Wasteland: Nottingham, England

07 Apr 2012 | Mathew Trivett - Nottingham, England

Context Lectures: SITE /OFF-SITE /NON-SITE (Nottingham)

Wednesday 11 April, 10 – 12.00 Djanogly Lecture Theatre, Nottingham Trent University, UK Context Lectures: SITE...

16 Mar 2012 | Rebecca Beinart - Nottingham, England

Interview with local residents

A few weeks ago I interviewed Pete McGuire, who has lived and worked in the area for many years. He explains what...

16 Mar 2012 | Mathew Trivett - Nottingham, England

Trading Camouflage for Camouflage

Today I began the process of producing a series of rounders bats (similar to a baseball bat) for a forthcoming research...

13 Mar 2012 | Rebecca Beinart - Nottingham, England

Tescopoly

Interview with local historian Chris Matthews on the recent plans for a Tesco Superstore on the Island Site, and the...

19 Jan 2012 | David Bell - Nottingham, England

Stalking the Zone

A couple of months back I watched Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker for the first time. Returning to our site on the 22nd...

07 Nov 2011 | David Bell - Nottingham, England

The Ghosts of Eastside

The Ghost of Eastside Yet To Come As we continue our investigations into the Wasteland's strange past we have news of...

15 Oct 2011 | David Bell - Nottingham, England

A Strange Recording from 1959

Rebecca and I visited Nottingham City Library yesterday to conduct more research into the Island wasteland site. We...

06 Sep 2011 | Rebecca Beinart - Nottingham, England

Elderberry rob

I am interested in the idea of making produce from the wasteland: identifying plants on the the wasteland that can be...

22 Jul 2011 | David Bell - Nottingham, England

Where the crow passes over...

In working out the crow hours (our chosen measurement of distance for the signpost) between our Wasteland and the other...

22 Jul 2011 | Rebecca Beinart - Nottingham, England

As the crow flies

Nottingham was the first stop for the Sign Prototype - a method by correspondence. All distances are marked in cr...

22 Jul 2011 | Rebecca Beinart - Nottingham, England

Sunset recording

We recorded five minutes of audio at sunset last night. Here's a short extract. [jwplayer mediaid="895"] To hear...

25 Jun 2011 | David Bell - Nottingham, England

Weeds, Rhizomes and Cracks...

Rebecca's reflections on our visit to our wasteland site in Nottingham put me in mind of cracks and weeds: of spaes of...

23 Jun 2011 | Rebecca Beinart - Nottingham, England

Exploring the Island

Today I went to explore the Island with David, visiting parts of the site I had never been to before. The southern...

Wasteland Twinning