Waking the witch: Old ways, new rites
The Annotated Reader (POSTPONED) Feb - Mar 2020
Matt Woodham: Sensing Systems (streaming online) Jan - Jan 2020
Nick Chaffe: Motif Residency exhibition Nov - Feb 2020
Motif Sep - Nov 2019
Waking the witch: Old ways, new rites Apr - May 2019
The Big Head Man Sep - Nov 2019
Bonington Vitrines #13: Wayne Burrows – Works from the Hallucinated Archive Apr - May 2020
Bonington Vitrines #16: The Captive Conscious (POSTPONED) Feb - Mar 2020
Bonington Vitrines #15: Nomadic Vitrine with Mick Peter (CLOSED) Nov - Feb 2020
Bonington Vitrines #14: Journeys to Nottingham from the Windrush Generation Apr - May 2019
Bonington Vitrines #12: Complaint Jan - Feb 2019
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UKYA City Takeover Apr - May 2019
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The Community Live in Nottingham Nov - Dec 2018
THE SERVING LIBRARY V DAVID OSBALDESTON Nov - Dec 2018
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Emily Andersen Portraits: Black & White Book launch and exhibition Sep - Oct 2018
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DICK JEWELL: NOW & THEN Sep - Oct 2018
THE ACCUMULATION OF THINGS Apr - Apr 2018
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LACE UNARCHIVED Jan - Feb 2018
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Ruth Angel Edwards: Wheel of the Year
! EFFLUENT PROFUNDAL ZONE ! Nov - Dec 2017
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MOULD MAP 6 — TERRAFORMERS Oct - Dec 2016
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ALL MEN BY NATURE DESIRE TO KNOW Jan - Feb 2017
Bonington Vitrines #2: Marbled Reams Oct - Dec 2016
Bonington Vitrines #1: Selections from the Raw Print Archive Feb - Mar 2017
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Imprints of Culture: Block Printed Textiles of India Apr - May 2016
PUBLISHING ROOMS Nov - Dec 2015
In Place of Architecture Jan - Feb 2016
Performing Drawology Nov - Dec 2015
Photography Dialogues Sep - Oct 2015
Inscription: The Almshouse Tempera Project
27 Sep - 16 Nov 2019
Waking the witch: Old ways, new rites
Launching our 2019/20 season, we’re delighted to present Waking the Witch: Old Ways, New Rites – an exhibition looking at the importance of craft, ritual and land to the practice of the ever-shifting figure of the witch.
The British Isles have a particularly strong relationship to magic and the occult, with the chants of witchcraft echoing throughout their history. Traditional witchcraft has a strong connection to the earth, and an intimate knowledge of herbs, plants and the elements, as well as the human body. As gatekeepers to altered consciousness, witches have been both feared and sought out for their dealings with the unknown. Historically persecuted as an outsider, the witch has been taken on by artists as a challenging force to prevailing norms, and as a symbol of dissidence. Looking to symbols, tools and the coven as a space for focusing collective intent, the artists in this exhibition explore the path of the witch as a way for us to connect with the earth and each other.
Artists include » Verity Birt » Anna Bunting-Branch » Nadine Byrne » Mary Beth Edelson » Fiona Finnegan » Blue Firth » Fourthland » Georgia Horgan » Ben Jeans Houghton » Serena Korda » Candice Lin » Katarzyna Majak » Monica Sjöö » Lucy Stein » Ayesha Tan Jones » Cathy Ward
Ben Jeans Houghton will open the exhibition with an improvised performance expressing aspects of his own magical practice through a harmonic voice and the spoken word, using repurposed effects pedals, loopers, ritual tools, and costume.
Waking the Witch: Old Ways, New Rites is a UK touring exhibition curated by Legion Projects and supported by Arts Council England.
