19 August 2013

The Potency of the Performed Act

12:45–13:30pm

Free admission

Sally O'Reilly, writer and author of The Body in Contemporary Art considers the impact of performance, how this differs from that of the art object, and the aesthetic invention achieved when artists use the body in the world as a means to articulate political positions.

This event will be in The Studio in the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One.

19 August 2013

Concert: Wind Pipes for Edinburgh including work by Daniel Padden and Brian Irvine

7–8.30pm

£7.50. Book tickets. 

An intimate concert performance of new works composed for artist Sarah Kenchington's Wind Pipes for Edinburgh, an extraordinary new musical instrument created from over 100 decommissioned organ pipes and installed in Trinity Apse, a 15th Century Kirk.

Contemporary composers with a range of musical styles and interests have been commissioned to produce new pieces for Wind Pipes for Edinburgh, which will be performed in a series of concerts during the festival. Each concert in the series will feature a different performance programme of works. 

This concert includes performances of works composed by Daniel Padden and Brian Irvine. 

Daniel Padden is a composer and musician based in Scotland. His music involves a myriad different instruments and sound sources, moving between countless styles. He has performed and recorded extensively throughout Europe and North America, as a solo artist and as a member of both Volcano The Bear and The One Ensemble. 

Brian Irvine is Northern Irish composer whose body of work reflects an obsessive love of music creation in all its forms. It includes operas, orchestral works, large-scale community oratorios, film and dance scores as well as numerous ensemble, solo, chamber pieces. Together with his own 12 -piece ensemble (BBC Radio 3 music award winners) he has toured extensively throughout the world. For the last four years he has been the Associate Composer with the Ulster Orchestra in Belfast and is currently Visiting Professor of Creative Arts at the University of Ulster.

1 August – 1 September 2013

EAF Explorers

Designed for children and families, EAF Explorers is a special activity trail through the art festival. Pick up your free EAF Explorers passport and map from participating galleries and learn about some of the art on show by completing a series of fun, creative activities. Complete each activity and get your passport stamped at each gallery, then show us your stamped passport at Sarah Kenchington's Windpipes for Edinburgh at Trinity Apse to receive a special prize. 

EAF Explorers participating galleries: 

City Art Centre: Mon–Sat, 10am-5pm; Sun, 12–5pm

Dovecot Studios: Mon–Sun, 10.30am–6pm

The Fruitmarket Gallery: Mon–Sun, 10am–7pm (from 27 Aug: Mon–Sat, 11am–6pm; Sun, 12–5pm)

Windpipes for Edinburgh, Trinity Apse: Mon–Sun, 10am–6pm

The EAF Explorers passport and map and entry to the exhibitions related to the activities are free.

EAF Explorers has been developed by Alchemy Arts.

2 August – 1 September 2013

EAF Guided tours

1–1.45pm

Free to join

We'll be running a series of free guided tours throughout the festival - join us for a great way to sample a variety of different works on show and discover new artists. Tours will focus on different aspects of the exhibitions and on different parts of the city. 

Tours will depart from 169 Rose Street.

This is the site of Kenny Watson's The Days & Fascia  and an installation of the first UK showing of Kalleinen and Kalleinen’s The Complaints Choir, a four channel video installation documenting the nine Complaints Choirs created and led by the artists themselves.

1 August – 1 September 2013

Tourists in Residence 2013: The Self-Guided Tour

The Selected Monuments of Edinburgh map can be downloaded.

This year's Tourists in Residence, artists Tom Nolan and Catherine Payton, have created Selected Monuments of Edinburgh, an Edinburgh map, from the unique perspective of artists based in the city. This is a self-directed tour so that you can make your way around the city of Edinburgh in your own time. 

This year's Tourists in Residence have also created the following guided tours: The Debtor's Day Off (11 August & 1 September), A dissociative walk and A symposium (with free tea and coffee).