FESTIVAL GUIDE 2012
20 APRIL 07 MAY An eighteen day celebration of the best in visual art in over forty locations across the city. Free entry to all exhibitions. www.glasgowinternational.org
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Contents:
INTRO
City Centre 02—07 East End 08 West End 10 South Side 11—13 Creative Learning 13 Travel / Where to go 14
Katrina Brown — Director / Jean Cameron — Producer Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art
Art happens all year round in Glasgow but for eighteen days every two years, Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art puts it firmly in the spotlight. From artists’ studios through to major museums, by way of a vast range of venues new and old, the Festival is the perfect moment to get to know more about contemporary art and how and where it takes place in Glasgow. This year, the Festival offers an emphasis on a very live experience of art. Many of the exhibitions and projects offer direct and very immediate encounters. There are strong sculptural presentations by Karla Black at GOMA and Nairy Baghramian at the Mitchell Library, who each deploy distinctive materials to potent effect; installations that feature real activity and live performance in major projects
by Kelly Nipper and a major new collaborative work by Graham Eatough, Graham Fagen and Michael McDonough at Tramway, as well as a remarkable new live performance by Alexandra Bachzetsis. While outdoors, Jeremy Deller presents his first major public sculpture, a large-scale fully 'interactive' public artwork on Glasgow Green. Packed with an array of events, talks and tours as well as major exhibitions, many by artists living in the city and others by leading international figures, the Festival is Glasgow’s art scene at its liveliest and best. Find us at: www.glasgowinternational.org where you can sign up for updates. We hope to see you there.
Genuinely Interested Party? Gloriously Intriguing Personality? Glasgow International Person. For the first time, GI has commissioned a suite of limited editions artists’ works to coincide with the Festival. Four works by Karla Black, Rob Churm, Henry Coombes and Corin Sworn will be available to buy both at the pop up shop in the GI Festival Hub at 54 Miller St and online at: www.culturelabel.com This collaboration between GI and Culture Label is supported by Creative Scotland and Own Art - the scheme that makes buying contemporary art more affordable. Please see www.ownart.org.uk for details.
GI Festival at Saramago, CCA During GI, Saramago Cafe Bar will host music, performances and dj's. The Cafe and Terrace Bar will be open until late, with food served 10am-midnight throughout the festival. Tapas, lunch and pre-theatre options also available. Please see www.cca-glasgow.com for details.
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Location: City Centre
CITY CENTRE
Top image: Chris Johanson. Installation view, Continuality Van Every/ Smith Galleries, Davidson College, Davidson, NC, 2009.
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ROSALIND NASHASHIBI
DIALOGUE OF HANDS Chris Johanson, Camilla Løw, Mary Redmond & Corin Sworn
GI Hub, 54 Miller St, Glasgow, G1 1DT Fri 20th April—Mon 7th May Daily 10am—8pm Rosalind Nashashibi presents a new film commission in conjunction with Scottish Ballet. The work will be presented in the GI Festival Hub space, a temporary venue created specifically for the duration of the Festival. Nashashibi has been given unprecedented access behind the scenes at Scottish Ballet and will present a new work created during rehersals in early 2012. The artist is well-known for her works using 16mm film, which she regularly deploys in a very direct, documentary manner, with recent works showing an increasing interest in performance and ritual. Commissioned by Scottish Ballet and GI Festival. www.glasgowinternational.org
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KARLA BLACK GoMA, Royal Exchange Sq, Glasgow, G1 3AH Fri 20th April—24th June Mon—Wed & Sat: 10am—5pm, Thu: 10am—8pm, Fri & Sun: 11am—5pm In her largest show in Scotland to date, Karla Black will transform GoMA’s distinctive main exhibition space with new sculptures made in and for the gallery. Black has achieved increasing international acclaim and attention in recent years, including her 2011 exhibition for Scotland and Venice. Her work ranges from the intimate to the monumental, from delicate, suspended paper pieces to giant swathes of cellophane and expanses of soil. Supported by GI Festival.
