14 August 2012
Danny MacAskill in conversation
11am–12pm
This is a rare opportunity to hear stunt cyclist Danny MacAskill talk about his career and how he got started, in conversation with Sorcha Carey, Director of EAF.
Danny MacAskill is also giving two demonstration performances on 13th and 14th August as part of Edinburgh Art Festival and some of his films are available to view as part of the Rose Street Film Programme.
Free to attend, booking required.
Edinburgh Art Festival Pavilion
St. Andrew Square Gardens, EH2 2AD
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14 August 2012
Spaces to Dream: From Picasso's Ladies to Rooms of Dreams - The Jewellery of Wendy Ramshaw
12.45—1.30pm
Wendy Ramshaw is an internationally acclaimed designer of jewellery and architectural metalwork. In 1989, her collection of ten jewellery works inspired by portraits of women by Picasso, was unveiled at the Scottish Gallery. Ten years later, a collection of 66 works on the same theme was unveiled at the Victoria & Albert Museum. Amanda Game, freelance curator and writer, introduces the artist, the collection, its inspiration and impact in the context of the Picasso and Modern British Art exhibition.
Free to attend, no booking required.
Scottish National Gallery, The Mound, Edinburgh, EH2 2EL
14 August 2012
Danny MacAskill: Live in St Andrew Square Gardens
1–2pm
Danny MacAskill’s spectacular feats with a bicycle have generated worldwide acclaim through his YouTube videos. Danny returns for a live performance in St Andrew Square Gardens as part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
Though his performances are not immediately understood as visual art, MacAskill shares something with the commissioned artists on show – a playful approach to the possibilities of the urban architecture around him which invites us to reconsider the spaces that his performances animate.
Free to attend.
For a place in the viewing gallery, offering the best views of the performance, please book - there are 100 tickets for the viewing gallery.
St. Andrew Square, EH2 2AD
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14 August 2012
Festival Detours: Simon Munnery at Ingleby Gallery
1—1.30pm
In this one-off performance, comedian Simon Munnery responds in his own particular way to the work of Ian Hamilton Finlay at Ingleby Gallery.
Free to attend, but booking is essential.
Festival Detours is produced by Trigger and commissioned by Edinburgh Art Festival.
15 Calton Road, EH8 8DL
0131 556 4441
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14 August 2012
A Tapestry of Many Threads
6.30pm (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
10 Infirmary Street, EH1 1LT
0131 550 3660