Overview
Platform is a dedicated showcase for Scotland based artists at the beginning of their careers. Our 2019 edition, selected by artists Monster Chetwynd and Toby Paterson, brings together new work by Anna Danielewicz, Joanne Dawson, Harry Maberly and Suds McKenna.
Driven by research into fantasy fiction and environmental responsibility, Anna Danielewicz considers critical ecological questions by exploring the relationships between human and non-human subjects. Voun Town is based on a speculative fiction story about Vouns, a species who exist between verbs and nouns. Danielewicz expands her fiction beyond writing itself to include sculpture and video in an installation environment
Inspired by her research into the history of smocking and pleating, Joanne Dawson’s sculptural works are derived from traditional textile techniques and related social histories. Commonly, smocks often had embroidered symbols or imagery of the occupation or trade of the wearer; drawing on these histories of object and place, Dawson explores how our social histories and identity can often be shaped through embellishment.
Documenting his efforts and motivations as a Kate Bush fan, Harry Maberly makes re-creations of the music videos for Bush’s ‘Wuthering Heights’ and ‘Babooshka’. Combining performance and film, he investigates the phenomenon of fandom and the role of re-enactment in society’s consumption and regurgitation of mass media.
Suds McKenna’s series of crowd studies record busy high streets, food courts, train stations and parks, often employing the aesthetics of cartoon and comic traditions as a mode of communicating character and identity. McKenna uses humour to address issues of identity, personal narrative and mental well- being, in a series of character-driven works that include drawings, comics, prints and sculpture.
Supported by the PLACE Programme, a partnership between Edinburgh Festivals, Scottish Government, City of Edinburgh Council and Creative Scotland.
With additional support from Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh. Mentoring programme supported by the Saltire Inspiring Scotland Programme.
When
25 July – 25 August
Daily, 10am – 5pm
Where
The Fire Station at Edinburgh College of Art
76-78 Lauriston Place,
Edinburgh, EH3 9DE