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Surfacing surfacing | David M. Bell
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David M. Bell. April 22, 2013. Have you heard the news recently? It’s so much louder than it used to be…. I’m really pleased to announce that my band Surfacing. Will be releasing their debut album on 12″ through Wayside and Woodland later in the year. And there’s an alternative version of a track that’ll be featured on this lovely sampler. For you to hear right now. Wayside and Woodland Recordings. Creativity, Capital and Commons in the Contemporary City: The Eastside Island, Pt. 2.
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Some thoughts on creativity, hipsters and gentrification: a hasty reply to Aleks Eror | David M. Bell
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David M. Bell. Some thoughts on creativity, hipsters and gentrification: a hasty reply to Aleks Eror. January 15, 2014. April 21, 2014. This started life as a facebook post and though I’ve tidied it up a little it’s a little rough around the edges…. Is half right in claiming that ‘hipsters’ (the pioneer-explorers of Richard Florida’s ‘creative class’) are among the losers of gentrification. Indeed Florida – the arch-guru of ‘creative regeneration’. Benefits someone else more than you. So what to do?
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Posts | Tabula Rasa
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Distinctive collaborations across fields of practice. Between the Web and the Loom. Friday March 27th @ 3.30 pm. Studio on the Green, Selkirk, TD7 5AA. All Welcome / Free. An opportunity to see the early stage development of. 8211; a new performance work inspired by bees and beekeeping. For directions to Studio on the Green visit www.thestudioonthegreen.com. This Dreamtime residency is a joint initiative between national dance agency Dance Base. The Bakery: Developing a Collaborative Space. How long woul...
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Musicking | David M. Bell
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David M. Bell. I play in the group Surfacing. Our music uses on pounding rhythms, folk song, contact mics, synths, found sounds and occasional guitar. We explore the impending, the desolation of the present and the hope/fear of something better/worse. In 2011 we were commissioned by Nottingham Contemporary to provide a live, in-gallery performance accompanying Klaus Weber’s ‘Long Dark Windchime (Arab Tritone)’, for which I also gave a talk. So far we have released one album –. Haunted Woodland Vol. 4.
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Wasteland Twinning Nottingham needs you! | David M. Bell
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David M. Bell. Wasteland Twinning Nottingham needs you! April 23, 2013. Nottingham needs volunteers to realise a photographic work this Saturday. On Saturday 27th April, Wasteland Twinning Nottingham is producing an ambitious photographic work on ‘The Island’ wasteland, between Sneinton and Nottingham city centre. The work is a recreation of an artist’s impression of the unrealised Hopkin’s masterplan. If you would like to be involved. The project is funded by the European Culture Foundation. You are com...
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Arts | David M. Bell
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David M. Bell. I’m a member of Wasteland Twinning Nottingham. Along with Rebecca Beinart. We’ve commissioned, curated and produced works and events exploring the functions, values and temporalities of ‘The Island’ – a large wasteland on the fringes of Nottingham City Centre. This has involved entering into ‘twinning’ relationships with groups working with wastelands in Yogyakarta, Berlin and Amsterdam. Our exhibition ‘ Recreation Ground. Together with Marie Thompson. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. You are c...
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Utopia Against the World | David M. Bell
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David M. Bell. Utopia Against the World. April 26, 2014. This was my opening preamble for. Utopia Against the World. An event I organised at the end of March. You can download the programme here. Where is utopia today? Or, perhaps, what is utopia today? What, and where might it be tomorrow? Who is it for? Or ‘the end of utopia’. The end of history! Can we avoid this double bind where utopia leads to anti-utopia, and anti-utopia is revealed as utopia fulfilled? A queer film festival, a squat in Berlin?
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Writing | David M. Bell
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David M. Bell. 2) A project with the composer Helen Papaioannou. Exploring rhythmic social relations in musical performance. Not quite sure what format this will take yet, but I’m really excited by it. Affect, power, the commons, conflict, games, rhythms…. 8216;Improvisation as Anarchist Orgazniation’ – article for. Accepted, to be published in special issue on anarchism and critical management studies, 2014 – date tbc): here. 8211; my PhD thesis, July 2013: here. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Some thought...
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Utopia, Failed?: some thoughts on the demolition of the Lenton Flats | David M. Bell
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David M. Bell. Some thoughts on the demolition of the Lenton Flats. April 22, 2014. April 23, 2014. Utopia (has been) failed. On Wednesday 18th June I’m going to be taking part in a workshop organised by Nottingham Contemporary and facilitated by the really excellent Southwark Notes. Whose writings on art and regeneration/gentrification around Southwark I. Recommend). The starting point for this is a series of Keith Coventry’s paintings included in Somewhat Abstract. Keith Coventry – Berwick Tower. Faile...
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