4 August 2012
Anthony Schrag, Tourist in Residence: Things to do on Rose Street
11am—12pm
Artist Anthony Schrag is running a series of participatory tours which invite you to engage with the city in different ways. Each performance tour will be unique.
This performance: Things to do on Rose Street. Part of an on-going exploration of the standardization of movement by the urban environment. This is an invitation to view the artist as he engages with the architecture along Rose Street.
The performance is free to join and all are welcome, but booking required. Tours will commence from The Waiting Place at St. Andrew Square.
4 August 2012
Artists' Talk: Tim Rollins and K.O.S. in conversation
1—2pm
A rare opportunity for a UK audience to hear the US artist Tim Rollins and members of K.O.S. (Kids of Survival) talk about their work and working methods. Having developed a collaborative working process with high school students who were considered ‘at risk’, Rollins describes ways in which artistic practise can transform lives and engage young people in education.
Free to attend, booking required.
Talbot Rice Gallery
University of Edinburgh
Old College, South Bridge, EH8 9YL
0131 650 2210
4 August 2012
Curator's Talk: Cheer Up! It’s Not the End of the World…
2—3pm
Co-curator of the exhibition ‘Cheer Up! It’s not the end of the world…’, Dr Norman Shaw will provide insights into the selection of works and set out a critical context for the themes and issues which the exhibition explores.
Free to attend, booking required.
Edinburgh Printmakers
23 Union Street, EH1 3LR
0131 557 2479
4 August 2012
Anthony Schrag, Tourist in Residence: Parkour Workshop
2—5pm
Artist Anthony Schrag is running a series of participatory tours which invite you to engage with the city in different ways. Each performance tour will be unique.
This performance: Parkour workshop. Taking inspirations from his performance earlier the same day, this workshop will teach the basics of urban climbing and develop a new tour performance with all of the participants.
The tour is free to join but booking is essential and numbers are limited. Tours will commence from The Waiting Place at St. Andrew Square.
4 August 2012
Artist's Talk: Emily Speed
2—3pm
Artist Emily Speed talks about the ideas informing Human Castle, her work for this year's Edinburgh Art Festival, in relation to her wider practise. In conversation with Sorcha Carey, Director of EAF.
4 August 2012
Performance: Carolee Schneemann, Mysteries of the Iconographies
3–4pm
A rare opportunity for a UK audience to hear from artist Carolee Schneemann as she gives a performative lecture entitled Mysteries of the Iconographies, as part of her exhibition Remains to be Seen at Summerhall.
Free to attend but booking is required. Please call the box office on 0845 874 3001 to secure your ticket.
4 August 2012
Festival Detours: Nic Green at Jupiter Artland
3.30pm—4pm
In this one-off performance, acclaimed theatre director and performer Nic Green responds in her own particular way to Rivers by Tania Kovats at Jupiter Artland.
Free to attend, but booking is essential.
Festival Detours is produced by Trigger and commissioned by Edinburgh Art Festival.
Jupiter Artland
Bonnington House Steadings, Nr Wilkieston, EH27 8BB
01506 889 900
4 August 2012
Melvin Moti in Conversation
4pm—5pm
Melvin Moti discusses his exhibition, One Thousand Points of Light, with Tamara Trodd, lecturer in twentieth-century and contemporary art.
Moti was invited by National Museums Scotland to create a new artwork and exhibition in response to the museum’s collections. Working behind the scenes, Moti was immediately drawn to the mineralogy department and the collection of fluorescent minerals.
He has created a new film Eigenlicht, meaning ‘intrinsic light’ that captures the spectrum of vibrant colours the minerals emit under UV light. The film is shown alongside a selection of specimens and artefacts chosen from across the collection by Moti.
Free to attend, booking required.
4 August 2012
A Tapestry of Many Threads
7.30pm (1 hr)
Alexander McCall Smith and composer Tom Cunningham mark Dovecot’s centenary with the world premiere of this dramatic musical production, performed among the looms used to create the tapestries that inspired it.
Tickets: £15 (Sat £16), Concessions £14 (Sat £15), available from www.dovecotstudios.com