DINU LI : YESTERDAY IS HISTORY, TOMORROW IS MYSTERY
Jun 3 - Sep 5, 2010
‘Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is Mystery’ is a solo show by Dinu Li, a UK and China based artist, featuring past and recent works, plus a work from a new commission for QUAD. Li’s exhibition illuminates his continuous research into the structures defining contemporary China’s cultural development. Li draws upon a rich archive of materials including films, drawings, family snapshots, old postcards, and propaganda imagery, to reconstruct a complex world of fantastical imagination, against the backdrop of a historical and political epoch of time.

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Feb 4 - 12, 2012 FINAL WEEK
Private view Sat Feb 4 6pm - 11pm
Plus interactive audio visual projects including works from; Angelo Plessas, Stanza, a British artist who specializes in netart, data sculptures, and networked space; Han Hoogerbrugge creator of the extremely popular Modern Living Neurotica series, Seaquence, an experiment in musical composition; and The Johnny Cash Project, a unique crowd-sourced music video project. Experiment with the Excessive Machine, an interactive installation built by ::CHECKTHISPECKER:: featuring custom built projection screens, original visual material and the music of Nottingham born producer/artist Kirk Spencer.

SIGHTED
Feb 17 - 18, 2012
Dance maker Angela Woodhouse and Jerwood prize winner artist Caroline Broadhead offer a rare opportunity to experience their acclaimed performance installation Sighted. Presented in partnership with Déda.
Performances in QUAD: Friday 17th February & Saturday 18th February at 3:30pm, 4:30pm & 6:45pm

HIJACKED III: CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY FROM AUSTRALIA / UK
Mar 3 - May 6, 2012
Private view Fri Mar 2 6pm
Exhibitions in QUAD Gallery and Derby Silk Mill.Take a trip into the fantastic and foreboding worlds of artists from opposite sides of the globe in this major survey exhibition and publication featuring the best photographic talents from Australia and the United Kingdom.
 
From oblique takes on portraiture and collage to snapshots of society at its best and worst, these far reaching photographic practices question what it means to look at, capture or construct images in the 21st century. Known for halting the status quo, arresting the scene and exploding a new perspective on the practices of contemporary photography, this third edition of the biennale Hijacked series explores the world through the eyes and works of 35 international photographers from or within the United Kingdom and Australia. Also featuring a series of specially commissioned films about participating photographers and writers, produced by Troika. The exhibition will show simultaneously in QUAD and at PICA in Perth, Australia. Events will include live link ups for workshops and artists talks.

EAST MEETS WEST
Mar 3 - Jun 27, 2012
Private view Fri Mar 2 6am
FORMAT, QUAD and Light House, Wolverhampton, have collaborated to showcase some of the best emerging photographers and film-makers from the East and West Midlands responding to the theme of Heroes.
 
Artists: Christophe Dillinger, Jaskirt Dhaliwal, Helen Flanagan, Candice Jacobs, Chris Javin, Marcin Klein, Jan Klos, Wayne Mitchelson, Hazel O'Brien, Kajai Nisha Patel, Yelena Popova, Simon Raven, Rachel Robinson, David Severn, Anita Shukla
 
Curated by Jill Carruthers and Michael Sargeant.

DERBY SOAP OPERA : MARINELLA SENATORE
May 12 - Jul 8, 2012
Senatore will work with the residents of Derby to create a narrative that will act as the script for a performance based musical drama, highlighting the thoughts, feelings and current happiness and well being of the people in the city.
 
We need every single person in the city, every student, every school, every bingo player, dentist, bus driver, grandparent, councilor, professor, brick layer, plumber, mum and dad to get involved! Your issues, your lives and your thoughts will become the script. You and your skills will provide the set. Marinella will be your guide and QUAD will be your support.