Performance Two female performers offset each other scarily; both mother and daughter, dominant and dominated, master and slave. In the world of À Table, the impulse to avoid pain is ignored. The two performers silently attempt to negotiate their relationship in … Aniela Piasecka : À Table
Visual Arts Curator Deborah Jackson introduces the Talbot Rice Gallery’s newest exhibition, Counterpoint, which brings together new commissions from 8 contemporary artists who question the social role and function of art. The works on display include full-size street lamps, confetti cannons and … Deborah Jackson : Counterpoint
Visual Arts Artists Augustin Rebetez and Giona Bierens De Haan introduce us to their own unique world. Heart (Meteorite) brings together strange monotonous beasts, ornate stop-motion videos and rapidly assembled humanoid sculptures, depicting the tragedy and comedy of Rebetez’s bittersweet universe. This is the … Augustin Rebetez and Giona Bierens De Haan : Heart (Meteorite)
Visual Arts Summerhall TV travels to Selkirk in the Scottish Borders to meet Lawrence Robertson, one of the trustees of The Haining. This Palladian Mansion House is a long-term project, which aims to become a centre for art and culture and be … Lawrence Robertson : The Haining
Community Summerhall TV catches up with campaigner Heidi Pearson to talk about the removal of the Jawbone Arch, at the Meadows, where the Jawbones are being prepped for the big move. Nic Boyes is in charge of the conservation effort, and … Heidi Pearson : The Jawbone Arch
Visual Arts As part of GENERATION, a nationwide celebration of Scottish contemporary art from the past 25 years, artist and filmmaker Luke Fowler is exhibiting his 61 minute film The Poor Stockinger, the Luddite Cropper and the Deluded Followers of Joanna Southcott. … Anne Lyden : Luke Fowler
Performance Summerhall Festival 2014 Pete Livingstone and Nina Kareis introduce their company Livingstones Kabinet, who are performing Klip at Summerhall, as part of the Fringe Festival. Klip combines performance, dance and live music, and uses a collage technique to produce a different viewing experience … Livingstones Kabinet : Klip
Visual Arts The Lillie Gallery plays host to a “mini retrospective” of artist Lys Hansen’s work, featuring pieces from the 80s to the present day. Hansen aims to explore the human condition and the complex inter-relationships of people, and uses an expressive … Lys Hansen : Love + War + Paint
Visual Arts Sculptor Louise Gibson introduces her new work as part of Summerhall’s group show, Large Things of Different Shapes and Colours. Currently based in Berlin, Gibson mostly works with polyester resins and found objects and materials. The work will be shown … Louise Gibson : Large Things of Different Shapes and Colours
Visual Arts Cabbages in an Orchard; The formers and forms of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Graham Fagen explores the connections and common ground between both artists’ work. Fagen was asked to research the work of Mackintosh and create new work in response … Cabbages in an Orchard; The formers and forms of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Graham Fagen
Visual Arts Artist Alex Frost completed a research residency in 2013, and was invited by Cove Park to create a body of work, which developed the themes he was exploring. As part of GENERATION, Scotland’s nationwide celebration of 25 years of contemporary … Alex Frost : The Patrons
Visual Arts Situated in one of the most popular streets of Edinburgh, Union Gallery celebrates its 5th birthday with their exhibition, Now We Are 5. The owner and manager Alison Auldjo tells us about the first five years and her plans for … Alison Auldjo : Now We Are 5
Books 2014 is the 75th anniversary of the publication of James Joyce’s book Finnegans Wake. Joyce was a Dubliner and is internationally recognised as one of the world’s greatest writers. As a tribute to him, and Finnegans Wake, the seven UNESCO … Finnegans Wake by James Joyce : The Musey Room
Visual Arts Painter and printmaker Michael Fullerton introduces his show Meaning Inc., which is currently showing as part of Generation: 25 Years of Contemporary Art in Scotland, at Glasgow Print Studio. The exhibition is made up of new and recent work, and … Michael Fullerton : Meaning Inc.
