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Thomas Demand
art - Exhibitions
Thomas Demand
28 January 2012 - 15 April 2012
Acclaimed German artist Thomas Demand is best known for his large scale photographs that question the medium as a faithful record of reality. His exhibition at Nottingham...
Decolonizing Architecture Art Residency
art - Exhibitions
Decolonizing Architecture Art Residency
28 January 2012 - 15 April 2012
Decolonizing Architecture/Art Residency (DAAR) is an art and architecture collective set up by Alessandro Petti, Sandi Hilal and Eyal Weizman, based in Palestine. Their...
The Small Collections Room
art - Small Collections
The Small Collections Room
28 January 2012 - 05 February 2012
Ruth Claxton Postcards Ruth Claxton takes souvenir postcards of figurative paintings from art history and intricately reworks them by cutting into the surface and...
Spot Talks
events - Talks & Lectures
Spot Talks
31 January 2012 - 12 April 2012
Tuesdays 5.30pm talks Wednesdays 3.30pm talks Thursdays 1pm talks Fridays 11am talks
Wednesday Walk Throughs
events - Talks & Lectures
Wednesday Walk Throughs
01 February 2012 - 11 April 2012
A relaxed, informal chance to explore the exhibition, with plenty of opportunity for questions. Every Wednesday at 1pm. No need to book, just drop in. Wed 1 Feb –...
We Are Avengers
events - Live
We Are Avengers
04 February 2012
Saturday 04th February 7.30pm - 12am Free Entry We Are Avengers have been turning out their characteristic dark but pretty Lo-Fi grooves generously seasoned with...
Family Extravaganza
events - Family Events
Family Extravaganza
04 February 2012 - 05 February 2012
11am – 3pm, Free The Space and the Galleries, just drop in Come along for a chance to make a big statement with your art. Try out new ways of making your ideas...
Artist Talk: Eyal Sivan
events - Talks & Lectures
Artist Talk: Eyal Sivan
08 February 2012
7pm, Free, The Space Israeli film-maker and theoretician Eyal Sivan is one of the most prominent directors of contemporary political documentaries on the Middle East...
Aqabat Jaber, Peace with No Return? (1995)
events - Talks & Lectures
Aqabat Jaber, Peace with No Return? (1995)
09 February 2012
7pm, Free The right of Palestinian refugees to return is at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Eyal Sivan returned to the Aqabat-Jaber refugee camp the day...
The Light Village
events - Family Events
The Light Village
10 February 2012
4pm – 9pm, Free Come and inhabit The Light Village, and enter our beautiful dwellings in The Space. Make your own lanterns and help to illuminate them. Part of...
Me & Mr Jones
events - Live
Me & Mr Jones
11 February 2012
From 7.30pm, Entrance Free “Me and Mr. Jones are Voice – Rachel Foster / Piano – Paul Deats, accompanied by an awesomely talented rhythm section; Martin Bentley...
Surface Sculptures
events - Family Events
Surface Sculptures
11 February 2012 - 12 January 2012
11am - 3pm Tear, arrange and layer materials to make Thomas Demand inspired artworks. There are lots of textures on offer, but only a limited number of colours. We...
The Specialist (1999)
events - Talks & Lectures
The Specialist (1999)
12 February 2012
3pm, Free The Specialist charts the sensational trial of an appallingly ordinary man – the main administrator of the Nazi death camps, Adolf Eichmann. It is made...
Framing Architecture
events - Special Events
Framing Architecture
14 February 2012
Work with our Associate Artist Jo Dacombe on a one day practical course to explore the possibilities of creative digital photography, inspired by the Thomas Demand /...
Half Term
events - Family Events
Half Term
14 February 2012 - 17 February 2012
Have fun with your family in the galleries over half term. We’ve got two very special activities on offer to get you exploring the galleries and trying some unusual...
