Ways of Seeing, Learning and Making: I Heard the Sky is Still Blue

A talk in which Matthew Chesney of BACKLIT reflects on sustaining an artistic life, drawing on Sarah Cunningham's time at BACKLIT studios.

Part of CONTEMPORARY X ART HISTORIES, a collaboration between the University of Nottingham and Nottingham Contemporary, this talk explores the realities of making and sustaining a life as an artist. Matthew Chesney, Co-Director of BACKLIT, reflects on Sarah Cunningham's time at BACKLIT studios and the conditions, relationships and spaces that allow an artistic practice to grow. The conversation covers making work, finding space, earning a living and the commitment required to keep going. It takes place in The Space and lasts 90 minutes.