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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Columns
We started in the gallery, working next
to Erika’s column sculptures, inspired by
Constantine Brancusi’s ‘Endless Column’,
(1918-1938) in Romania. We made our
own columns or towers from paper and
tape alongside Erika’s.
We then worked in pairs to create larger
columns out of repeated shapes made
in coloured card. We used a bamboo
pole as a spine, stacking our card shapes,
one on top of another. Each column was
completely different to the others, yet they
looked strong together.
“Verzutti’s work is spiritual and all
about women for a change and she
mixes the past with the present.”
Erika Verzutti, L-R Egg Tower with Brazil, 2021. Papier mâché
Courtesy Alison Jacques Gallery, London
Pornstar, 2011, Bronze and acrylic, The Ekard Collection
Pencil (Lapis), 2014. Bronze and wax, Tate
Paper columns by Loudspeaker participants.
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