Performance Alexandra Kazazou and Matej Matejka introduce their show Charmolypi, which is currently on at Summerhall. The performance is a sort of map charting the thoughts of a woman who struggles with the uncertainty of what is a dream and what … Alexandra Kazazou and Matej Matejka : Charmolypi
Performance Alister Lownie and Katherina Radeva introduce their performance Near Gone. Two performers have a difficult story to tell. They come on stage and launch themselves into an hour long attempt to put into words the utterly unspeakable. Delivered in English and … Alister Lownie and Katherina Radeva : Near Gone
Performance Exploring the often difficult subjects of life and death, Duck, Death and the Tulip is a warm tale about the unlikely friendship between a duck and death. The play takes the audience on a journey through life with the use of mime, … Peter Wilson : Duck, Death and the Tulip
Performance Director Andrew Tsao brings to Summerhall a world premiere of his piece, The Waste Land Sisters, which combines the work of T.S Elliot and Chekov with puppetry and imaginative staging. The Waste Land Sisters is on at 12.20, in the … Andrew Tsao : The Waste Land Sisters
Performance Chiara Taviani and Carlos Massari from the C&C Company present their show, Maria Addolorata, which combines physical theatre and music to explore the feeling of pain and suffering. Maria Addolorata is on at 18.40, in the Old Lab, Summerhall, until the 24th August … Chiara Taviani and Carlos Massari : Maria Addolorata
Visual Arts Carol Campbell presents the work of her late husband, artist Steven Campbell, who was an internationally known painter. He first received international recognition when he was part of a group exhibition of other Scottish artists, in New York, in 1987. … Carol Campbell : Steven Campbell
Visual Arts Artists Cat Phillipps and Peter Kennard take Summerhall TV through their installation Demo Talk, which is their response to current events such as the war in Iraq, the conflict in Gaza, and the actions of the British Government on home … kennardphillipps : Demo Talk
Visual Arts Artists Alex Pollard, Charlie Hammond and Iain Hetherington present their group exhibition ‘Internet Curtains’, which utilises their dry and black humour to explore the complex contextual issues involved in the production of contemporary art. Part of the Generation programme which … Alex Pollard, Charlie Hammond and Iain Hetherington : Internet Curtains
Performance Summerhall Festival 2014 Nicola Bianzola introduces Made in ILVA, a performance piece that explores the ILVA Steelworks scandal in Italy, and the impact this had on the population. The company combines experimental physical theatre, video projections and original music to give a poetic … Nicola Bianzola : Made in ILVA
Visual Arts Funch is back at Summerhall! Illustrator Ryo Tamura’s charming series of drawings detailing the relationship of married couple Ninja wife Koko and polar bear husband Paw Paw will appear in a red lunch box, just outside the Summerhall Cafe. Ryo Tamura – Return of The Legend : Funch Strikes Back
Visual Arts The Pittenweem Arts Festival takes place every year in August, and showcases a mix of established artists, residents and newcomers, who work in a range of media. Jean B Duncan, the Chair of the festival, talks about some of the … Jean B Duncan : Pittenweem Festival 2014
Visual Arts One half of artistic duo, FAILE, Patrick McNeil introduces the FAILE Bast Deluxx Fluxx Arcade Edinburgh 2014, an exhibition featuring specially programmed video games and pinball machines. First seen at Art Basel Miami 2013, this is the first Scottish exhibition … Patrick McNeil : FAILE Bast Deluxx Fluxx Arcade Edinburgh 2014
Visual Arts Artist Susan Hiller presents new work at this year’s Visual Arts programme at Summerhall. Hiller’s new video combines sound frequencies and visual patterns translated from radio waves emitted by the Big Bang with a series of eye-witness accounts of extra- … Susan Hiller : Re-Sounding
Visual Arts Founding director of Deveron Arts, Claudia Zeiske, introduces the two hour performative walk, which took place at Summerhall, with artists Tim Knowles and Ania Bas, who have been undertaking both urban and rural walking in the UK and elsewhere. The tour … Claudia Zeiske : Urbanscape + Ruralsprawl
Visual Arts Artist James McLardy introduce’s Glasgow Sculpture Studio’s group show, Mood is Made/Temperature is Taken, curated by writer and curator Quinn Latimer. The starting point of the exhibition was a poem by Latimer, which set the tone for the artists to … James McLardy : Mood is Made/Temperature is Taken
