Nottingham Light Night 2021

Nottingham Light Night 2021 will be the thirteenth edition of this highly successful event, which brings high quality accessible work to Nottingham city centre after dark and attracts thousands of visitors across a range of demographic backgrounds.

We are inviting artists and creatives to present one of 6 planned commissions as a part of the event.

The commissions should be presented across the evenings of Friday 5th and Saturday 6th February (17:00 – 22:00 nightly), and be suitable for viewing in dark environments, with any build or rehearsal requirements able to be accommodated 24-hours prior, meaning that access to proposed event locations will be no earlier than 17:00hrs Thursday 4th February.

Given the current pandemic, all proposals should be suitable for Covid-safe presentation and be outdoors*

*Previously Light Night has commissioned indoor work as a part of our programming. Indoor programming may be proposed for 2021, but any proposal should be accompanied by a Covid-safe risk assessment along with details as to how access to the proposed installation will be managed.

Public spaces across the city may be utilised including Trinity Square, Sneinton Market Square, Robin Hood statue, St Peter’s Square, Smithy Row, Brian Clough statue, Goosegate / Heathcoat Street, Low Pavement, Listergate and Station Street.

Alternatively you may propose other locations, but these will be subject to landowner permissions, and may incur other costs.

Projects may build on or present existing work, your proposal doesn’t have to be a new commission.

You must have valid public liability insurance certificate to the value of £5m for the activity being staged.

You must be able to submit a risk assessment, method statement and any Covid-safe documentation for the activity being staged.

The available budget for commissions is £1,000 – £3,000 per project.

For more details, please contact Richard Buxton.