Aftermath 2020 Publication
Aftermath 2020 explores the legacy of the Bauhaus through the practices of ten contemporary artists and ten new artworks. The project is an annual collaboration between Nottingham Contemporary and Nottingham Trent University Art and Design Masters students. This year the students responded to the gallery’s exhibition in 2019, Still Undead: Popular Culture in Britain Beyond the Bauhaus. Still Undead explored how Bauhaus ideas and teaching have lived on in Britain over the last hundred years. The exhibition incorporated artworks that fuelled the school’s lively culture of parties and festivals. It expanded on the experiments in light and sound, characteristic of Bauhaus students and teachers, by navigating the legacy of the school’s pioneers to illustrate their influence on pop culture and art schools. Aftermath 2020 traverses the themes of Still Undead and adds to it; a demonstration of how Bauhaus ideas continue to evolve and inspire artists and art teaching a century after the art school’s conception. Echoing the youth culture of the 1970s and 80s, the artists featured in Aftermath 2020 take inspiration from the ground-breaking innovations of this early 20th-century avant-garde. Students on the MFA Fine Art, Photography, Interior Architecture, Graphic Design & Illustration courses at Nottingham Trent University have collaborated to produce this public exhibition; an opportunity to make, share and connect both within and beyond the university. In response to the new context created by COVID-19, working in times of self-isolation and social-distancing, and supported by the Nottingham Contemporary team, the students have adapted and re-shaped their initial responses to deliver this exhibition digitally.
Aftermath 2020 explores the legacy of the Bauhaus through the practices of ten contemporary artists and ten new artworks. The project is an annual collaboration between Nottingham Contemporary and Nottingham Trent University Art and Design Masters students. This year the students responded to the gallery’s exhibition in 2019, Still Undead: Popular Culture in Britain Beyond the Bauhaus.
Still Undead explored how Bauhaus ideas and teaching have lived on in Britain over the last hundred years. The exhibition incorporated artworks that fuelled the school’s lively culture of parties and festivals. It expanded on the experiments in light and sound, characteristic of Bauhaus students and teachers, by navigating the legacy of the school’s pioneers to illustrate their influence on pop culture and art schools.
Aftermath 2020 traverses the themes of Still Undead and adds to it; a demonstration of how Bauhaus ideas continue to evolve and inspire artists and art teaching a century after the art school’s conception. Echoing the youth culture of the 1970s and 80s, the artists featured in Aftermath 2020 take inspiration from the ground-breaking innovations of this early 20th-century avant-garde.
Students on the MFA Fine Art, Photography, Interior Architecture, Graphic Design & Illustration courses at Nottingham Trent University have collaborated to produce this public exhibition; an opportunity to make, share and connect both within and beyond the university.
In response to the new context created by COVID-19, working in times of self-isolation and social-distancing, and supported by the Nottingham Contemporary team, the students have adapted and re-shaped their initial responses to deliver this exhibition digitally.
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Within an art exhibition, the role of an architectural designer is one
of spatial transformation; visualising the space through transformative
designs which will aid the artist to display their artwork as well as
support conveying the ideas within the work.
Given the situation we find ourselves in, my role has been translated
onto a virtual platform, which has allowed me to collaborate in the
effort to provide our online visitors with a worthwhile experience
– one which aids in the exploration of the beauty of art, and the
intentions of each represented artist. Furthermore, helpful website
links, along with the artists’ wider list of reference catalogues/
publications have been cited.
Mai Thuy Pham
INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Aftermath 2020 offered us many unparalleled opportunities and
experiences.Whilst our contribution altered significantly throughout
the project, we were able to explore new ways of working to produce
designs that are connective and accessible at a time when exhibitions
feel less so. We sought to bring Nottingham Contemporary to the
public in a different way, through utilising the gallery’s internal
structures and materials that often reflect Bauhaus principles. Equally,
in referencing the grid system and the space in which our exhibition
would have been held, our visual identity was able to digitally
reimagine the initial exhibition. We are grateful to have been able
to continue with our placement during this time, and are extremely
thankful to the Contemporary’s staff for all their help and support.
Natasha Heaps, Aimee Jackson
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