The Universal Addressability of Dumb Things: Curated by Mark Leckey

27 Apr-30 Jun 2013

Overview

Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Leckey has curated an exhibition that explores the magical world of new technology, as well as tracing its connections to the beliefs of our distant past. Historical and contemporary works of art, videos, machines, archaeological artefacts and iconic objects, like the giant inflatable cartoon figure of Felix the Cat – the first image ever transmitted on TV – inhabit an “enchanted landscape” created in Nottingham Contemporary’s galleries, where objects seem to be communicating with each other and with us. The Universal Addressability of Dumb Things is the latest in a series of artist-curated Hayward Touring exhibitions. It comes to Nottingham Contemporary from the Bluecoat, Liverpool and will tour to De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill in summer 2013.