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 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
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 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
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
Visual Arts This a conjectural model of Schwitters’ last day at the MERZBarn in Elterwater. Only … it seems the final flourish of plaster across the corner (all that remains in the Barn after the wall’s removal to the Hatton), was added … Martin Green & David Rushton : Kurt Schwitters has left the building
Visual Arts SATELLITE Visual Arts Scotland in association with Summerhall are delighted to present the work of eighteen of the hottest emerging talents on the Scottish Art scene. Since its inauguration in 2015 our Graduate Showcase has celebrated the finest emerging artist … Andrew MacKenzie : Satellite, VAS
Visual Arts Using Tintoretto’s creative presence and the atmosphere engendered by his great masterworks, studying their subtlety and responding to them with drawings and paintings of his own, Pulsford attempts to re-live Tintoretto’s experience of inventing them. War Memorial Library Gallery, Summerhall 11:00–18:00 (NOT … Mark Pulsford : Alla Presenza di Tintoretto/In the Presence of Tintoretto
Visual Arts Married for 51 years, Dawson and Liz Murray share a great passion for plants and have spent the twenty-one years since they moved to Fife designing a beautiful garden which provides a constantly changing source of inspiration for their work. … Liz & Dawson Murray : The Romance of the Garden: Fragments and Memories
Rachel Maclean discusses her exhibition Spite Your Face at Talbot Rice Gallery, as well as her broader practice. Commissioned for the Venice Biennale in 2017, Rachel Maclean’s Spite Your Face returns to Scotland at Talbot Rice Gallery for its UK … Rachel Maclean : Artist Talk
Summerhall Exhibitions Visual Arts Well-known bioartists Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr (The Tissue Culture & Art Project) present their landmark work Pig Wings (2000). Advances in tissue engineering, xenotransplantation and genomics promise to render the living body as a malleable mass. Questioning the effect … Oron Catts : Pigs Wings + Work in Progress
Summerhall Exhibitions Visual Arts Ting-Tong Chang: Sciennes Galleries, Summerhall Using robotic devices to simulate living animals, P’eng’s Journey to the Southern Darkness brings lifelike characteristics to lifeless animal bodies. The sophisticated mechanism of each automaton contain within them a notion that life can be … Ting-Tong Chang : P’eng’s Journey to the Southern Darkness
Summerhall Exhibitions Visual Arts Synthetica, Summerhall Saturday 31 — Sunday 13 May A selection of works forms a brief retrospective on the incredible career of Marta de Menezes. The concept of identity and a dichotomy between the natural and the artificial are recurrent themes … Marta de Menezes : Meadows Gallery
Summerhall Residents From her Summerhall based office, architect Natasha Huq discusses her practice, highlighting some of the projects she is currently working on, including the Armadale Shed Project. Huq’s work focuses on historic buildings, renovating them so that they can continue to … Summerhall Resident : Natasha Huq
Summerhall Residents Summerhall resident Tolulope Onabolu discusses his work in architecture, product design and 3D technology. Onabolu’s company Immersion Drive works on engaging immersive design environments and getting the user to interact with the object or space. Onabolu explores the potential opportunities … Summerhall Resident : Tolulope Onabolu
Summerhall Residents Earlier in the year course leader Simon Abbott, and students Christopher Cubitt and Almu Cachaza talked about their experience of Fife College’s Physical Theatre Diploma. Based within Summerhall, this one course allows students to gain practical experience in an area … Simon Abbott : Physical Theatre Scotland
Summerhall Residents Marcus Pickering discusses the idea behind Pickering’s Gin, and shows us round the distillery, which is located at Summerhall. Find out more at pickeringsgin.com/ Marcus Pickering : Pickering’s Gin
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
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
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
Summerhall Residents Illustrator and Summerhall resident Camilla Seddon, talks to Summerhall TV a year and a half since we first met her. Working primarily in watercolour and pen, Camilla produces fine art prints exploring wildlife, landscapes and traditional architecture. We get an … Camilla Seddon : In the Studio
Summerhall Residents Chris Pearson introduces his company Giclée, which specialises in fine art printing. Set up in 2001 with his colleague Calum MacDonald, the pair are based at Summerhall and produce fine art prints for clients such as the National Galleries of … Chris Pearson : Giclée
Summerhall Residents Douglas Currie and Susan Wales introduce the work of the Scottish Community Drama Association National Library, which is an archive that holds copies of plays acting as a useful resource for community and amateur theatre. The SCDA have set up … Douglas Currie : Scottish Community Drama Association National Library
