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Hinterland

By: Niki Russell

Hinterland curator Jennie Syson says this year’s commissions "will present a cycle-powered cinema, trees grown from books, tasty opportunities to eat the local plant life and a chance to do a spot of bird watching whilst appreciating areas of natural beauty within the city and beyond".

Hinterland, a Nottingham-based public art project, is entering its final phase of activity. Over the last four years this peripatetic project has brought forth a series of temporary site-specific commissions located in the industrial halo that surrounds Nottingham's city centre. These commissions initially responded directly to the River Trent and were described as tributaries within the project. However, over time, commissions have gently meandered to explore 'hinterland' both conceptually and physically, and have encountered psychological and geographical spaces that border the river. Bringing us to Hinterland's final programme of work, comprising six new commissions, three publications, talks, and concluding with a symposium. The programme launched with an outdoor cycle-powered-cinema, presented by Annexinema in collaboration with The Magnificent Revolution. This event that brought a crowd flocking to the concrete underbelly of Clifton Bridge for a late summer evening of artists' films, performance and projections. In contrast, Rebecca Beinart's Field Kitchen offered the opportunity for small groups to set out on a foraging expedition and prepare a meal from Nottingham's trees...

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