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M O B I L E L I B R A R Y E V E N T S
As Hinterland Projects and its Reading Room prepare to move to a new bespoke venue, this short tour of events will take place in venues throughout Nottingham in collaboration with artist led organisations, artists publishing projects and local visual arts venues. Artistic Activism & Agnostic Spaces Text: 'Artistic Activism and Agonistic Spaces' by Chantal Mouffe Tuesday, 11 November, 6.30pm at The Secular Hall, Leicester To coincide with the ARENA Festival organised by DOT The text has been suggested by The City Gallery in Leicester. The next Reading Room session will take place in Leicester at the Secular Hall to coincide with the Arena Festival organised by DOT. The text, Chantal Mouffe’s essay Artistic Activism and Agonistic Spaces, first published in Vol. 1, No.2, Summer 2007 edition of Art & Research magazine and was suggested by The City Gallery in Leicester. This will be the final Mobile Library event before The Reading Room opens in Sneinton, Nottingham at Christmas. Chantal Mouffe comments eloquently on the use of public spaces in contemporary societies. Her ideas on agonistic-pluralism which have a particular relevance for the pluralistic cultures of Leicester, is of particular interest in the context of a site specific art project like Hinterland, and amidst a city-wide festival. The text examines the value and semantics of ‘culture’ itself. The Secular Hall was chosen to make a historical link through secularism to particular social institutions and forms of democratic discourse. Find out more from the Reading Room blog... Utopian Networks Text: 'Utopian Networks and Correspondence Identities' by Stephen Perkins Sunday, 3 August, 6pm at MOOT, Daykene Street, Sneinton, Nottingham To coincide with the last week of MOOT’s group exhibition, The Long Take  "The artist must realise also that he is part of a wider network, Ia Fête Permanente [Eternal Network] going on around him all the time in all parts of the world. We will advertise also, as alternative performances such things as private parties, weddings, divorces, lawcourts, funerals, factory works, trips around towns in buses, pro-Negro manifestations or anti-Vietnam ones, bars, churches, etc... " Robert Filliou, 1970 Reading discussion group examining Stephen Perkins' text on 'Utopian Networks and Correspondence Identities', which examines different forms of Mail Art, artists networks, communication, and propaganda. This event will feature an accompanying slideshow of works relating to the text including images by Anna Banana, Pauline Smith, Ben Vautier and George Maciunas. The text has been selected by Jennie Syson in response to MOOT's exhibition The Long Take, which features works faxed remotely by the artists and received by a gallery fax machine within a 3-week period. Work received will have printed directly onto a 50-meter paper roll, which will be left un-torn to form one continuous document, the length of which will be determined by the amount of work sent by the artists. Justin Beal, Dave Bevan, Vanessa Billy, Simon and Tom Bloor, Tomas Chaffe, Karen Cunningham, Martijn int' Veld, Mark Harasimowicz, Jenny Hogarth & Kim Coleman, Brian Kennon, Jonty Lees, Sara MacKillop, Rachel Reupke, Dexter Sinister, Jack Strange: July 10th - August 3rd 2008 MOOT Gallery Opening hours: THURSDAY – SATURDAY 12 -6pm SUNDAY 12 – 4pm It's recommended to visit the exhibition in advance of the event. Visit MOOT's website for more information Black Box, Black Tower Text: Exert from 'The Third Policeman' by Flann O’Brien & Screening of 'The Black Tower ' by John Smith Thursday, 14 August 7pm at HAND & HEART GALLERY Derby Road, Nottingham Text presented by Richard Install  "Joe had been explaining things in the meantime. He said it was again the beginning of the unfinished, the re-discovery of the familiar, the re-experience of the already suffered, the fresh-forgetting of the unremembered. Hell goes round and round. In shape it is circular and by nature it is interminable, repetitive and very nearly unbearable." Flann O'Brien Join the Reading Room as it continues on its mini tour of Nottingham with this investigation of Flann O' Brien's novel 'The Third Policeman' (1967) The text has been selected by Hand & Heart Gallery for discussion, and shown alongside it, Hinterland will present John Smith's short film, The Black Tower (1985-7) The novel, often described as comic philosophy, includes diverse influences as Einstein's theory of relativity, the mystic-scientific works of J.W. Dunne, the theology of Thomas Aquinas, Cartesian dualism, J.K. Huysmans's decadent novel 'À Rebours', and John Synge's play 'The Playboy of the Western World.' The book has also had a major influence on contemporary culture, including music videos, comic books and TV series Lost. Visit Hand & Heart Gallery's website for more information of exhibitions and events there. Without Pomp or Nonsense: New artists writing on the theme of Hysteria Sunday 31 August 1pm at ALAN SILITOE ROOM, Waterstone’s Bookshop, Nottingham In collaboration with The Coelacanth Press and in response to Nottingham Contemporary’s exhibition 'That beautiful pale face is my fate (For Lord Byron)' at Newstead Abbey until 7th September  Study event and writing workshop in collaboration with new artists publishing house, The Coelacanth Press, founded by Susan Finlay and Phoebe Blatton. The Coelacanth Press facilitates interaction between both new and established practitioners from different disciplines, and creates new writing in the process.The Coelacanth ethos has evolved from the founder's collective experiences both as exhibiting visual artists and published writers, and from working in the illustrated book-trade. This Reading Room event will focus on the theme of Hysteria from many different angles with contributions from both new and established artists and writers. Selected texts will feature in a published journal later in the year. This event will follow the 'Without Pomp or Nonsense' procession for Lord Byron. Booking for this afternoon session is essential as places are limited. Visit Nottingham Contemporary's website for more information on the Byronic season of events. For bookings and to receive texts a week in advance of the events, please contact jennie@hinterlandprojects.com Coming soon, more Mobile Library events in Nottingham and Leicester in September and October…. About the Reading Room The Reading Room is presented by Hinterland in association with Via Vaudeville! It is a regular event for individuals interested in discussing short texts and pieces of writing encompassing a wide range of topics including time, space, life, death, sex, perception and magic. Academic and philosophical texts alongside critical theory provide useful links between disciplines such at the social sciences, humanities and contemporary art as well as being the predominant language of social theory and literary criticism. For the uninitiated, to engage in such reading can seem like entering a perplexing labyrinth of conflicting schools of thought, complex theories and endless jargon. This regular meeting is for people who wish to expand upon their existing knowledge and for those who want to come along and learn about something completely new. Each month, an invited member of the group or a guest, will select a text and we will come together to discuss it and apply the chosen text to examples of art works, films, other texts or other phenomena. |
