Performance Playwright Lee Gershuny introduces The Elements World Theatre’s new play, Messages From a Mental Institution. A woman believes her husband is sending her messages from a mental institution. She wants to help him, but she doesn’t know where he is … Lee Gershuny : Messages From a Mental Institution
Visual Arts LÙB | LOOP is an exhibition by textile artist Deirdre Nelson, which highlights wool, crofting, craft skills and the feet that walk the land. In the summer and autumn of 2013 she visited stock clubs and crofters on the Isle … Rosie Somerville: LÙB | LOOP
Visual Arts Victoria Pervizou introduces the Syn/Συν Festival, which is a multi-arts festival, showcasing a variety of exhibiting and performing arts including photography, installations, painting, illustration, film, physical theatre, dance, and music of different genres and influences ranging from rock to rembetiko. … Victoria Pervizou : Syn/Συν Edinburgh Greek Artists Festival
Visual Arts Catherine Jarvie introduces the work of the late photographer Colin Jarvie (1962-2012). The exhibition features photographs from two bodies of work, ‘My World, My Wife, My Camera’ and ‘Jaun y…(The Bus Drivers of Acapulco)’. Both of which could be described … Catherine Jarvie : In Praise of Shadows – Works by Colin Jarvie
Visual Arts Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival hosted a preview event at Summerhall, Edinburgh, on 11 March 2014. Those attending the event were the first to see clips from the identical twin Quay Brothers’ surreal puppet animation, Unmistaken Hands, one of … Richard Ashrowan : Alchemy Festival 2014
Visual Arts Richard Demarco is a key and influential figure in the arts in Scotland and beyond. Starting from a young age, Demarco developed a keen interest in the Edinburgh International Festival, and has been passionate about the production of art and … Richard Demarco : Introducing the Demarco European Art Foundation
Visual Arts Artist David Rushton introduces his exhibition Art as Conceit, which features a mixture of political print work and small scale models. First shown in 1979, the model of a car factory canteen is encased in a grey box, with a … David Rushton : Art as Conceit
Visual Arts Artist Stephanie Mann introduces her Summerhall exhibition, Inherit This Mango. A playful and contemporary twist on the classic still life genre, Mann’s works are infused with bright colours and random objects. Inherit This Mango is in the Library Upper Gallery, … Stephanie Mann : Inherit This Mango
Visual Arts Artist Ian Hughes introduces his exhibition ‘Unearthed Tongues Set Free’, which is on from Saturday 8th February, at Summerhall. Hughes’ work focuses on the horrors and atrocities of the Holocaust, using shocking techniques as a metaphor for this. Much of … Ian Hughes : Unearthed Tongues Set Free
Visual Arts Painter Stuart Gibbs introduces his work from his Wasps’ Dennistoun studio, in Glasgow. Graduating from Glasgow School of Art in 1989, Stuart went onto exhibit his work across the UK, Europe, and even as far as Japan. Stuart works mostly … Stuart Gibbs : In the Studio
Visual Arts German-American artist Stefan Roloff introduces his exhibition ‘The Kindness of Strangers, which is currently on at Summerhall. The first ever UK exhibition for the artist features his video installation ‘The Kindness of Strangers’, which tells the stories of two refugees- … Stefan Roloff : The Kindness of Strangers
Visual Arts Edinburgh based artist Jonathan Owen takes existing work and reconstructs it to make it new. In this reconstruction, he manages to alter the original meaning of the piece and present something that questions the ideas that went before it. Richard … Richard Ingleby : Jonathan Owen
Visual Arts Artist Tania Kovats introduces her new exhibition ‘Oceans’, which is showing at the Fruitmarket Gallery. This work explores Kovats’ fascination with the sea, and includes sculptural works, and a global project called ‘All the Sea’, which is a collection of … Tania Kovats : Oceans
Visual Arts Have one of the best artists in town teach you to draw! Every Wednesday until the 26th March, Dennis J Reinmüller will be sharing the secrets of the trade, in a two hour class at Summerhall. Book now to avoid … Life Drawing Class with Dennis J. Reinmüller
Summerhall Residents Emma Baird from Art Clay Scotland discusses the workshops and services on offer at Summerhall, including silversmithing and making your own wedding rings. Find out more at http://www.artclayscotland.com/ Emma Baird : Art Clay Scotland
Visual Arts Artist Karin Gunnarsson introduces her exhibition ‘Apparition’, which is currently showing at Summerhall. Featuring moving images, photographs, and installation work, which responds to Summerhall’s past, Karin’s work looks at how psychological processes can be translated into surface. Apparition is on … Karin Gunnarsson : Apparition
Visual Arts Animator Claire Lamond talks to us about her short film ‘Seams and Embers’, a stop-motion piece which observes a young miner during his early working days in the 1940s through to his experiences as an old man following the closure of … Claire Lamond : Seams and Embers
Visual Arts Catherine Jarvie introduces the work of the late photographer Colin Jarvie (1962-2012). The exhibition features photographs from two bodies of work, ‘My World, My Wife, My Camera’ and ‘Jaun y…(The Bus Drivers of Acapulco)’. Both of which could be described … Catherine Jarvie : In Praise of Shadows – Works by Colin Jarvie
Literature Dominic Hinde of the Post Collective tells us more about their event ‘New Scotland, New Culture?’, which was on at Summerhall last month. Featuring a host of speakers, the event discussed the state of Scotland’s culture, and what the future … Dominic Hinde : New Scotland, New Culture?
