Visual Arts George Joseph Miller IV’s film of Peter Dibdin, photographing for the exhibition ‘Southsiders: Portrait of a Community’. For further information, photographs and audio recordings: edinburghsouthsiders.co.uk Peter Dibdin : Either Side of a Second
Visual Arts ‘Resonance – gathering and sampling’ includes a selection of handmade paper sculptures, both large and small scale, free standing and wall mounted. Experimenting with paper, print and paper maker Jacki Parry creates different textures, utilising wax and dye to change … Jacki Parry : Resonance – gathering and sampling
Visual Arts Kate Grenyer from Edinburgh’s Dovecot Studios tells us about the life and work of renowned photographer and film-maker David Peat. From his early life in Glasgow photographing the city as he walked around, Peat captured the essence of the people … David Peat : An Eye on the World
Visual Arts Artist Duncan MacGillivray’s work was inspired by the unusual objects that he found in his local junk shop. After taking photos with his DSLR camera, Duncan set about using the photo etching technique to create these new and dream like … Duncan MacGillivray : Glasgow Print Studio
Festivals Arts Development Officer for Literature Donald Anderson, introduces Shetland’s Wordplay Festival, which has been running every year since 2001. Featuring writers, poets and speakers from as far as Canada, the festival offers guests a chance to meet with their favourite authors … Wordplay 2013
Visual Arts I Want to Be Your Dog could be about dogs, Iggy Pop, or sex. Whatever you may take from it, curator and artist Rachael Corcoran introduces the work, featuring a mixture of installation, painting, sculptures and video created by artists … Rachael Corcoran : I Want To Be Your Dog
Visual Arts DCA Print Studio Director, Annis Fitzhugh talks about the exhibition There Will Be New Rules Next Week which highlights the work from the 60’s and 70’s of artist Sister Corita Kent. Kent, who was strongly committed to her religion heavily … Annis Fitzhugh : There Will Be New Rules Next Week
Visual Arts Tina Sørenson talks about the exhibition currently running at the Danish Cultural Institute, Mind Over Matter in which three Danish artists use the space to explore the relation between the inward and the outward through photography, print and installation pieces. … Tina Sørenson : Mind Over Matter
Visual Arts Co-curator Annis Fitzhugh talks about Geological Intimacy, a print exhibition which has been running at the Dundee Contemporary Arts Centre. The exhibition features work by artist Ilana Halperin whose work investigates the relation between Geological processes and the human body … Annis Fitzhugh : Geological Intimacy
Visual Arts Claire Forsyth, Workshop Manager at Glasgow Print Studio, introduces the 4040 exhibition. This show features new work from forty friends and members of the studio including John Byrne, Martin Boyce, Alasdair Gray and Elizabeth Blackadder, just to name a few! … Claire Forsyth : 40/40
Visual Arts Director of the Street Level Photoworks Gallery, Malcolm Dickson discusses the current exhibition, Borderlands II, the largest representation of Lithuanian photography shown in the UK to date. As part of a season of Lithuanian photography pulled together by Street Level … Malcolm Dickson : Borderlands II
Visual Arts Currently exhibiting at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee, Cut and Paste is a collection of works by three students from the college. Their work highlights the affects of technology and how it is impacting upon … Cut and Paste : Investigating the materiality of information
Visual Arts Summerhall TV talks to Kjersti Sletteland and Despina Nissiriou about their exhibition “Staple Matter” at Patriot Hall Gallery. Their work focusses on the idea of links between buildings, in particular Patriot Hall itself, the body and other objects, linking two … Kjersti Sletteland and Despina Nissiriou : Staple Matter
Visual Arts Man Ray (1890-1976) was a painter and self taught photographer, using the latter to fund his artwork. His work pushed the boundaries of photography, particularly when he pioneered the solarisation technique, a method in which the image is reversed in … Christopher Baker : Man Ray Portraits
Festivals Culture and Broadcasting was one of several debates under the title Enlightening the Constitutional Debate run in partnership with the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the British Academy, at the Scottish Parliament and held in 2013 as part of its Festival … Festival of Politics 2013 : Culture and Broadcasting
Visual Arts Based on his film ‘Oculista’, Sven Werner’s installation ‘Tales of Magical Realism’ combines miniature worlds and atmospheric music to take you on a dark and mysterious journey. Sven Werner : Tales of Magical Realism
Visual Arts Project Coordinator Tina Sørensen, talks us through the Fashion Scandinavia exhibition at the Danish Cultural Institute. Danish Cultural Institute : Fashion Scandinavia
Featuring film and print work, Rachel Maclean’s new exhibition explores the idea of Scottish National identity. Rachel’s work features an array of weird and wonderful characters, played by herself, clad in costumes with more than a nod to the supposed … Rachel Maclean : I HEART SCOTLAND
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 … Martin Green : Scuffed Underside
Visual Arts The Scottish Parliament building plays host, for the eighth year, to the World Press Photography Exhibition. With over 100,000 entries from all over the world, the exhibition captures the best press images from the previous year. Anne Schaepman introduces the … Anne Schaepman : World Press Photo Exhibition
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 … Piet De Jong : Lawrence Weiner
Visual Arts Robert Morgan’s film of Lawrence Weiner’s interview at Inverleith House, Edinburgh Lawrence Weiner : Inverleith House
Visual Arts Ealan Wingate, Director of the Gagosian Gallery in New York, introduces the Franz West exhibition at Inverleith House. Showing a collection of works, Ealan discusses the collaborative nature of Franz’s work. Ealan Wingate : Franz West
Music Nile Rodgers performed recently at Summerhall as part of the 7×7 project – a musical and visual arts collaboration with the Belgian visual artist J P Muller. Here Nile talks about his involvement with the 7×7 project, and his work … Nile Rodgers : 7×7 and other stories
Festivals Managing Director of the Edinburgh International Festival, Joanna Baker, introduces some of the highlights from this year’s festival. Photo credits : ‘The Poet Speaks’ featuring Patti Smith and Philip Glass by Stephanie Berger Joanna Baker : Edinburgh International Festival
Breathing Earth is a beautiful and atmospheric documentary following the artist, Susumu Shingu, across the globe. With the film showing at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, Summerhall TV took the opportunity to interview its director, Thomas Riedelsheimer. Thomas Riedelsheimer : Breathing Earth
Festivals Director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Nick Barley introduces highlights from this year’s August Festival. Nick Barley : Edinburgh International Book Festival
Festivals Children and Education Director Janet Smyth, introduces this year’s Children’s Book Festival highlights, forming part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival at Charlotte Square. Janet Smyth : Children’s Book Festival at EIBF
Visual Arts Short feature from 2004 follows Angelika Schnabel painting a Black Thangka while introducing the Karma Gardri tradition of painting at Samye Ling, the Tibetan Buddhist Centre at Eskdalemuir in Dumfries & Galloway. Angelika Schnabel
Visual Arts Third year students of Edinburgh College of Art, Ellen Love and Jenny Salmean, combine their two areas of study, Intermedia art and Painting, to produce the exhibition ‘Medium’. Held as part of the Talbot Rice Gallery’s June programme ‘Make Shift’, … Make Shift : Medium
