Visual Arts Ric Kasini Kadour was artist in residence at MERZ during January and February 2020. This interview outlines his Schwitters’ Army project involving 200 collages from 24 countries. The interview reveals several similarities between MERZ and Ric’s work in Canada and … Rick Kasini Kadour : Schwitters’ Army at MERZ
Visual Arts During her extended residency at MERZ Julia Zinnbauer researched, filmed and edited a film on the Scottish Borders’ based architect Peter Womersley. Julia’s earlier films had connected modernist architecture in the United States with the James Bond movies and had … Julia Zinnbauer : Peter Womersley Architect
Visual Arts Coming soon for World Collage Day the 200 or so envelopes in which the Schwitters’ Army collages arrived at MERZ in January. Collages by named artists inside and sometimes on the outside of the envelopes and packages. While at each … WORLD COLLAGE DAY, 9th May
Catriona Robertson was the first funded artist in residence at MERZ in Sanquhar. Cat had been visiting Kurt Schwitters’ MERZ Barn in Elterwater over the last two years and suggested a path from Schwitters’ last work in the UK into … Catriona Robertson : This Way That Way
When over in Scotland to film the Sanquhar Arts Festival in May 2019 the Belfast production company and broadcaster NvTv interviewed Dougie Sharpe and David Rushton. Unbeknown to either artist, NvTv had shot enough footage to edit a programme on … David Rushton : Collapse the Box
Ally Wallace was our second Funded Artist in Residence at MERZ, staying from September to November in 2019. In this film Ally outlines the influence of local buildings and textile industries on his research, his approach to working and the … Ally Wallace : Factory Lines
Visual Arts Denise Zygadlo and Amy Marletta’s exhibition of collages and their work on the Hannah Höch art-house opened on 21st December at the Museum of Model Art. A further opening is scheduled for Boxing Day afternoon (2:00-4:00pm) otherwise by arrangement till … Denise Zygadlo & Amy Marletta : As the moon sees it
Visual Arts An exhibition to return to, again and again. Andy McDowall’s ’40 years behind the lens’ opened at MERZ on Friday 20th. Andy will be in the gallery most afternoons from 1:00-3:00pm till 4th January to talk you through forty years … Andy McDowall : 40 years behind the lens
Visual Arts Ally Wallace was our second Funded Artist in Residence at MERZ, staying from September to November in 2019. In this film Ally outlines the influence of local buildings and textile industries on his research, his approach to working and the … Ally Wallace : Factory Lines
Visual Arts Ally Wallace was our second Funded Artist in Residence at MERZ, staying from September to November in 2019. In this film Ally outlines the influence of local buildings and textile industries on his research, his approach to working and the … Ally Wallace : Factory Lines
Visual Arts Jane Frere introduces her exhibition at Summerhall, Edinburgh. Exit – 100 Days of Khaos is on till the 27th October. The exhibition also features animation by Georges Eloi Thibault who worked closely with Jane over a period of seven months. Jane Frere : Exit – 100 days of Khaos
Art in Scotland Visual Arts Jane Frere introduces her exhibition at Summerhall, Edinburgh. Exit – 100 Days of Khaos is on till the 27th October. The exhibition also features animation by Georges Eloi Thibault who worked closely with Jane over a period of seven months. Jane Frere : Exit – 100 Days of Khaos
Art in Scotland Visual Arts Artist in Residence at MERZ from mid-June till mid July Jason Maracani has been exploring the countryside in Upper Nithsdale with artist and guide Alice de Ville. Jason joined Alice to contribute work on a Bothy on the Southern Upland … Jason Maraconi : Tactile Shapes
Sarah-Manning Shaw introduces Thomas Kilpper whose print on rubber fills floor and ceiling of Gallery 1 at Castle Mills, the new base of Edinburgh Printmakers. From 27th April till 13th July 2019. Thomas Kilpper : The Politics of Heritage vs the Heritage of Politics
Visual Arts Emerging from the social, geo-political and environmental uncertainty of the ‘Anthropocene’ – Fraɡˈmɛnt (Terra non-firma) brings together two recent recipients of Lateral Lab’s Robert Callender International Residency for Young Artists, Russell Beard and Stephen Kavanagh. In this joint exhibition, … Stephen Kavanagh : FRAG’MƐNT (TERRA NON-FIRMA)