Visual Arts Alexia Holt outlines the residency programme at Cove Park, which creates year-round residencies in all the art forms for national and international artists, collaborative groups and organisations. It is located on 50 acres of unspoilt hillside overlooking Loch Long on … Alexia Holt : Cove Park Residencies
Visual Arts The Common Guild in Glasgow, is currently showing one of the three solo exhibitions which are part of the GENERATION programme. Digital Light Pool features a configuration of works from the 55th Venice Biennale exhibition and other new works by … Hayley Tompkins : Digital Light Pool
Books Appearing at the Shetland Jazz Festival 2014: Jazz & Literature, acclaimed jazz artist and author Gilad Atzmon introduces his new book “The Wandering Who?”. Gilad was born in Israel in 1963 and trained as a musician in Jerusalem. The book … Gilad Atzmon : The Wandering Who
Festivals An interview with Guardian columnist John Harris following his lecture ‘Independence and the English: Prospects for the Left’ at the Yestival held at Summerhall on the 9th July. Far from despairing the prospect of the left in Scotland deserting the … John Harris : Yestival at Summerhall
Visual Arts As part of the Shetland Nature Festival 2014, The Clipperton Project is running a series of unique expeditions of discovery aboard a floating laboratory around Shetland. Celia Bull, the boat skipper introduces us to the project and to the various … Celia Bull : The Clipperton Project
Visual Arts Rothes Hall is an entertainment and conference venue located in Glenrothes. Rothes is currently hosting the work of Thomas Brauer and Rebecca Stuart. The exhibitions, Ordinary and A Question of Faith are on show from the 2nd of June to … Rothes Halls : Rebecca Stuart and Thomas Brauer
Festivals The month long Yestival Festival tour hits Summerhall yesterday for four days of creative politicking around the referendum question. Yestivals’ Edinburgh coordinator Jenny Lindsay introduces the team of volunteers and highlights the many locations around Scotland where Yestival has still to … Jenny Lindsay : Yestival
Visual Arts Resident artist, Joanna Helfer talks us about Tin Roof’s second summer members’ show. The show is part of GENERATION programme and it features thirty artists from the collective. Tin Roof is a voluntary artist-led organisation that hosts studio and exhibition … Tin Roof : Summer members show
Festivals Yestival, a four-day festival of politics, debate, music, art and culture, reaches Summerhall in Edinburgh. Ross Aitchison invites us to enjoy the wide range of artists and events featured during the festival from the 9th to the 12th of July. Ross Aitchision : Yestival at Summerhall
Visual Arts Hospitalfield Arts, Arbroath, Summer Season Open Weekend entitled Looking Again. Laura Simpson, Programme Manager at Hospitalfield, tells us about the artists and performances taking place during the weekend. In collaboration with Janice Parker, the sculptor Claire Barclay introduces her work, … Hospitalfield Arts : Looking Again
Visual Arts We talked to artist, David Lyons about his exhibition ‘Eye for an Eye’ which is showing as part of a Dundee-wide celebration of contemporary visual art. The work explores the differences in perception two people can have of the same … David Lyons : Eye for an Eye
Books Laura Clements talks to writer and awardee of the Scottish Book Trust’s Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship, Lisa Ballantyne, about her work. Lisa Ballantyne was born in Armadale, West Lothian and was educated at Armadale Academy and University of St Andrews. … Lisa Ballantyne : Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship
Visual Arts This Summer the RSA is exhibiting the work of artists at the start of their careers and featuring one artist from each of the six RSA New Contemporaries exhibitions. Open Dialogues is one of the GENERATION exhibitions celebrating the last … RSA : Open Dialogues – Part Three
Festivals Describing the Jimmy Reid Foundation as the policy arm of the independence movement Robin McAlpine argues that politics engages creativity to represent a more confident and articulate Scotland. Successfully organised through social media the Festival in Glasgow’s Arches demonstrated how … Robin McAlpine : Common Weal Festival
Visual Arts This Summer the RSA is exhibiting the work of artists at the start of their careers and featuring one artist from each of the six RSA New Contemporaries exhibitions. Open Dialogues is one of the GENERATION exhibitions celebrating the last … RSA : Open Dialogues – Part Two
Visual Arts Rupert Thomson, Artistic Director at Summerhall, introduces highlights from this year’s festival at Summerhall. Venue 26 holds a rich and varied programme from over eighty companies. Alison Jackson, Paines Plough, Northern Stage, Hibrow, Scottish Dance Theatre and Big In Belgium … Rupert Thomson : Festival 2014
