Friday, April 11, 2008

Synthetic Performances

A series of reenactments of historical performances inside synthetic worlds such as Second Life. All the actions are performed by Eva and Franco Mattes through their avatars, which were constructed from their bodies and faces. People can attend and interact with the live performances connecting to the video-game from all over the world. The series started in January 2007.


«It was such a good idea, I'm sort of jealous that it never crossed my mind» Marina Abramovic, ARTnews, February 2008

Multiple Perspectives in a Contemporary Art Context



Barnes Lecture Theatre on Thursday 17th April from 3 - 5pm for a Practice-led Research Symposium. Speakers Judit Bodor, Katrina Brown, and Christine Borland, will offer particular insight of the role of research, specifically in the domains of cultural theory, curation, and art practice.

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Failing to eco-renovate my house…,



Janey Hunt exposes her own environmental behaviour during the refurbishment of her house and admits to failing to eco-renovate her house. Installing an original confessional box, she invites stories and thoughts and offers a space to share frustrations, knowledge and ideas about eco-renovation, through written comments and conversations at the fifth Homes for Good exhibition on Friday 28th and Saturday 29th March. Taking place at the Royal Bath & West Showground near Shepton Mallet and hosted by the ECOS Trust, this is the original, not for profit exhibition, which focuses on building and living sustainably.

Friday, March 14, 2008

Neville Rae and Brian Miller in Conversation

Saturday 29 March 2008, 2:00 pm — 3:30 pm


Inverleith House presents a live dialogue between Neville Rae and Cumbernauld’s first town artist, Brian Miller, as a complement to the current exhibition A Town For Tomorrow. The artists will engage in a discussion covering their collaborations past, present and future, and debate the role and value of public art in Scottish town planning. Each speaker will be presenting full illustrations in accompaniment.

Royal Botanic Garden Lecture Theatre, 20A Inverleith Row

Monday, February 25, 2008

Neville Rae - A Town For Tomorrow

Nick Evans and Tony Swain

Laurie anderson and William Burroughs, Listen to my heart beat

Glasgow international Festival seeks volunteers.



The Gi is looking for enthusiastic, positive, friendly and energetic volunteers to be involved in welcoming local, national and international artists, guests and visitors to Glasgow international Festival 2008. This is a great opportunity to see some of the best of contemporary visual arts in Glasgow, improve your CV, meet new people and be part of the exciting Festival events. If you have time to spare between 11th – 27th April then we would love to hear from you (some opportunities may start earlier). There are a variety of volunteer opportunities available varying from Invigilator Volunteers to Artist Assistants to Press/ PR Volunteers and much more. All opportunities and the application pack are listed on our website: http://www.glasgowinternational.org/

We can provide:
- Travel expenses within Glasgow - Lunch and refreshments - Festival Catalogue - A training session before you start - Invitations to some Festival events

Please contact Karen on 0141 352 4912 or karen@glasgowinternational.org or write to Karen Veitch, Glasgow international, CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD for an application pack and more information on the volunteer roles.
The deadline for applications is Sunday 16th March 2008. We are looking forward to hearing from you.

Sunday, February 10, 2008

RSAMD freezes leading course as part of drive to save £600,000

The multi-disciplinary course in Contemporary Performance Practice (CPP) at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow will not have a first-year intake in 2008/2009.

Friday, January 25, 2008

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Louis Morris

GORGE YOURSELF



An exhibition of performative and multi-media works. by Carolyn Barrett and Lila De Magalhaes. Friday 25th January @ Majestic Launderette, 1110 Argyle St, opposite the Ben Nevis bar.

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

UbuWeb

UbuWeb posts much of its content without permission; we rip out-of-print LPs into sound files; we scan as many old books as we can get our hands on; we post essays as fast as we can OCR them. UbuWeb is an unlimited resource with unlimited space to fill. It is in this way that the site has grown to encompass hundreds of artists, hundreds of gigabytes of sound files, books, texts and videos
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What a collection! enjoy

Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Eco-homes forest planned


Plans to restore the ancient tradition of living and working in woodland areas are being submitted in the Highlands later this month. BBC

Sunday, December 16, 2007

greenmuseum.org


a nonprofit, online museum of environmental art, advances creative efforts to improve our relationship with the natural world.

Monday, December 10, 2007

Goma goths banned - heaven knows they're miserable now



In a bid to move the youngsters on the council have cordoned off steps between Borders bookshop and the Gallery of Modern Art (Goma) - a favourite goth gathering point. Security guards have been brought in to supervise the area. A Glasgow City Council spokesman said: "Royal Exchange Square is one of the jewels in Glasgow's crown. The Scotsman


Does anyone else think this is a bit over the top?

Friday, December 07, 2007

The Mystery of Picasso

To keep the whole drawing thing going a little longer, I thought everyone might enjoy this small film of Picasso doing what he does best.