Things I have seen with my eyes
Glasgow welcomes refugees – Queens Park
Managed to catch Lumboo Baig, Gummy Stumps and Richard Youngs at this grand day out, south-side style. They raised over £1000 in support of Glasgow Night Shelter’s ongoing work and their efforts towards a Women’s Night Shelter for asylum seekers in Glasgow.http://glasgownightshelter.org/womens-shelter/ 1.00PM Kaspar Hauser1.25PM Beketi1.50PM Bad Aura2.15PM Sharptooth2.40PM Smack Wizards3.05PM Tut Vu Vu3.30PM Sick…
Read MoreImaginary Magnitude: Rob Churm and Joe Howe
At Glasgow Project Room this Saturday was a performance. It was excellent. Cameos by favourites Lorna Macintyre and Gregor Wright.
Read MoreLanark at the Citz
This production was fantastic in pretty much every way and made particularly moving by a discussion between Lanark and Alasdair Gray’s brain. Plus it was the Citizen’s s 70th birthday, so cake all round. See more about the production here. And EVERYONE should read Lanark – buy it here. Read about and listen to Lanark here and here.
Read MoreSoft Focus
Another superb talk from Fiona Jardine – she never fails. This time she spoke about the connections between photographic development, analogue and digital, and the way cosmetic companies sell us product. Plus, thank goodness someone is talking about the darkroom scene in The Omen! From the Tramway website: Soft FocusTalk, T5 TramwaySunday 26 July, 2pm-3.30pm…
Read MoreThe Persistence of Type
Also at the Tramway is this show by Fiona, Sophie and Maeve (Jardine, Dyer and Redmond). The 3 screen video is particularly luscious. Lots to see and hear around the show too – I’ll be fitting in Soft Focus by Mairi MacKenzie (26th July 2pm) and the second part of Anna McLauchlan’s new performance (23rd…
Read MoreThe Driver’s Seat – National Theatre of Scotland
This was such a good production, I rushed out and bought the novel. It’s going to be a Muriel Spark summer… From the Tramway’s website… Adapted for the stage for the first time, The Driver’s Seat is one of renowned novelist Muriel Spark’s most gripping and disturbing books. At the centre of this taut, darkly comic thriller…
Read MoreThe Rebel, Tut Vu Vu and Gummy Stumps
No art for me this weekend. Instead a magic night at the Old Hairdressers with Gummy Stumps, Tut Vu Vu and The Rebel. Pints of lager, roll and chips – old school Saturday night.
Read MoreOnly a Free individual can create a free society – Grace Schwindt
Also at Tramway was a new film by Grace Schwindt: ‘London-based German artist Grace Schwindt presents a new film at Tramway, Only a Free Individual Can Create a Free Society in which she revisits discussions witnessed during her childhood, surrounded by radical leftwing individuals in Frankfurt, Germany. A text appears in various forms throughout the film,…
Read MorePyramid Selling – Mick Peter at Tramway
This May Day weekend treats included Mick Peter’s new show at Tramway: ‘Pyramid Selling is a solo exhibition of new sculpture. It draws on a number of sources, including those of literature, commercial illustration and graphic design. Mimicking the tropes of ‘witty’ graphic design from the 60’s and 70’s, the exhibition takes a satirical look at…
Read MoreVH-16-22-7-12-3-22-5 Dreams of Machines
Amelia Bywater and Emma Fitts’ performance (Victor & Hestor, last Saturday) as part of their current show VH-16-22-7-12-3-22-5 Dreams of Machines at Transmission was excellent and so’s their website. Take a wander around it, if you have the ‘spare time’… Dreams of Machines Presenting the domestic space as a potentially potent social space, the work draws…
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