SIDESHOW: Associate Producer
February 6th, 2011 | Published in Credits >
Sideshow is a series of citywide contemporary art, music, and performance events & exhibitions driven by Nottingham based artists and curators. From October to December in 2010, Sideshow had taken place for the second time supporting the prestigious British Art Show 7, “In The Days Of The Comet” curated by Lisa Le Feuvre and Tom Morton, for its nationwide launch at Nottingham Contemporary, The New Art Exchange and Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery.
Sideshow 2010 highlighted the growth of Nottingham’s artist-led scene over the last 5 years and promoted the city’s do-it-yourself attitude towards contemporary art through presenting a range of exhibitions, ambitious new commissions, site-specific public projects, artists’ talks, performances, screenings and music events. It harnessed the proliferation of artist-led ventures that appear to form every year, utilising empty buildings, cafes and shops, and working in partnership with creative industries and art organisations, creating a unique and diverse scene in the city.
15 new artists commissions were created in 2010, providing over 100 individuals and artists groups from across the UK the opportunity to collaborate with over 50 organisations. Sideshow 2010 has been supported and delivered by Nottingham Visual Arts and a core team of Nottingham based artists and curators.
Sideshow 2010 continued to support the growth of the expanding artist-led sector in the city and provided a platform for those artists, artists groups, galleries, studios, bars and warehouses to do what they do best. Supported by the rich music scene that the city is renowned for, alongside a well-respected performance and live art legacy not to mention a significant community of independent filmmakers, Sideshow has proven itself not to be at the side of anything as much as it is right at the core of a unique, historic and diverse city.