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Space for Imagination: A Loudspeaker project Spring/Summer 2021

The Loudspeaker programme is delivered by Nottingham Contemporary as part of the Opportunity and Change project, which is funded by The National Lottery Community Fund and The European Social Fund. The programme is offered in ten week projects of which there have been thirteen so far. Women are offered a supportive, caring environment to help see things differently, feel positive about the future and move away from challenging circumstances. Loudspeaker sessions are an opportunity to take a break, develop routines, build confidence, become inspired, and meet new people. This book presents the outcomes of creative explorations made by a group of eight women living in the East Midlands, during Spring and Summer 2021. The women explored two exhibitions at Nottingham Contemporary, Allison Katz: Artery and Erika Verzutti. Together they discussed their responses to the art in the galleries and experimented with a wide range of art materials and methods to make their own interpretations. Through taking part, the women have discussed ideas about the everyday in art, feminism and personal expression.

The Loudspeaker programme is delivered by Nottingham Contemporary as part of the Opportunity and Change project, which is funded by The National Lottery Community Fund and The European Social Fund.

The programme is offered in ten week projects of which there have been thirteen so far. Women are offered a supportive, caring environment to help see things differently, feel positive about the future and move away from challenging circumstances.

Loudspeaker sessions are an opportunity to take a break, develop routines, build confidence, become inspired, and meet new people.

This book presents the outcomes of creative explorations made by a group of eight women living in the East Midlands, during Spring and Summer 2021. The women explored two exhibitions at Nottingham Contemporary, Allison Katz: Artery and Erika Verzutti.

Together they discussed their responses to the art in the galleries and experimented with a wide range of art materials and methods to make their own interpretations. Through taking part, the women have discussed ideas about the everyday in art, feminism and personal expression.

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Abstract Body Shapes

We looked at Erika’s Venus sculptures

in the gallery, originally inspired by the

25,000-year-old sculpture of the Venus de

Willendorf.

We discussed ancient and modern ideas

of female body shapes, and our opinions

about the shape women are expected to

be.

We used polystyrene balls and recycled

materials such as margarine tubs and

plastic cones to create sculptures using

abstracted body shapes that highlight

real women’s features. We covered our

sculptures with coloured tissue.

“I can relate to Erika’s sculptures with

the sense that they are based on us in

a way – female body and posture.”

Erika Verzutti, Venus of Cream, 2021. Bronze

Venus Carnival & Venus Resting, 2021.

Industrial papier mâché and styrofoam.

Courtesy of Alison Jacques Gallery, London.

Photo: Stuart Whipps

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