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Bottom image: Karla Black. Nature Does The Easiest Thing, 2011 (Detail), plaster powder, powder paint, cellophane, sellotape, paint, polythene, thread 210 x 1580 x 500 cm. Installation view Museum Ludwig, Cologne Courtesy Galerie Gisela Capitain,Cologne. Photo: Lothar Schnepf
East Gymnasium, City of Glasgow College, City Campus, North Hanover St, Glasgow, G1 2BP Fri 20th April—Mon 7th May Fri, Sat & Mon: 10am—5pm, Tue—Thu: 10am—7pm, Sun closed 'Dialogue of Hands' is an outdoor sculpture park for children and adults, located on the open air elevated East Gymnasium of the iconic 1964 building that forms part of the campus of City of Glasgow College. The exhibition, curated by Sarah Lowndes and produced by Katie Nicoll under the auspices of their collaborative organisation Three Blows, will be an immersive sensory environment, offering a space for relaxation and exploration. Supported by GI Festival and realised in collaboration with City of Glasgow College. www.threeblows.co.uk
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Location: City Centre
Left image: Rob Kennedy. Something is wrong here, something should be done about it, installation view, Transmission Gallery, 2007. Photo: Alan Dimmick
Right image: Alexandra Bachzetsis. A Piece Danced Alone. Dancer: Anne Pajunen Photo: Melanie Hofmann
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CCA, 350 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow, G2 3JD WHAT IS THERE TO DO HERE, WHAT IS THERE TO SEE? Rob Kennedy CCA1 Fri 20th April—Sun 2nd June Mon—Sat: 11am—6pm, (Also open Sun 22nd) Rob Kennedy presents two new video installations and a constructed environment, re-configuring the boundaries of the CCA galleries to consider some of the expectations that may often be taken for granted in the experience of art in this type of environment. Kennedy also incorporates work by other artists to deliberately interject and comment on his own visual language and method. www.cca-glasgow.com
A PIECE DANCED ALONE Alexandra Bachzetsis CCA5 Wed 25 & Thu 26 April 7.30pm £5/4 from the CCA Box Office: 0141 352 4900 th
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Swiss artist, dancer and choreographer Alexandra Bachzetsis’ most recent piece comprises an open-ended suite of solos that are casually passed from one performer to the other. The work is enhanced by the punctual use of pre-recorded and live video material presented on monitors, commenting on and dialoguing with the live act. Commissioned by GI Festival in collaboration with Chisenhale Gallery, London and the Centre d’Art Contemporain de Brétigny. www.glasgowinternational.org
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CHARLOTTE PRODGER Intermedia Gallery Fri 20th April—Sun 2nd June Mon—Sat: 11am—6pm, (Also open Sun 22nd) Charlotte Prodger works with writing, 16mm film, audio tape and sculpture, using their material properties as strict formal parameters. Prodger presents a new investigation into the tension between language and matter, using the space as a conduit to engage ways of reading and writing the object. Supported by Glasgow Life and CCA.
Location: City Centre
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Left image: Folkert de Jong. Last Thinker, 2010, styrofoam, Polyurethane foam, plywood 1200x100x120 cm Right image: Nairy Baghramian. Klassentreffen (Class reunion), 2008 coloured cast rubber, painted metal, coloured epoxy resin Installation view “The Walker´s Day Off”, courtesy of the artist and Galerie Buchholz, Berlin/Cologne.
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THE IMMORTALS Folkert de Jong
The Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow, G43 7DN
Mackintosh Museum, The Glasgow School of Art, 167 Renfrew St, Glasgow, G3 6RQ Fri 20th April—Mon 7th May Daily 10am—5pm Dutch artist Folkert de Jong makes a new installation of figurative sculptures for the Mackintosh Museum. De Jong will explore the ‘theatricality’ of the Museum, which historically was the drawing studio, housing all the figurative classical plaster casts for students to learn from. Supported by GI Festival. www.gsa.ac.uk/exhibitions
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TERESA MARGOLLES Glasgow Sculpture Studios, The Whisky Bond, Dawson Rd, Glasgow G4 9SS Fri 20th April—Sat 30th June Daily: 11am—5pm Mexican artist Teresa Margolles’ exhibition of newly commissioned work made in Scotland whilst on residency at Glasgow Sculpture Studios, will be premiered in the Sculpture Studios’ galleries, within the organisation’s new premises at The Whisky Bond. Margolles is working with a photographic archive she recovered of more than 4000 images taken in the seventies and eighties in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, by living photographer Luis Alvarado. Supported by GI Festival.
SPANNER (STRECHER /LOITERER) Nairy Baghramian Presented by Sorcha Dallas Projects Main Hall Fri 20th April—Mon 7th May Mon—Sat: 10am—6pm, Thu: 10am—8pm Nairy Baghramian is a Berlin-based artist known for her sculptural installations and photographs. For the Festival, Baghramian will present a new sculptural installation conceived specifically for the ornate, Victorian, Main Hall of the City’s imposing Mitchell Library. Supported by GI Festival.
ART LENDING LIBRARY Walker & Bromwich, Graphic Design by Sophie Dyer & Sebastian Gorton Kalvik Curated by Market Gallery Glasgow Room Fri 20th April—Mon 7th May Mon—Sat: 10am—6pm, Tue & Thu until 8pm Market Gallery will run an experimental ‘Art Lending Library’ allowing Festival visitors to borrow significant pieces of contemporary art to install in their own homes. The library will include works from over fifty artists covering a diverse range of practices, offering people a unique opportunity to experience these works at close quarters. Supported by GI Festival. www.marketgallery.org.uk
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Location: City Centre
Image: Nicolas Party. Still Life, Gold and Peeling Paint, 2011, Installation view, Remap 3, Athens.
