21 August 2013
Andrew Graham-Dixon: Castration on a tennis court: The life and art of Michelangelo Merisi, alias Caravaggio
10–11am
£8 (£6 concessions). Book tickets.
Castration on a tennis court, and other stories: The life and art of Michelangelo Merisi, alias Caravaggio:
Tuesday 13th to Saturday 17th August – 11:30 to 12:30
Tuesday 20th to Saturday 24th August – 10:10 to 11:10
Who killed Caravaggio?
Friday 23rd & Saturday 24th August – 15:05 to 15:50
Art historian, critic and BBC Arts Presenter Andrew Graham-Dixon animates the tragic life of probably the darkest and most dangerous of any of the great painters, Caravaggio.
In “Castration on a tennis court: The life and art of Michelangelo Merisi, alias Caravaggio’', Andrew retells the scandalous, sensational life of Italian painter, Caravaggio. And for those who just can’t get enough, for two days only, on Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th August, Andrew will explore the mysterious death of the criminal and artistic genius in his second show, “Who killed Caravaggio?”.
Cursed by his genius, Caravaggio with a notorious hellraiser with a long list of thuggish assaults attached to his name. In this historical-swashbuckler-cum-detective story its all pimps, priests, prostitutes and painting as his desperate, mysterious life is retold.
21 August 2013
magic_hour_004: A writing workshop with Luke Williams
11am–4pm
£5 (incl. a lunch and refreshments). Book tickets.
The clouds that race before my your her his our yours their faces. What the hell.
Public space is only as interesting as the characters who populate it. And how public is public space, really? How much of an imprint is left upon it by the people who use it? What do the spaces we move through tell us about the people we pass? These are just some of the questions we might come up with on our collaborative writing workshop.
Stand with us as we look around at this space we’ve created together. A space we’ve imagined and peopled with a mob of characters or Points Of View. It’s not so much ‘public’ as ours.
Luke Williams is a writer based in London and Edinburgh. His first novel, The Echo Chamber, was published in 2011 and won the Saltire First Book Award. Luke’s practice is research-based and seeks, via collaborative practice and the use of formal constraints, to explore the gap between history and story. With his primary collaborator, the writer Natasha Soobramanien, Luke is currently working on an hybrid fiction based on the island of Diego Garcia.
21 August 2013
Discussion: Going beyond the material
3–5pm
Free admission, booking not required
Going beyond the material: Environment and Invisible Forces in the literary, performing and visual arts.
Speakers include Samantha Clark, artist, and Lucy Mui, student, activist and Theatre Manager for Bedlam.
Edinburgh College of Art: Tent Gallery
Evolution House
78 Westport, EH1 2LE
0131 651 5800
21 August 2013
Christine Borland and Brody Condon Tour: Daughters of Decayed Tradesmen
6pm
Free admission. Book tickets.
Join the artists Christine Borland and Brody Condon at New Calton Burial Ground for a discussion of their new work Daughters of Decayed Tradesmen, commissioned for this year's Edinburgh Art Festival.
The location, New Calton Burial Ground, originally belonged to the Society of Incorporated Trades of Calton, and so became the final resting place for the many artisan craftsmen who were its members. Each headstone proudly declares a lifetime dedicated to honing a particular trade including 'upholsterer', 'jeweller' and 'tanner', as well as the changes in professions across generations. The watchtower within which Borland and Condon's work is installed is one of the towers in Edinburgh cemeteries built in an attempt to address a growing problem of body snatchers, who sold the recently dead to the anatomy schools.
Invited speakers include Susan Buckham from Edinburgh World Heritage & Ian Robertson from The Convenery of The Trades of Edinburgh.
This tour will meet at the watchtower in New Calton Burial Ground.
Every Wednesday evening during the festival we’ll be presenting emerging artists’ film, video and performance. Each EAF Film Club evening is curated by an artist-run organisation from outside of Edinburgh whom we’ve invited to select work around the theme of Interval As Integration.
The Telfer Gallery from Glasgow is presenting this week’s programme of film screenings which will include a live networking event during the interval.
The Telfer Gallery provides a space of production and presentation for creative practitioners. It is a platform for focused experimentation within a studio environment allowing time for a productive and critical dialogue to occur organically. Telfer’s programme provides wide-ranging opportunities including residencies and an events space used for hosting a variety of public and private gatherings.
For this Film Club evening The Telfer Gallery have invited a Nottingham based artist, Bruce Asbestos, to show another episode of his Social Media Takeaway, Special Episode: Networked. The Social Media Takeaway is Bruce Asbestos’ series of short, whirling and buoyant videos made for YouTube. Bruce will be producing a special episode for the Film Club.
EAF Film Club is supported by New Media Scotland and The National Lottery through Creative Scotland.
New Media Scotland
Evolution House, 78 West Port, EH1 2LE
0131 650 2750
“I resurrect things that have been killed off... My work is all about the potential of materials - even when it looks like they've lost all possibilities.” - Cornelia Parker
Cornelia Parker OBE talks to Andrew Graham-Dixon about her practice, her influences and objects in her work and everyday life.
Complimentary drinks reception to follow.
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).