1 August 2013

Discussion: Lines Lost

4pm

Free admission

 

Artist Stuart McAdam and Claudia Zeiske, Director of Deveron Arts, will lead a discussion with a panel of experts about the relationship between art and walking, and the history of the railways in Scotland. This event is the culmination of a guided walk that McAdam will lead earlier in the afternoon - you are welcome to join the walk or to attend just the discussion.

1 August 2013

Artist’s talk: Gabriel Orozco, Briony Fer, Benjamin Buchloh

3.30pm

£5 (£3 concessions)

 

Gabriel Orozco in conversation with exhibition curator Professor Briony Fer (UCL) and art historian Professor Benjamin Buchloh (Harvard University).

 

To book your place call 0131 226 8181 or email [email protected].

2 August 2013

Artist talk: Ângela Ferreira

11am–12pm

Free admission

 

Ângela Ferreira discusses her exhibition Political Cameras with curator Filipa Oliveria.

2 August 2013

Parley Discussion: Real Life Parledonia (curated by Ross Sinclair)

2–5pm

Free admission. Book tickets. 

 

Artist Ross Sinclair adopts the role of ring master to direct a loose array of speakers, performers and artists, in debating questions such as: 'what is Parley? And what is Caledonia? And how might they come together locally, nationally and internationally? What is the job description of 'artists' in a small damp Northern European country in 2013? What is a 'creative life' and how can the idea be articulated by ourselves and others at this particularly complicated moment in time?'.

 

This event will be in Edinburgh College of Art's Sculpture Court. 

2 August 2013

Film Screening and Artist Talk: Ute Aurand

3pm

Free admission

 

Introduced by film historian Dr Sarah Neely, artist Ute Aurand will talk about Film Portraits, her acclaimed film series depicting family, friends, memory and personality. Followed by a Q + A.  

 

Ute Aurand, FILME was initiated by The Modern Edinburgh Film School for presentation at Stills.

4 August 2013

magic_hour_oo2: Giving Space to Imagination: play space design and urban planning, a Family Workshop (for children and adults)

2:30–4:30pm

Free to attend. Book tickets.

 

Handout from the London Adventure Playground Association reprinted in a newspaper 1977

 

Become an urban planner and design a play space for all ages with artist Lucy Pawlak. Participants will map the plans for a playground onto the walls and floors of Rhubaba using coloured tape, cardboard, post-it-notes and chalk.

 

During this session we will discuss the concept of the Adventure Playground:

 

“An Adventure Playground must relate to the needs of the community around it…They do not have to pay to enter, nor do they join as members – they just come to the playground when they feel like it. Such opportunities are rare in our modern society. Children use an Adventure Playground to explore their own potential and limitations through being allowed to participate in activities of their own choice. In short they use it to express freely their individuality, to asses themselves and other playground users, and subsequently learn more about themselves and the needs of others”

 

Taken from a National Playing Fields Association leaflet 1977

 

Bring an apron, overall or old shirt!

6 August 2013

Parley: Katri Walker in conversation with Noe Mendelle

6–7pm

Free admission. Book tickets. 

 

Artist Katri Walker’s multi channel audio-visual installations are equally at home in the worlds of contemporary art, portraiture and documentary film-making. In this Parley event, the artist will discuss the meeting points between visual art, documentary and film with Noe Mendelle, an internationally renowned documentary maker, Director of the Scottish Documentary Institute and research professor at Edinburgh College of Art.

 

Walker’s commissioned artwork for this year’s Edinburgh Art Festival, jointly commissioned with NVA, uses the Scottish landscape as a medium to explore her wider concerns. An Equilibrium Not of this World was commissioned in association with NVA’s extraordinary Speed of Light project, and draws on running and specifically hill-running to reflect on man’s complex and highly intimate connection to the land.

 

This event takes place within a major architectural artwork by Krijn de Koning in Edinburgh College of Art’s iconic Sculpture Court. 

10 August 2013

Parley Discussion: Is all this hot air worth it?

1.30–4pm

Free admission. Book tickets.

 

Artistic activity produces tonnes of CO₂ – particularly the international movement of artists, artworks and audiences. What responsibility do artists and arts organisations have to use the form, content and framing of their work to address climate change? With a provocation from the artists Collins & Goto, Creative Carbon Scotland’s discussion invites contributions from across the arts.

10 August 2013

Curators Talk: Nam June Paik

12 noon

Free admission, booking essential.

 

Curators from the Nam June Paik Art Center, Tate and Talbot Rice Gallery discuss the work and legacy of Nam June Paik.

 

Bookings can be made at http://www.eif.co.uk/curators-talk.

13 August 2013

Parley: Peter Liversidge and Brigadier David Allfrey MBE

1–2pm

Free admission. Book tickets.