Mike Berry and Razia Iqbal
events - Talks & Lectures
Mike Berry and Razia Iqbal
15 February 2012
7pm, Free Rarely off our television screens for long, the reporting of the Israel / Palestine conflict is itself a contentious political issue. Claims of objectivity...
Laleh Khalili
events - Talks & Lectures
Laleh Khalili
16 February 2012
7pm, Free Laleh Khalili is Senior Lecturer in Middle East Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. She will discuss the history of...
Souvaris
events - Live
Souvaris
17 February 2012
7.30PM - 12AM Souvaris Kogumaza Gareth Hardwick Hemulen Sounds Matt Gringo Dj Set Neil Before zod (visuals)
Yunioshi, Bloodgroup & We Show Up On Radar
events - Live
Yunioshi, Bloodgroup & We Show Up On Radar
18 February 2012
7.30PM - 2AM The Space, Free Entry Yunioshi are a four piece electro rock band, Bloodgroup are a fuzzed electro dance group from Iceland with a keytar, We Show Up On...
Shoebox Cities
events - Family Events
Shoebox Cities
18 February 2012 - 19 February 2012
11am - 3pm Inspired by DAAR’s artwork Colonies: P’sagot, this workshop will give you the chance to transform some regular looking boring shoeboxes into a new...
Support Structure: Artists Talk and Publication Launch
events - Talks & Lectures
Support Structure: Artists Talk and Publication Launch
24 February 2012
Support Structure are architect Celine Condorelli & artist-curator Gavin Wade. For six months in 2011 they were in residence at The National Trust’s Clumber Park, in...
Mas Y Mas + Dj Mazzini
events - Live
Mas Y Mas + Dj Mazzini
25 February 2012
7.30PM - 12.00AM Free Entry Mas Y Mas play their own irresistible mix of Latino, Flamenco and Afro-Cuban influenced music woven together by driving dance rhythms and...
The Shining (1980) and Beetlejuice (1988)
events - Talks & Lectures
The Shining (1980) and Beetlejuice (1988)
25 February 2012
6pm, Free The Shining, (1980), 142 mins. Directed by Stanley Kubrick Beetlejuice, (1988), 92 mins. Direc ted by Tim Burton
Mapping your Routes
events - Family Events
Mapping your Routes
25 February 2012 - 26 February 2012
11am - 3pm How did you get to the gallery today? Can you illustrate your journey using colourful sticky tape and paper? Take your materials for a walk up and down...
Support Structure: Clumber Park Tour
events - Talks & Lectures
Support Structure: Clumber Park Tour
26 February 2012
11am – 5pm, Free A free coach trip to Clumber Park with a specially curated tour by Support Structure, connecting the installation at Nottingham Contemporary with...
Davide Deriu
events - Talks & Lectures
Davide Deriu
01 March 2012
7pm, Free The architectural model gained new prominence in the early 20th century, when it became a popular tool for design education, playing a key role in the...
Dance4 presents: Nicola Conibere (UK) Practice
events - Live
Dance4 presents: Nicola Conibere (UK) Practice
03 March 2012
2pm – 5pm, Pay What You Think – no booking required Practice explores two people during the act of spectatorship. Playful, intimate and touching, it continuously...
Nottingham Creative Culture Part 3
events - Live
Nottingham Creative Culture Part 3
03 March 2012
7.30PM - 02.00AM Free Entry Curated by MiMM the collaboration showcase brings together, for the third time Nottingham's independent urban art, music, fashion and...
Changing dimensions: 3D to 2D
events - Family Events
Changing dimensions: 3D to 2D
03 March 2012 - 04 March 2012
11am - 3pm Take a very close look at Thomas Demand’s photographs. Can you see the textured, layered landscapes flattened through photography? Follow the...
Douglas Tallack
events - Talks & Lectures
Douglas Tallack
07 March 2012
7pm, Free The remarkably varied architecture of Los Angeles is inseparable from the cultural history and geography of the city - an illustration of the different...

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