Summerhall Residents Summerhall TV catches up with Summerhall based designer Andy McGregor. With a background in environmental art and digital media, Andy works with clients in the cultural sector to produce print, moving image and online media. Andy McGregor
Visual Arts Estonian cartoonist and animator Priit Pärn talks to us about his work over the past 30 years, and his involvement with Manipulate Festival and Edinburgh College of Art. Pärn’s work has been met with critical acclaim from all over the … Priit Pärn : Divers in the Rain
Summerhall Residents Will Anderson is a BAFTA winning Writer/Director and Animator from the Scottish Highlands. Based at Summerhall, Will specialises in design and character animation for film and television. His short ‘The Making of Longbird‘ has screened at over 50 Film festivals, picking up … Will Anderson
Festivals Up Helly Aa is a tradition that originated in the 1880s. Since then the festival has been an annual occurrence in the Shetland calendar. Up Helly Aa is many things to many people, throughout the day there are experiences a … Erik Moncrieff : Up Helly Aa 2014
Visual Arts Artists Sam Dransfield, Ryan Gibson and Aleksandra Zawada explain the ideas behind their practice and the Stills Gallery exhibition ‘Constructions of Landscape, Work in Progress 3’. Each artist presents a development of their photographic work, utilising various techniques to test the … Stills Gallery : Constructions of Landscapes, Work in Progress 3
Visual Arts Artist Mairi Lafferty introduces her new show KISS THE SHUTTLE, which is currently exhibiting at the Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop’s gallery space, TANK. The exhibition explores the industrial process of shuttle kissing, which was carried out in weaving mills in Lancashire, … Mairi Lafferty : KISS THE SHUTTLE
Visual Arts Artist James Murphy shows us around his Wasps studio based at the Briggait, Glasgow, and provides some insight into his practice. Taking inspiration from the places and spaces around him, Murphy works in painting, construction, video and photography. Find out … James Murphy : In the Studio
Visual Arts 1 ROYAL TERRACE is a non-commercial, artist-run exhibition space in central Glasgow dedicated to monthly solo shows by emerging Scotland-based artists pushing the boundaries of medium specificity. Run by a two person committee, they seek to establish discursive professional networks … 1 Royal Terrace
Visual Arts In 2011 ATLAS commissioned Zoe Walker and Neil Bromwich to create a soundscape Celestial Skye featuring Celestial Radio for the organisations first major event Bàta Brèagha: Bonnie Boat. The event was part of celebrations for The Year of Scotland’s Islands. … Rosie Somerville : Atlas Arts
Visual Arts Dundee based painter Jonathan Hood provides some insight into his work from his Wasps Meadow Mill studio. Working primarily in oils, utilising a strong palette, Hood explores light and its effect on the human form. Jonathan Hood : In The Studio
Visual Arts Fotografie is a retrospective look at the work of German photographer, Helga Paris. Exhibiting a collection of photos taken in East Germany in the postwar period, Paris’s work is considered to be one of the most revealing and compassionate bodies … Helga Paris : Fotografie