 

For this year’s Edinburgh Art Festival, the artist Peter Liversidge has invited anyone in the city with a flagpole to fly a white flag which bears the text: HELLO, offering residents and visitors a collective and universal greeting during the capital’s busiest month.

 

In this Parley event, the artist discusses the role and meaning of flags and emblems with Brigadier David Allfrey MBE, producer of The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, former commander of 51 Scottish Brigade in Stirling and member of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards.

This event takes place within a major architectural artwork by Krijn de Koning in Edinburgh College of Art’s iconic Sculpture Court. 

13 August 2013

Parley: Robert Montgomery in conversation with Ryan Van Winkle

6–7pm

Free admission. Book tickets.

 

Robert Montgomery is a London-based, Scottish artist who works in post-situationist tradition. His practice is based on capturing audience’s attention through intervening in urban spaces, and therefore questioning the language and voice of private commercial interests on public streets.

Commissioned by Edinburgh Art Festival, Montgomery’s new sculptural poem, created in oak and situated on The Mound, will be burnt on the opening day of the festival. This is an opportunity to hear the artist talk about his work for the festival and about his wider practice. 

 

Ryan Van Winkle is a poet, performer, podcaster and Edinburgh City Libraries' Reader in Residence. His first collection, 'Tomorrow, We Will Live Here', was published by Salt in 2010. He was awarded a Robert Louis Stevenson fellowship in 2012. He is the co-host of  the poetry podcast for the Scottish Poetry Library.

This event takes place within a major architectural artwork by Krijn de Koning in Edinburgh College of Art’s iconic Sculpture Court. 

20 August 2013

Parley: Daniel Padden and Peter Nicholson in conversation with Katie Overy

7-8 pm

Free admission. Book here.

 

For Edinburgh Art Festival, the composers Daniel Padden and Peter Nicholson are working with residents of the capital to develop The Complaints Choir of Edinburgh - an amateur choir that will sing their complaints and gripes to the city in a series of public performances. Padden and Nicholson have collaborated together in the past through the work in The One Ensemble, and together and independently have both developed a keen following for their experimental compositions and performances.

 

In this event, Daniel Padden and Peter Nicholson will be in conversation with Katie Overy. Katie Overy is a Senior Lecturer in Music Psychology at the University of Edinburgh. She is also the director of the Institute for Music in Human and Social Development (IMHSD) and the Programme Director for MSc in Music in the Community.

This event takes place within a major architectural artwork by Krijn de Koning in Edinburgh College of Art’s iconic Sculpture Court. 

21 August 2013

In Conversation: Andrew Graham-Dixon and Cornelia Parker

7:30–9pm

£11. Book tickets.

 

“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.

22 August 2013

Parley: Iwona Blazwick & Cornelia Parker

8.30pm

£10 (£8 concessions). Book tickets.

 

As part of Edinburgh International Book Festival, Cornelia Parker will be in conversation with Iwona Blazwick, one of Britain’s leading curators and the author of a major new book on Parker’s work which includes the 9-metre shotgun Parker created at Jupiter Artland.

 

Cornelia Parker’s art could be described as beautifully brutal. She shot to fame exhibiting Tilda Swinton sleeping in a glass case, and later blew up a garden shed so she could display the haunting remains.

 

This event will be held in the ScottishPower Studio Theatre at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

27 August 2013

Parley: Krijn de Koning in conversation with Edward Hollis

6–7pm

Free admission. Book tickets.

 

Krijn de Koning is a Dutch Artist, based in Amsterdam, whose monumental and playful installations deal with the question of how we experience architectural space. The artist will discuss his work and its implications with architect, teacher and writer Edward Hollis, Deputy Director of Research at Edinburgh College of Art and author of ‘The Secret Lives of Buildings’ and ‘The Memory Palace: A Book of Lost Interiors’ which will be published in August 2013.

 

Commissioned by Edinburgh Art Festival and Edinburgh College of Art, the artist has produced an ambitious new work for the extraordinary space of the college’s Sculpture Court in what is his first ever UK exhibition. This event takes place within de Koning’s installation. 

31 August 2013

Parley Discussion: Tae Think Again, Rethinking Identity in Contemporary Scotland (curated by Rachel Maclean)

2–5pm

Free admission. Book tickets.

 

Responding to the upcoming 2014 referendum on Scottish Independence, this symposium curated by artist Rachel Maclean intends to delve deeper than a simple yes/no debate and look at the broader social, cultural and historical background to a discussion of contemporary Scottish national identity. The event will begin with a screening of the artist's recent work The Lion and the Unicorn. 

 

This event is co-commissioned by Edinburgh Printmakers and Edinburgh Art Festival, and will be in Edinburgh College of Art's Sculpture Court.