Tom Rubnitz & Ann Magnuson, Made for TV, 1984. Courtesy the artists and LUX

We’ve been working on two events that are taking place in The Space at Nottingham Contemporary this June:

Friday 14 June, 12pm – 7pm

A screening of artists’ works Made For TV will be presented on monitors in The Space including works by John Hoppy Hopkins, Ilene Segalove, Ann Magnuson, Stuart Marshall, General Idea and Michael Smith.

15 Jun 2013, 2pm – 5pm

Taking the form of a pilot for a TV talk show, invited experts will speak on the subject of artist broadcast include Johan Grimonprez, Kris Paulsen and Colin Perry. This event will be broadcast live online by a specially created artist production crew. Book a space in the audience.

Friday 31 May

Doors at 7.30pm

Screening: 8pm – 8.45pm
Bar and Discussion: 8.45pm – 9.30pm

Venue: Primary, 33 Seely Rd, Nottingham, NG7 1NU

Presented in association with New Art Exchange

The Last Angel of History is one of the most influential video-essays of the 1990s, influencing filmmakers and many others. The film is an engaging and searing examination of the hitherto unexplored relationships between Pan-African culture, science fiction, intergalactic travel, and rapidly progressing computer technology.

The screening will be followed by an informal discussion and drinks.

Admission: £4.50 (£3 concession). Please be aware that places are limited. To book in advance please call 0115 924 8630.

On September 14 1814, the lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key wrote what would become The Star Spangled Banner, the national anthem for the United States of America.

On September 14 2012, the artist collective Tether begin This Is It at The Royal Standard as part of the 7th Liverpool Biennial.

This Is It is part of Service Provider – a ten week programme at The Royal Standard exploring notions of both private and public hospitality within the context of a biennial structure.

Incorporating an installation, a parade float, a studio production and a series of public events, This Is It will attempt to capture and unpick the way we recognise, record and respond to history that has happened, is happening now and will happen in the future.

We’re hosting several events at The Royal Standard. See what’s on and book a space here.

On July 7 1456, Joan of Arc is acquitted of heresy, 25 years after her death. On July 7 1928, the Chillicothe Baking Company sells sliced bread for the first time. On July 7, 1954, Elvis Presley makes his radio debut in Memphis with “That’s All Right”.

On July 7 2012, Tethervision launch their latest series live at Primary in Nottingham and broadcast live online.

The event features a performance from London-based artist David Raymond Conroy alongside a newly developed work from Internet, an artist collective whose members include Siân Robinson Davies & Diego Chamy.

Following the performances, we will be screening Video Show curated by Chris Coombes, Simon Raven will present his long awaited DJ set and Tether will serve a specially developed cocktail.

”What I hope is to evoke the idea that maybe it is all a fake, or a performance, like the things I’m talking about, but that is a peculiarly sharp way to get to something with which we can empathise.”

Read the full press release at http://bit.ly/Pu4KHZ.

The event takes place on May 29, the date Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Empire (1453), the first annual meeting of the secretive Bilderberg group took place (1954) and Dennis Hopper died (2010).

#May29 places diverse happenings or ephemera into a non-linear format. Tether have invited Birmingham Art Zine to present a new performance alongside Les Malheureux, a unique collaboration between flash fiction writers David Gaffney and Sarah-Clare Conlon.

The event also includes the first UK presentation of work by Mavis Enron of California, a screening of a recent live performance from John Walter at Vanilla Galleries, DJ sets from Hello Thor & Simon Raven and a brand new cocktail created to celebrate the occasion.

The event will be preceded by a live stream of a sold out discussion between graphic novelists Alan Moore & Melinda Gebbie, taking place at Nottingham Contemporary in relation to the James Gillray exhibition. The discussion will be presented on a large projection screen in the hall at Primary, 7pm.

To book a space for the event at Primary, visit http://may29.eventbrite.com

#May29 will also be broadcast live online, Tuesday 29 May, 9pm BST on Tethervision

View the press release.

Featuring Dave Charlesworth

Four years ago, the world was startled by the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, arguably the most impressive visual spectacle of modern times. But amidst the rockets fired to create the perfect weather, the digitally composited footstep fireworks and that ugly child with the perfect voice being hidden away in a broom cupboard, there emerged an element of deception that only became apparent because of mankind’s fondness for suspicion.

On 24 April 1558, Mary, Queen of Scots married François, the Dauphin of France. On 24 April 1704, the first newspaper in the United States, the ‘News-Letter’, was published in Boston, Massachusetts. On 24 April 1967, Vladimir Komarov became the first human fatality during a space mission in the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 1.

On 24 April 2012, Tethervision will launch Caretakers House, their latest series live at Primary in Nottingham and also streamed live online.
Wake – the first programme in the series features a performance of ‘A Struggle Told 5 Ways’ by London-based artist Dave Charlesworth.
With the analogue to digital switchover, the kindle and the iPad, we are entering the final stages of the inevitable transition to a new, non physical materialism. Wake will mourn this slow passing of the analogue and look to the coming years to be spent with it’s new, energised replacement.

The event at Primary begins at 8pm. To book a space for this, visit http://wake.eventbrite.com
Wake will also be broadcast live online, Tuesday 24 April, 9pm BST at youtube.com/tethervision

Dave Charlesworth, The moors as location of psychic attack

A new film by Tether features within Oliver Braid’s exhibition at The Royal Standard, ‘My 5 New Friends’.

“The exhibition at The Royal Standard will juxtapose newly commissioned short films by David Hoyle & Lee Baxter, Patrick Staff, Maayke Schurer, Roxy Topia & Paddy Gould and Tether who have been interpreting the evolving narratives alongside meticulously hand crafted ‘gift objects’ created by Oliver Braid, one for each of his new ‘friends’, all re-presented in a bespoke installation environment designed by It’s Our Playground.”