7 August 2011
The Beat of the Show – Outdoor Sculpture Tours
2pm
Free
Edinburgh based artist Ciara McDermott will lead informal tours of Thomas Houseago - The Beat of the Show (Outdoor Sculpture) Tour duration approx. 45 minutes, please meet at Inverleith House reception desk.
Inverleith House
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Arboretum Place/Inverleith Row, EH3 5LR
0131 248 2971/2849
7 August 2011
No Show: A Screening of Artists’ Films on Collections and Museums
7 August, 2–3pm, free, booking advised.
To book: 0300 123 6789
Dutch artist Melvin Moti’s film No Show is a re-imagining of a tour given around the recently-emptied Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg in 1944, describing the paintings that had once hung there. Showing alongside No Show is Moti’s selection of other artists’ films that deal with collections and museums, including Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty (1970).
Free, booking advised
Seminar Room, National Museum of Scotland
7 August 2011
VAGA International Research Enquiry: VIRE - discussion event
3–4.30pm (doors open 2.30pm)
Free
Perspectives on VIRE research into approaches to international working, networks and support structures in Scotland. A discussion event for curators, academics, writers and arts professionals.
Edinburgh College of Art
74 Lauriston Place, EH3 9DF
0131 651 5800
www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/edinburgh-college-art
7 August 2011
Detours: Aidan Moffat at Sierra Metro
5pm
Free. Booking essential
Formerly one half of Arab Strap and now an iconic singer-songwriter and storyteller in his own right, Aidan Moffat explores ideas of transformation and de-contextualisation, reflecting the themes of Carmen Sylva by German collective, Peles Empire. Audio meets visual; enter the painstakingly re-created room of a Romanian Castle, and listen to a re-created classic that's been given the Moffat treatment.
This Detour is a response to the exhibition Carmen Sylva at Sierra Metro.
Sierra Metro
Ground Floor North, 22 West Harbour Road, Granton, EH5 1PN
07731 302 960
7 August 2011
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop: Shift/Work
6–9pm
Shift Work, 2011, image by Neil Mulholland
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop presents Shift/Work, a workshop running between the 30th of July and the 7th of August 2011.
Neil Mulholland will work with three artists to devise a rota-based curriculum that draws attention to the workshop as a convivial means of production and distribution. The artists will be invited to exploit Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop’s resources to assist 12 invited participants in their learning through on-the-job training.
Each intensive two-day workshop will be an isolated shift, the artist and participants having no detailed knowledge of the other workshops in the cycle. The 12 participants will continue to attend Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop during the two-day unsupervised shifts between the workshops. The public are invited to attend the completion of the shift cycle.
Bill Scott Sculpture Centre
21 Hawthornvale, EH6 4JT
0131 551 4490
7 August 2011
Artist's Talk: Charles Jencks
6.30pm for 7pm
£15, booking essential
To book: 01506 889 900
An unmissable talk by landform artist, architect and polymath Charles Jencks. He will give an insight into the concepts behind his unique landforms and gallery show.
Jupiter Artland
Bonnington House Steadings, Nr Wilkieston, EH27 8BB
01506 889 900
6 – 7 August 2011
Traquair Fair
11am–6pm
Adult day tickets full price £21, online £19
Child/Conc tickets full price £15, online £13
Family tickets full price £48, online £46; children under 5 are free
To book: 01896 830323 or visit www.traquair.co.uk/fair
Spreading the gospel of printmaking wherever we go we'll be giving demonstrations and leading workshops in printmaking for beginners of all ages.