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Richard Taws The Revolutionary Image, from Gillray to Haiti
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Richard Taws The Revolutionary Image, from Gillray to Haiti
16 May 2012
7 - 9pm The Space
James Baker Ridiculous Liberty
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James Baker Ridiculous Liberty
15 May 2012
7- 9pm The Space
Katie Kitamura and Hari Kunzru present Mika Rottenberg and Ryan Trecartin
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Katie Kitamura and Hari Kunzru present Mika Rottenberg and Ryan Trecartin
09 May 2012
7 - 9pmThe SpaceA discussion between two leading contemporary novelists accompanies a cinema screening of two artists' films: Mika Rottenberg's Squeeze paired with Ryan...
Discussion: Carlo Mollino
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Discussion: Carlo Mollino
05 May 2012
3pm - 5pm The Space In his life-time, Carlo Mollino photographed women, skied glaciers, crashed planes, and raced at Le Mans .. while also realising architectural...
Fields & Tactics Symposium
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Fields & Tactics Symposium
02 May 2012
2pm - 6.30pm The Space. Free Held by the University of Nottingham Architecture + Tectonics Research Group, this symposium will consider the future of architectural...
In Production
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In Production
25 April 2012
7 - 9pm The Space A regular platform for Midlands-based artists working with video, curated by Beth Bramich. This edition focuses on how moving image may...
Thomas Demand in Conversation
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Thomas Demand in Conversation
12 April 2012
7pm, FreeA rare chance to hear Thomas Demand speak about his work, in conversation with Milan-based architect, researcher and editor in chief of Domus magazine, Joseph...
Gallery Assistants Walk Through
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Gallery Assistants Walk Through
12 April 2012
6 - 7pm The Galleries Free Our Gallery Assistants spend more time amongst the artworks than anyone else. They are also amazing repositories of overheard comments,...
Murray Grigor
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Murray Grigor
23 March 2012
6pm, Free Director’s talk, followed by film screening Infinite Space: the Architecture of John Lautner (2009), 90 mins. Directed by Murray Grigor Murray Grigor...
Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)
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Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)
14 March 2012
Screening of: Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003), 169 mins Directed by Thom Andersen 7pm, Free Los Angeles is inseparable from the movies in most people’s minds....
Radical Aesthetics–Radical Art present: Oliver Ressler
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Radical Aesthetics–Radical Art present: Oliver Ressler
09 March 2012
10.30am – 7pm, Free A selection of short radical films and commentaries - around the themes of anti-capitalism, protest, conflict and uprising - will explore the...
Douglas Tallack
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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...
Davide Deriu
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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...
Talking Architecture
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Talking Architecture
29 February 2012
5.30 - 7.30pm. Free Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis. Eyal Weizman is Professor of Visual Cultures and Director of the...
Support Structure: Clumber Park Tour
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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...
The Shining (1980) and Beetlejuice (1988)
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The Shining (1980) and Beetlejuice (1988)
25 February 2012
6pm, Free The Shining, (1980), 142 mins. Directed by Stanley Kubrick Beetlejuice, (1988), 92 mins. Directed by Tim Burton
Support Structure: Artists Talk and Publication Launch
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Support Structure: Artists Talk and Publication Launch
24 February 2012
The Residents is a series of artists’ residencies and is part of Trust New Art, the National Trust’s contemporary art programme working with artists to connect more...
Laleh Khalili
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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...
Mike Berry and Razia Iqbal
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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 and...
The Specialist (1999)
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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...
Aqabat Jaber, Peace with No Return? (1995)
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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...
Artist Talk: Eyal Sivan
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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...
Film Selector: Selected by Rasha Salti
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Film Selector: Selected by Rasha Salti
01 February 2012
7pm, Free In 2007, under the guise of eradicating a base for the armed radical Islamist group Fat’h el-Islam, the Lebanese army effectively destroyed the Palestinian...
Spot Talks
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Spot Talks
31 January 2012 - 12 April 2012
Tuesdays 5.30pm talks Wednesdays 3.30pm talks Thursdays 1pm talks Fridays 11am talks
Decolonizing Architecture Art Residency (DAAR)
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Decolonizing Architecture Art Residency (DAAR)
28 January 2012
10.30am – 6pm. Free, Gallery 2
In Production
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In Production
18 January 2012
7pm, Free, The Space A platform for artists based in the Midlands working in video. Darren Banks and Mark Essen will both screen new work that is in development....
Gallery Assistant Walk Through
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Gallery Assistant Walk Through
05 January 2012
6pm - 7pm The Galleries Free Our Gallery Assistants spend more time amongst the art works than any of the rest of us. They are also amazing repositories of...
Katy Barrett
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Katy Barrett
15 December 2011
7pm, Free. Already there! was selected from many museums and collections. Researcher and historian Katy Barrett will consider the works in the exhibition, the type of...
Conor Cunningham
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Conor Cunningham
14 December 2011
7pm, free
Orchard Symposium
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Orchard Symposium
09 December 2011
11am – 4pm The Space Registration from 10.30am Free, booking essential

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