Visual Arts Proving to be a hit with the Edinburgh audiences, artist Isa Genzken’s exhibition has been extended until the 5th October, at Inverleith House. Writer and curator David Bussel introduces the exhibition, which features a range of pieces created in the … David Bussel : Isa Genzken
Visual Arts Black Cube Collective are back at St.Margaret’s House with their annual exhibition, which aims to showcase a wide range of art practices. From installation, painting and photography, to video, sculpture and printmaking, the annual show is on throughout the three … Black Cube Collective : Annual Show 2014
Visual Arts Mexican artist Antonio O’Connell introduces his installation piece that can be seen on the front of the Summerhall building. Like an explosion of colours and pieces, O’Connell’s work brings an element of spontaneity and disorder to an ordered and constructed … Antonio O’Connell : Virus
Visual Arts Lara Scobie produces exquisitely decorated ceramics that celebrate her love of pattern and form. Lara is one of eleven makers who will be shown at SOFA Chicago with Craft Scotland in November 2014. Find out more about Lara and Craft … Lara Scobie
Festivals The Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival takes place in venues around Scotland, every October, and aims to challenge preconceived ideas around mental health, explore the opportunities within creative practices, and bring together communities through events, performances and exhibitions. … Gail Aldam : Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival
Visual Arts Archivist Kirstie Meehan takes us to the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, where a controversial exhibition is being shown. The exhibition, Between the Covers : Surrealist Erotica, displays some of the finest erotic publications from artists such as Salvador … Between the Covers : Surrealist Erotica
Visual Arts From our sister site, www.craftscotland.tv, artist-maker Choi Keeryong creates pieces of blown glass decorated using an ‘inlaid colouring’ technique combined with locally manufactured porcelain sourced from local car-boot sales. Choi will be showing his work at SOFA Chicago with Craft … Choi Keeryong
Visual Arts From our sister site, www.craftscotland.tv, artist-maker Jeff Zimmer uses traditional glass painting techniques on layers of glass to create enigmatic three-dimensional scenes. Jeff will be showing his work at SOFA Chicago with Craft Scotland in November 2014. Find out more about Jeff … Jeff Zimmer
Visual Arts Paul Gravett is a journalist, curator, lecturer, and broadcaster, who has worked extensively in comics since the 80s. Gravett talks about the exhibition he set up at the British Library, which explores the libraries vast collection of comics and comic … Paul Gravett : Comics Unmasked
Books Festivals Alexandra Gushurst-Moore interviews author Sara Maitland at this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival. The book, Moss Witch and other stories, is a captivating set of short stories in which Maitland explores scientific interest through a wide variety of story-telling styles. Sara Maitland : Moss Witch and other stories
Visual Arts Inez van Dam vs. Kabouter Buttplug. Inez van Dam lives in Rotterdam straight opposite the so-called Buttplug Gnome by artist Paul McCarthy. She thinks this work of art is ruining her street and she wants to travel to Los Angeles … Walter Bart : Looking for Paul
Visual Arts Roger Spark runs the digital print facility at Heriot Watt University, which is a printing resource for undergrad, postgrad students, artists and craft makers. The facilities can take any file of a design and print it on to fabric, allowing … Roger Spark : Digital Printing
Visual Arts As part of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games and Festival 2014, Recoat was tasked with creating five murals throughout Glasgow. Five mural artists were invited to participate in this event: Askew (New Zealand); Elph (Scotland); Besté Ever (England); Faith47 (South Africa); … Amy Whiten : In Common
Visual Arts We meet Ellie Harrison for a second interview early on the 19th September, the morning after the Referendum. Ellie discusses the impact of the ‘No’ result for her Talbot Rice exhibition ‘After The Revolution, Who Will Clean Up The Mess?’ Ellie Harrison : Counterpoint
Events Technologist and political activist Smári McCarthy talks about the constitutional process Iceland went through after its financial crisis in 2008. Speaking at an event at Summerhall with Bella Caledonia, an online magazine, which explores ideas of independence, autonomy and self … Smári McCarthy : Crowdsourcing the Constitution
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
Festivals Lucinda Broadbent has been making documentary films for over 20 years, specialising in Human Rights themes. She is based in Glasgow, one of the founder members of www.mediaco-op.net. Jenny Brown, a young volunteer at Screenplay makes her film debut as … Lucinda Broadbent : The Bridge Rising
Visual Arts Hanna Karraby introduces the work of young Palestinian photographer Mahmoud “Ezz” al Zanoon, whose exhibition ‘The People of Gaza’ is currently on in Summerhall. Ezz has exhibited in Jerusalem, Doha, London, New York and Durban, and this is his first … Ezz : The People of Gaza
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
Literature Following on from a recent appearance at Pitlochry’s Winter Words Festival, journalist, broadcaster and author Lesley Riddoch, discusses her new book ‘Blossom: What Scotland Needs To Flourish’, with Nicole Brandon. Through anecdotes and conversations with Scots who have worked without … Lesley Riddoch : Blossom – What Scotland Needs to Flourish
Visual Arts Hanna Kerraby introduces Ignaz Cassar’s 444 Archives, a collection of 444 photographs of 444 publicly registered repositories in the Greater London area. Each photograph is stored in one of the 444 archival boxes that make up the work. Each image … Ignaz Cassar : 444 Archives
Visual Arts Photographer Catherine Cameron has always been passionate about photography, but it remained a hobby while she focused on her career as a clinical nurse. Taking the plunge in 2007, Cameron decided to focus on her art and exhibited in Paris. … Catherine Cameron : A Private Room
The Red Star Archive Produced in 1982 with the War Zone Tour Committee, War Zone was Red Star’s second documentary for CND. It follows two women cyclists linking together the CND groups around Scotland. Each group tells its story of living and campaigning alongside … Referendum Special : WAR-ZONE 1982
Festivals Lidia Krzynowek, Director of the Polish Cultural Festival Association, introduces the heritage festival that takes place at Summerhall. Featuring a mix of talks, events and exhibitions, the festival aims to explore the cultural link that has existed, and continues to … Lidia Krzynowek : Polish Scottish Heritage Festival
Visual Arts Simon Crofts has been documenting Ukraine for 25 years, and presents a series of 6 picture poems in the corridors of Summerhall. His portraits reflect a number of creative people within Ukraine whose creative uncertainties may now be cast against … Simon Crofts : In The Land of Endless Expectations
Performance Director Liz Carruthers introduce’s Shakespeare’s classic text about power and obsession, Macbeth. Translated into Gaelic, this two person performance shows the bloody and cruel path to power taken by Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Liz Carruthers was born in Edinburgh and … Liz Carruthers : MacBheatha
Performance Matthew Zajac from Dogstar Theatre Company introduces their play Factor 9, which centres around the contamination of NHS blood leading on to thousands of haemophiliacs receiving infected blood, and many developing Hepatitus C and HIV. It is considered to be … Matthew Zajac : Factor 9
Visual Arts Lidia Krzynowek, Director of the Polish Cultural Festival Association, introduces the heritage festival that takes place at Summerhall. Featuring a mix of talks, events and exhibitions, the festival aims to explore the cultural link that has existed, and continues to … Lidia Krzynowek : Polish Scottish Heritage Festival
Visual Arts Belgium artist Wim Delvoye’s video Sybille II is at first deceiving – an ochre, almost abstract, colour field slowly reveals a landscape of unusual features and, eventually, all too human physical processes which both attract and repel at the same … Wim Delvoye : Sybille II
