Mac Collins: Open Code
Image Credit: Megan Jepson
The exhibition Open Code by Nottingham-born artist Mac Collins takes over Primary’s Reading Room. The installation features furniture, objects, and sculpture.
In March 2022, Open Code was commissioned by Harewood House, and firstly staged at the Harewood House Biennial within an 18th-century estate home as part of Radical Acts: Why Craft Matters. The wealth of the estate was amassed through the exploitation of enslaved people in the Caribbean. Collins worked alongside the archivist, in scrutinising the records and collections held by the estate. He was keen to explore the relationship between these conflicted spaces, and the Caribbean community now settled in the UK. As a popular location for the Windrush Generation, Nottingham now has a large Caribbean population.