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Visual Arts

Stuart McCaffer tells Summerhall TV about his barbershop which is appearing as part of “Pop-up Art” in Summerhall’s courtyard.

Stuart McCaffer : Saki+Flynn Barbers

Visual Arts

Robbie’s work has been getting a lot of attention at Summerhall so we decided to go for a second interview.

Robbie Thomson : Ecstatic Arc Take Two

Visual Arts

Artist Jane Frere talks about her experience of living behind the Apartheid Wall in a suburb that was part of Jerusalem, and the impact this has had on her work. Return of the Soul – The Wall – The Void is …

Jane Frere : Return of the Soul – The Wall – The Void

Visual Arts

Artist Martin Green talks us through the pieces featured in his first solo exhibition, Scuffed Underside.  Martin takes found objects and uses them as materials in order to create something completely new. From car aerials, to pink emery boards, Martin’s …

Scuffed Underside : Martin Green

Visual Arts

Robbie Thomson talks to Summerhall TV about his show Ecstatic Arc, which combines mechanical installations and electronic music. Showing at Summerhall from the 3rd – 25th August, in the Library Gallery at Summerhall.    

Robbie Thomson : Ecstatic Arc

Visual Arts

Curator Piet De Jong talks to Summerhall TV about Lawrence Weiner’s exhibition that will be on show throughout the festival at Summerhall. One Hundred Multiples by Lawrence Weiner will be on in the Courtyard Gallery and Dissection Room Gallery, from …

One Hundred Multiples by Lawrence Weiner

Visual Arts

Sculptor Tim Sandys talks about the chemical processes and experimental nature behind his work, and his selection for the Prologue exhibition currently held at Summerhall. The Prologue project selects three emerging visual artists and one emerging curator, and gives them …

Tim Sandys : Hardtack

Visual Arts

Six artists working in and around Philadelphia are represented in this exhibit put together by EIXchange and Summerhall as the first of several cultural exchange exhibits between American and Scottish artists. We will hear more about the EIXchange programme in …

1759 – Artists from Philadelphia

Visual Arts

Summerhall Curator Paul Robertson introduces the art exhibitions running up to and included in the Edinburgh International Art Festival, at Summerhall in August.

Paul Robertson : Summer Exhibitions @ Summerhall

Visual Arts

Jack Smith was an American filmmaker, photographer and actor. His work influenced that of Andy Warhol and John Waters. Paul Robertson introduces the exhibition in which a first edition of ‘The Beautiful Book’, a very rare photography book created by …

Paul Robertson : Jack Smith’s The Beautiful Book

Visual Arts

Photographer Graham Miller captures rare and intimate moments in this series of photographs of families with a person with Down’s Syndrome. Each photograph is accompanied with quotes and audio recordings of the interviews with the families. Miller also produced a …

6% Down’s Syndrome : My photographs, their stories

Visual Arts

Curator Paul Roberston talks to Summerhall TV about Alexander Johnston and Agnes Gryczkowska’s exhibition Black Sound White Sound. The exhibition runs from the 8th March until 22nd May, in Basement Gallery II.

Black Sound White Sound

Visual Arts

As part of the Manipulate Festival at Summerhall, Glasgow art group, Buzzcut showcases a range of performances including ‘Death Jump’ written and performed by Harry Wilson. Here Harry talks to us about the piece, the inspiration behind it and how …

Harry Wilson : Death Jump

Visual Arts

Karen and Patrick Lauke introduce their sound scape, Re/Sonant. Inspired by the darker and more eerie parts of Summerhall’s past, this sound is created using metallic structures, creating a sound that is passed through 4 speakers placed in each corner …

Re/Sonant : Karen Lauke and Patrick Lauke

Visual Arts

Polish curator and artist Agnes Gryczkowska is co-curating an exhibition of Agnieszka Polska. Here she speaks to Summerhall TV about Polska’s exhibition, Nonsense Syllables, showing at Summerhall from the 8th March to the 18th May 2013. As a part of Waiting …

Nonsense Syllables

Visual Arts

Charlie Anderson painting 135 feet of concrete wall in Holywood. Since graduating from Edinburgh in 2009 Anderson’s edgy work has explored contemporary culture through the sampling of imagery from advertising, political campaigns and the music industry. His work reflects the …

Charlie Anderson

Visual Arts

Gwen Dupré introduces the work of Ashley Shairp’s design for ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore’ at the V&A exhibition Transformation and Revelation at Summerhall.

Gwen Dupré : V&A at Summerhall

Visual Arts

Paul Robertson introduces Agnieska Polska’s exhibition, Nonsense Syllables. Running from the 8th March until the 18th May 2013.

Paul Robertson : Nonsense Syllables

Visual Arts

Summerhall Curator Paul Robertson, talks to Summerhall TV about the upcoming art exhibitions that will run from 8th March until 18th May 2013.

Upcoming Exhibitions

Visual Arts

Paul Robertson introduces Roland Baladi’s ‘Paik’s First Tape’, a piece that investigates Nam June Paik’s own video work. This exhibition will run from 8th March until 18th May 2013.

Paul Robertson : Roland Baladi

Visual Arts

Paul Robertson gives us a sneak preview into Richard Martin’s upcoming installation, Clap Three Times. Held in Summerhall’s first floor Library Gallery, there will be an open day on the 8th March inviting the public to join in what Richard …

Paul Robertson : Richard Martin

Visual Arts

Paul Robertson introduces a preview of the upcoming Wolf Vostell exhibition at Summerhall. The exhibition will run from 8th March until the 18th May 2013.

Paul Robertson : Wolf Vostell

Visual Arts

Tom Anderson talks us through his favourite exhibit at the V&A’s exhibition ‘Transformation and Revelation’. The exhibition is on at Summerhall until  22nd February.

Tom Anderson : Transformation and Revelation

Visual Arts

Stephen Thorpe discusses the new work in his exhibition at Summerhall and invites viewers to come along to the gallery on the 19th January where he will be completing the larger canvas.

Stephen Thorpe : Once It’s In You It Never Goes Away

Visual Arts

Gwen Dupré introduces her favourite exhibit in the V&A exhibition at Summerhall till 22nd February.

Gwen Dupre : My V&A Favourite

Visual Arts

A short video of Stephen at work during his 19th January paint-in.

Stephen Thorpe : Watching Paint Dry

Visual Arts

In ‘One Day’ Philippe Broutin confronts his moment of death, although 64 years of age he is in good health. He believes that his uncompromising artistic life (originally as a Lettriste standing alongside Isidore Isou during the 1968 Paris student …

Philippe Broutin : One Day

Visual Arts

The bright colours of the prints in Summerhall’s Project Room are deceptive. Paul Robertson introduces a series of thought-provoking prints which counter-balance Antonio Claudio Carvalho’s more playful exhibition elsewhere. On until 22nd February.

Antonio Claudio Carvahlo : Let The Sun Catch You Crying

Visual Arts

Paul Robertson introduces Great Works of Art and More Great Works of Art by Antonio Claudio Carvalho in the Basement Gallery at Summerhall until 22nd February.

Great Works of Art and More Great Works of Art

Visual Arts

Kate Bailey and Peter Farley explore bringing together the exhibition of theatre and performance designs while curators and technicians from the V&A and Summerhall set up the vitrines to house models, videos and photographs. Opening on 15th December and installed …

V&A @ Summerhall Exhibition : Work in Progress

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