Uneven Geographies @ Nottingham Contemporary
Live frogs, in an art gallery! Yes, Nottingham Contemporary has become home to five albino African clawed frogs. The frogs are unknowing participants of the ‘Uneven Geographies’ exhibition, which exposes the detrimental impact of globalisation on the world.
Éduardo Abaroa’s amphibious art is representative of the imperialist colonisation of language, where one dominant culture [...]
How to get published
Having spent the Easter holiday reading, highlighting and reading some more, in the corner of a publisher’s office I have been the accidental eavesdropper to many a conversation between editors. Their criticisms would be very useful to someone who wants to see their books at the front of shop in Waterstones; so let me impart [...]
The Inconsistency of Everything @ The New Art Exchange
Golden tigers carrying neon letters rotate slowly next to an aluminium disco hut, which sits in a shallow pool of milk. Walking into ‘The Inconsistency of Everything’ at the New Art Exchange, you’d be forgiven for thinking you’d walked into a Dali dreamscape.
As trippy as Harminder Singh Judge’s work first appears, together the collection [...]
A View of Nottingham Competition Winners
Last term we launched ‘A View of Nottingham: Impact Arts Competition’ to showcase some of Nottingham University’s undiscovered artistic talent. In the course of the last few months we have been sent some brilliant (and often surprising) entries ranging from technically accomplished architectural drawings to an Ugg-boot photomontage! The entries reveal how varied our student [...]
The Harder They Come @ The Nottingham Playhouse
Until seeing ‘The Harder They Come’ at the Playhouse this week, I was under the impression that the phrase ‘dancing in the aisles’ was strictly figurative. We’re British for goodness’ sake. How wrong I was.
For opening night at least, this latest revival of the 1970s classic film on stage seemed to break through even the [...]
The Small Things @ The New Theatre
The exams are imminent, but that’s no excuse not to pay a visit to the New Theatre. This week’s performance was interesting to say the least. The intensity of the play was rooted in the script, which focused on a couple reminiscing upon their childhood. But this was a childhood with a difference.
The beginning of the play [...]
The Real Inspector Hound @ The New Theatre
As the spring season returns after its Easter hiatus, The Real Inspector Hound graces the New Theatre stage. This play is an incredibly entertaining foray into the world of the amateur whodunit and snobbish theatre critics, but one that left this critic strangely unsatisfied.
The play, a play within a play, follows two theatre critics, Moon [...]
Whistle Down the Wind @ The Theatre Royal
Bell Kenwright’s production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Whistle Down the Wind’ at The Theatre Royal is simultaneously uplifting and disturbing. This story of a deeply religious rural community disrupted by the presence of a runaway criminal leaves its audience with more questions than answers.
The inability for the children’s innocence to be shattered and the [...]
Nottingham University student Meg Salter wins prestigious award
This term fresher Meg Salter achieved the extraordinary. Her short film titled ‘Absence without Leave’ won the First Light Open Access Award in association with BAFTA. Impact’s Clara Baldock caught up with Meg to congratulate her.
Can you tell me a little bit about the filming process and the ideas behind Absence Without Leave?
When filming ‘Absence [...]
Dodging Bullets: Impact’s Guide to Public Art in Nottingham
Nottingham, like any other city, comes with preconceptions. Before I came here I was warned about the city, with anxious whispers of Shottingham: gun crime capital of Europe. This meant that when I arrived I was surprised to find that Nottingham, rather than playing host to a number of violent gun-toting gangs, actually housed a [...]
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