Exhibition Launch Party: Basel Abbas & Ruanne Abou-Rahme and I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih: Feels Strangely Good, Ya?

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Friday 26th September | 2025 | 18:30 - 23:00

Nottingham Contemporary

Free Event

Join us to celebrate the launch of our two new exhibitions, a major new commission by the Palestinian artist duo Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme and I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih: Feels Strangely Good, Ya?

Abbas and Abou-Rahme collaborate across sound, image, text, installation, and performance. Their practice involves uncovering, reactivating, and imagining incidental narratives, gestures, figures, and sites—using these elements as raw material to rethink the present and explore alternative possibilities for what is, and what could be. This exhibition will feature the artists' largest multi-media installation to date, celebrating their significant contribution to the field of research driven audio-visual art.

Murni (1966–2006, Bali) was a prolific and fiercely independent artist whose vivid, deeply personal works emerged from her subconscious—functioning as both therapy and a kind of visual diary. Feels Strangely Good, Ya? highlights the full force of Murni's boundless imagination and offers a rare opportunity to experience her work in depth.This exhibition marks an important step in championing Murni's legacy to audiences globally.

Galleries Open 6.30-9pm

Blend at Contemporary Open until 11pm with a night of DJ sets, delicious food and drinks.

This exhibition launch, like all our programme, is free admission for all but donations are both encouraged and needed. As a registered charity, every donation – no matter the size – makes a big difference. Suggested donation £5. Thank you.

Access

Due to licensing laws, under-18s are not allowed in the building from 10pm onwards, but families and young people are welcome between 6.30pm and 10pm. We ask that all children aged 12 and under are accompanied by an adult at all times.

If you have any questions around access or have specific access requirements we can accommodate, please get in touch with us by emailing info@nottinghamcontemporary.org or phoning 0115 948 9750.