer exchange and the everyday realities of being an artist. Matthew will draw on our currently exhibiting artist Sarah Cunningham’s 6 years as a studio holder at BACKLIT and the conditions, relationships and spaces that allow an artistic practice to grow.
Matthew Chesney is an artist and the founder and Co-director of BACKLIT, Nottingham, which he established in 2008 after graduating in Fine Art from Nottingham Trent University. His own practice spans performance, video and sculpture, exploring relationships between people, technology and space. He has worked internationally on projects and residencies in the UK, Germany and Japan.
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This event will be held in The Space.
Speakers will use microphones.
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