‘Gateway II’ – Professor David Cotterrell referenced in the Guardian

Images courtesy of David Cotterrell and the Imperial War Museum exhibition - Images are research photography by Professor David Cotterrell, entitled 'Gateway II'

When is it too early to teach your kids about genocide? Professor David Cotterrell, Director of the Culture & Creativity Research Institute has had his work, Gateway II, referenced in a Guardian piece looking at the Imperial War Museum’s new galleries showcasing artistic responses to conflict since its inception during the First World War. On the photographs featured in the exhibition, […]

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Professor David Cotterrell’s Gateway II at the Blavatnik Art, Film and Photography Galleries exhibition, at the Imperial War Museum, 10 November 2023

David’s work, Gateway II, has been selected for inclusion in the inaugural Blavatnik Art, Film and Photography Galleries exhibition, at the Imperial War Museum (IWM), London. This is the first time in IWM’s history that a permanent gallery space has been created to display the three collections together – visual art, film and photography. Stepping into the Galleries, visitors will learn how the museum has […]

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Culture and Creativity: Forming Lasting Connections – Innovation Network South Yorkshire event – Thursday 09 November 2023

The Innovation Network South Yorkshire is heading to the National Videogame Museum as we present ‘Culture and Creativity: Forming Lasting Connections’. This event will bring together leading organisations and academics from the region’s cultural and creative industries. Culture and creativity are at the heart of a strong, vibrant and inclusive region. An important factor in the development of the city’s footfall and the […]

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The Saltley Geyser – 7-10 September 2023 – Professor David Cotterrell Installation

David Cotterrell - Saltley Geyser (credit Grant Smith, 1998)

Totally Thames’s artistic commission for 2023 is the extraordinary Saltley Geyser by the installation artist David Cotterrell. As one of the key events for the London-wide Thames Festival cultural program, this represents a dramatic return for one of Cotterrell’s first public projects. 25 years after its original installation (in a small park in Birmingham), it will be witnessed again in East London’s Royal Albert […]

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Professor David Cotterrell at Danielle Arnaud Venice – 17 May to 26 November 2023

David Cotterrell at Danielle Arnaud Venice (17 May – 26 November 2023 – By appointment only) David Cotterrell in Venice  WUNDERKAMMERN Camere delle Meraviglie Wednesday 17 to Sunday 21 May 2023 Join us to discover David Cotterrell’s new work at Danielle Arnaud Venice.  The artist proposes a series of impossible assemblages of artefacts, vignettes and insects questioning the appropriation of culture and the […]

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Sheffield’s No Bounds Festival highlights the role art can play in place-making

No Bounds

Between 14-16 October, artist-researchers from CCRI exhibited at No Bounds Festival of electronic music, contemporary art and new technology across two sites curated by Innovation Manager, Amy Carter Gordon. Moore Street substation hosted Noémie Soula, Lab4Living, presenting Mythical Living Data ‘a striking audio-visual piece’ to two hugely oversubscribed sold-out days of tours in the working electrical substation. Sheffield and District […]

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No Bounds Festival – Hallam’s collaboration set to spark conversation

No Bounds

An exciting, barrier-breaking cultural festival is coming to Sheffield this October – and we’re thrilled to announce that staff and academics from the Culture & Creativity Research Institute have been involved in key exhibitions. What to expect from the festival? If you come to the festival, you’ll have an opportunity to see the city from new and different perspectives and a rare […]

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David Cotterrell’s ‘A Yard for Your Thoughts [The Last Huzzah of British Gunboat Diplomacy]’ at the Side Effects exhibition – 16.06.21 – 30.09.21

David Cotterrell has produced a new work in collaboration with Tom Valentine (aka Thomas Vann Altheimer) for the exhibition, Side Effects // Efectos Secundarios, Volume IV. Steppling Art Gallery at SDSU-IV, in collaboration with I21 Espacio de Proyectos, Mexicali is pleased to present the composite film, A Yard for Your Thoughts [The Last Huzzah of British Gunboat Diplomacy] by David and Thomas under their moniker, The […]

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‘Dear Aliens, We are Ready’ – Professor David Cotterrell’s ‘Mazar, Texas’ exhibited at Galeria de la Ciudad, Mexico

Composite image of 'Dear Aliens, We are Ready' - Exhibition at Galeria de la Ciudad, Mexico

Dear Aliens, We Are Ready – 09 April 2021 – 20 June 2021 Professor David Cotterrell‘s work, Mazar, Texas will be shown at the Galeria de la Ciudad, Tecate, Mexico. The exhibition, Dear Aliens, We Are Ready, curated by PASTOR PROJECTS, includes new and existing works by the artists: MARIEL MIRANDA (MX), DAVID COTTERRELL (UK), IRMA SOFÍA POETER (MX), GRO SARAUW (DK), ALEJANDRO ZACARIAS (MX), RYAN GANDER (UK), MÓNICA ARREOLA (MX). To coincide with the exhibition, […]

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‘Transmission’ & ‘COMMONS Dialogues’ – Professor David Cotterrell at 2020’s virtual Ubumuntu Arts Festival of Humanity

2020-07 Ubumuntu (David Cotterrell and Ruwanthie de Chickera) - Transmission

Ubumuntu 2020 Friday 17 to Sunday 19 July 2020 Free registration online here. Empathy & Risk will be contributing to the 6th Ubumuntu Festival of Humanity through the creation of a new art work – Transmission, and an in-conversation event – COMMONS Dialogues. Transmission David Cotterrell and Ruwanthi de Chickera’s new video production Transmission will be presented at the main […]

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