Visual Arts Artist Jessica Harrison presents her new exhibition, Broken, which features a selection of ready-made ceramic sculptures, but with a dark twist. Despite their serene expressions, these female figurines hold their intestines, or a broken arm, have no eyes or have … Jessica Harrison : Broken
Performance Helen Aldrich introduces her solo show ‘Head in the Clouds: The Peregrinations of Marie Marvingt’, which explores the colourful lie of aviator, mountaineer, journalist, amongst many other things, of Marie Marvingt. Alrich plays all the parts in this story about … Helen Aldrich : Head in the Clouds
Performance David Wood and Jon Haynes explore early onset psychoses and schizophrenia in their piece ‘The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland’. The piece deals with a family in crisis over time, exploring the mother and son’s journey. The audience are split in half by … David Wood and Jon Haynes: The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland
Performance Nicola Bianzola introduces Made in ILVA, a performance piece that explores the ILVA Steelworks scandal in Italy, and the impact this had on the population. The company combines experimental physical theatre, video projections and original music to give a poetic … Nicola Bianzola : Made in ILVA
Visual Arts One of the commissioned artists for Talbot Rice Gallery’s Counterpoint exhibition, Ellie Harrison introduces her installation/event, After the Revolution, Who Will Clean Up The Mess? Set up in the gallery’s grand Georgian gallery space, Harrison presents four large confetti cannons … Ellie Harrison : After The Revolution, Who Will Clean Up The Mess?
Visual Arts Artist Mick Peter has completely transformed Jupiter Artland’s Steading Gallery by creating false walls, doorways and lowering the ceiling. Popcorn Plaza explores Peter’s interest in civic space, the complete transformation of a space and how that can impact on the … Mick Peter : Popcorn Plaza
Performance Founding director of Deveron Arts, Claudia Zeiske, introduces the two hour performative walk, which took place at Summerhall, with artists Tim Knowles and Ania Bas, who have been undertaking both urban and rural walking in the UK and elsewhere. The … Claudia Zeiske : Urbanscape + Ruralsprawl
Visual Arts Artist Calum Colvin introduces his new exhibition, The Magic Box, which is an archaeology of his practice from the last 25 years. The exhibition will feature image transparencies from the early 1980s, new prints created at Edinburgh Printmakers, and an … Calum Colvin : The Magic Box
Performance Summerhall Festival 2014 The Little Clarendon Group, a theatre company based in Oxford, comes back to Summerhall to present Now Until The Hour. Jacquie Crago and Richard Rowley, actress and producer of the production, chat to us about new unexpected twists the director, Andrew … The Little Clarendon Group : Now Until The Hour
Visual Arts As part of GENERATION, and the Edinburgh Art Festival, artist Tessa Lynch responds to an ancient law that states if you can build a small dwelling on a piece of land and have a fire in the hearth by sundown, … Tessa Lynch : Raising
Visual Arts Thibaut Clamart introduces artist Claude Closky’s exhibition 10, 20, 30 & 40%, which is currently showing at Summerhall. The pieces on display are minimal in form, a series of framed prints of lines, dashes and numbers, and aim to address … Thibaut Clamart : Claude Closky
Performance Summerhall Festival 2014 Poet Ryan Van Winkle and musician Dan Gorman invite us to go on an unforgettable journey to the most beautiful tulip fields in Holland. ViewMaster is an intimate performance, taking place in a magical set designed by artist Faith Eliott. … Ryan Van Winkle : ViewMaster
Visual Arts Programme Manager Laura Simpson introduces Hospitalfield Arts, a house that is dedicated to fostering creative talent and arts education through open days for the public and artist residencies. The house belonged to artist Patrick Allan Fraser, who left it in … Laura Simpson : Hospitalfield Arts Residencies
Visual Arts Curator Andrew Brown introduces artist Caroline McNairn’s exhibition, Dreaming of Heroic Days, which is a body of work primarily created when she spent time living in Russia and Ukraine. Brown has been a friend of the artist since they met … Andrew Brown : Dreaming of Heroic Days
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
