Reflections on the NMG Development Programme
The NMG Development Programme has now come to an end ?. This lovely short film by Freddy Griffiths features NMG associates Aisling Ward, Millie Quick, Roo Dhissou and Sahjan Kooner, Programme Coordinator Colette Griffin and Programme Assistant Chloe Willis who share some thoughts on their experiences of the project.
Matt Woodham & Benjamin Shirley-Quirk | Il.Luminar
Thanks to recent advances in semantic enrichment technology, researchers Matt Woodham and Benjamin Shirley-Quirk have reconstructed a kinetic, interactive lantern from plans found in manuscript fragments dating from the 7th to 16th centuries.
POSTPONED | Charlie Dean | Triple Pop Colossus
The first solo exhibition by video and performance artist Charlie Dean. Through video, sound and sculpture, heads are threatened off of necks, feelings are taken hostage, a talent agent runs ruthless and hybrids are born, all while pop music serves as relief and riddle.
Gabriella Davies | Blue Italian
Blue Italian is a short film by artist and filmmaker Gabriella Davies exploring Italian migration to the midlands through her late Nonno’s 8mm home videos.
Andrea Luka Zimmerman | Art Class: Screening and Q&A
'Art Class' is a performance lecture film playing on, and exploring, the perennial tension between the two key words in its title. It tests the limits of access that working-class artists have to cultural production and to the relevant institutions circulating these outcomes.
Release Room
NMG R&D Bursary recipients Seema Mattu,Tom Harris and Sean Roy Parker will meet in person for the first time for an improvised audio-visual performance, collating elements of their independent work made over the winter.