Radiator Festival & Symposium 13-18 Jan 2009, Nottingham

Radiator, the region’s festival for art and media, returns in January 09 to spread rays of hope through the gloom brought about by rumours of Recession.

Radiator 09 explores how the foundations for the City of the future is being built right here under our feet and over our heads. It’s a city that is being shaped by a large number of individuals who have no need for the expense of office space but require connections and networks to operate. This suggests freedom, but inherent in the infrastructure are traps that can affect us all, eroding our hard fought for personal liberties. The citizens’ creative utilisation of their space can easily be crippled by a sudden monopolisation of the urban environment by a global concern, sold back to us as the way forward.

The Performing Space Symposium (15-16th Jan 09) with Nottingham Trent University gets artists together with architects, sociologists, city planners and urban theorists to share information about how our cities are changing and what new and challenging spaces are opening up as a result of digital media.

And, as the last 3 years has seen an explosion of culture houses in the East Midlands, Radiator is delighted to work with Broadway, Quad, AGM, New Arts Exchange and others to bring the best of the regions’ exhibitions to within walking distance.