Visual Arts Aurélie Fontan is a sustainable fashion designer focused on biodesign and ethical manufacture processes. Her graduate collection Tensegrity demonstrates the positive combination of craft and technology, essentially based on science imagery and disciplines. One of her pieces is entirely grown … Aurélie Fontan : Tensegrity
Visual Arts Pithos (one possible story of our lively material) presents existing and new works by artist Louise Mackenzie, following a three-year period of intense research within the laboratories of the Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University and ASCUS Labs at Summerhall, … Louise Mackenzie : Pithos
Visual Arts Andrew Brown, founder of Edinburgh’s 369 Gallery, introduces the artists represented by the gallery in this second Summerhall exhibition featuring the men from 369. Andrew appraises the work of the women and men together in this extended interview. Andrew Brown : 369 Gallery
Richard Demarco introduces the ‘Homage to Beuys’ exhibition by Terry Ann Newman and Sarah Waters, which ran from 7th September until 30th October 2018. This exhibition was curated by Richard Demarco and co-curated by Fernanda Zei, as part of the … Homage to Beuys : Richard Demarco
Visual Arts Shiela Mullen is one of the women artists celebrated in the 369 Remembered exhibition running at Summerhall till the end of 2018. Sheila Mullen is a Scottish painter who lives and works in Scotland. She was born on 24 January … Sheila Mullen : Studio
Visual Arts Pat Douthwaite, Lil Neilson, Carole Gibbons, Lys Hansen, Sheila Mullen, Rose Frain, Joyce Cairns, Fiona Robertson, Irina Zatulovskya, Caroline McNairn, Fionna Carlisle, Olivia Irvine Sat 03 Nov 2018 – Sun 23 Dec 2018 11:00-18:00 (Wednesday-Sunday) The 369 Gallery was founded … Robert McDowell, Emily Grieve and Roddy Martine : 369 remembered – the women
Theatre Actor and playwright Paul Brightwell introduces MERZSPIEL ahead of his performance that opened the MERZ exhibition ‘Kurt Schwitters has entered the room’. The performance was filmed to be shown throughout the exhibition which is open by arrangement, merzgallery@icloud.com. Paul is … Paul Brightwell : MERZSPIEL
Theatre ‘A striking dream world… one of the most ambitious pieces we have ever presented’ (Anna Woo, The Getty Villa). California’s marijuana country: the still-Wild West. Annie conducts a forensic exploration of ‘the facts’ about her outlaw weed farmer brother as … OUR COUNTRY : Performance Recording
Theatre ‘A striking dream world… one of the most ambitious pieces we have ever presented’ (Anna Woo, The Getty Villa). California’s marijuana country: the still-Wild West. Annie conducts a forensic exploration of ‘the facts’ about her outlaw weed farmer brother as … Annie Saunders : Our Country
Theatre Time: 17.25 Summerhall, Tech Cube O In Finnish tradition, the sauna is a solemn place; a scene of cleansing, contemplation, birth and death. According to myth every sauna had its own spirit, whom visitors should care for and respect. The … Soile Makela : The Sauna
Festivals The world premiere of a multi-media collaboration that combines live music from the Melomaniacs trio with film by the Scottish filmmaker Lee Archer, photographs taken by the New York based photographer Jean Luc Fievet and lyrics written by Mike Marlin. … Mike Marlin : Dust
Performance Part documentary, part live performance, part parody, part desperate as f*ck, Claire does everything she can to entertain her online audience. While remaining 100% totally authentically real. See-Through is an edited, unedited, live, pre-recorded, reality show that invites you to … Claire Gaydon : See Through
Performance Forget Me Nots is a love story between a young Icelandic man and an English soldier. It’s about love, new priorities and the people that got hurt along the way. In a collaboration between Icelandic and British artists, it explores … David Fenne : Forget Me Nots
Performance The story of a young woman soldier’s journey through post-traumatic stress. Following training, Joanna is deployed to Afghanistan and believes she is prepared for what lies ahead. What she is not prepared for is a visit from her past. On … Lesley Wilson and Jasmine Main : Wired
Performance Winner of the Best International Performance Award at the 2017 Amsterdam Fringe and hit of the 2018 Brighton Fringe. Performer and playwright Bastiaan Vandendriessche’s gripping new play invites his audience to step into a darkly woven and deceptive story about … Bastiaan Vandendriessche : De Fuut
