12 August 2013
Performance: The Complaints Choir of Edinburgh
Performance time: 8:30–8:50am
Free to attend
This is one of The Complaints Choir of Edinburgh's public performances on the streets of the city, led by composers Daniel Padden and Peter Nicholson. The Complaints Choir is made up of Edinburgh residents who have come together to sing their complaints outloud. Come and see if you agree!
12 August 2013
Performance: The Complaints Choir of Edinburgh
Performance time: 9:15–9:35am
Free to attend
This is one of The Complaints Choir of Edinburgh's public performances on the streets of the city, led by composers Daniel Padden and Peter Nicholson. The Complaints Choir is made up of Edinburgh residents who have come together to sing their complaints outloud. Come and see if you agree!
This performance will take place outside The Scottish Parliament, Canongate, EH99 1SP.
Providing fresh perspectives on visual art, Festival Detours is a series of intimate live performances in Edinburgh's leading galleries by stars from the worlds of music, poetry and theatre.
Winner of the New Writers Award from the Scottish Book Trust, the poet Billy Letford has received rave reviews for his work which combines experimental structure with cadences and accents of ordinary speech to produce “moments of transcendental insight” (The Guardian). Here, the poet brings his unique voice to the exhibition Coming into Fashion, a Century of Photography at Conde Nast.
Festival Detours is presented in association with The List.
Colin Wiggins, Special Projects Curator at The National Gallery in London, will give an introduction to the work, themes and concerns of Ana Maria Pacheco.
St Albert's Catholic Chaplaincy
23 George Square, EH8 9LD
0131 650 0900
http://scotland.op.org/edinburgh
12 August 2013
Andrew Gannon: Work with balls #2
7–8pm
Free to attend, no booking necessary.
Andrew Gannon’s live works/performances defy easy classification. He is interested in lightness, in what constitutes work, in how close to nothing something can be and failure as a method of exploring the world.
Work with balls #2 is one in a series of performances by Andrew Gannon over August.
Bill Scott Sculpture Centre
21 Hawthornvale, EH6 4JT
0131 551 4490
2 – 18 August 2013
Staycation! (Ages 4-12)
2–4:30pm
Free admission
Take off on a magical journey of the imagination this summer. Inspired by the beautiful landscapes featured in our summer exhibitions (Peter Doig and Frederic Edwin Church), create and explore your own fantasy holiday destination, all without stepping foot on a plane!
This event will take place in the Clore Education Centre at the gallery.
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).