OPEN GLASGOW
‘Open Glasgow’ returns to GI after its success in the 2010 Festival. It is an initiative which seeks artists’ proposals for imaginative and exciting projects conceived specifically for the city during the Festival.
No. 08 OPEN GLASGOW
NO MEAL IS COMPLETE WITHOUT CONVERSATION John Shankie & Andrew Miller 83 Hill Street, Glasgow Fri 20th April—Mon 7th May Free—Booking essential, to book visit www.glasgowinternational.org The artists invite visitors within their private residence at 83 Hill Street and provide lunch in exchange for a conversation. Attendees will be offered a set lunch from a pre-defined meal inventory and in return will be required to complete the experience of the event by agreeing to participate in recorded conversation and communication. www.glasgowinternational.org/openglasgow
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PRAWN’S PEE Rebecca Wilcox & Rob Churm The Old Hairdressers, Renfield Ln, Glasgow, G2 5AR Fri 20th April—Mon 7th May Prawn's Pee is a daily newspaper for the Festival. Released each day at 6pm from a temporary publishing house set up in The Old Hairdressers, daily limited-editions will be produced with varying formats. A variety of artists and writers have been invited to submit work to Prawn’s Pee and a series of performances, talks and other events will take place across the Festival at various times, see website for full details. www.glasgowinternational.org/openglasgow
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ARRIVES IN STARTING Rachel Adams, Nicolas Party, Michael White, Laura Yuile, Katri Walker, Ian Giles, Fiona Mackay, Eric Schumacher, Carrie Skinner, Amelia Bywater & Alan Stanners
THE UNIVERSE IS VERY LARGE, YOU ARE VERY SMALL, ACT ACCORDINGLY
Presented by The Duchy The Lighthouse, 11 Mitchell Ln, Glasgow, G1 3NU Fri 20th April—Mon 7th May Mon—Sat: 10.30am—5pm & Sun: 12pm—5pm The Duchy presents an ambitious, large-scale off-site project in The Lighthouse, showcasing new artwork by 11 of Scotland’s strongest young artists. Encompassing film, performance, sculpture, painting and installation the project will focus on each artist’s individual practice rather than looking for links between them, aiming to demonstrate the best of new work to the international audience of the Festival. www.theduchygallery.com
Curated by Hole in My Pocket The Arches, 253 Argyle St, Glasgow, G2 8DL Fri 20th April—Mon 7th May Daily 12pm - 11pm An exhibition, performance and culinary experience attempting to understand the concept of the moment/the present. The exhibition will consist of a series of prints and installation pieces and the performance is a themed meal accompanied by a series of talks. www.holeinmypocket.com
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HIGH-SLACK-LOWSLACK-HIGH John Cavanagh, Minty Donald, Nick Millar, Douglas Morland, Nichola Scrutton & Hanna Tuulikki Clydeport Authority Headquarters, 16 Robertson St, Glasgow, G2 8DS & various locations on the River Clyde Mon 23rd—Sat 28th April Times and locations vary Performances at 5.30pm & 7pm on Sat 28th High-Slack-Low-Slack-High is a suite of audio-based, context-specific works created in response to the tidal cycle of the River Clyde in Glasgow. Six artists with shared, but diverse, interests in sound, space and place will each create an audio work to be performed in central Glasgow.
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Location: City Centre
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Image: Lorna Macintyre. Sun Paints Rainbows on the Vast Waves, 2011, steel, bleached cotton, 100 x 140 x 50 cms / 39 3/8 x 55 1/8 x 19 5/8 ins. Courtesy the artist; Mary Mary, Glasgow.
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The Briggait, 141 Bridgegate, Glasgow, G1 5HZ
IF YOU DON'T LIKE THIS BOOK, YOU DON'T LIKE ME Paul Thek
BACK TO THE THINGS THEMSELVES Judy Spark & Lesley Punton Briggait Project Spaces No. 14
EMORY DOUGLAS Kendall Koppe, Suite 1/1, 6 Dixon St, G1 4AX Fri 20th April—Mon 7th May Daily: 11am—6pm A collection of historical works from the American artist and activist Emory Douglas. The exhibtion looks at a collection of lithograph posters printed during Douglas’ time with the Blank Panthers. Invoking the ethos rooted in the Black Panthers’ manifesto, Douglas’ message is one of self-organisation, education, self-reliance and the power of a unified community. Supported by GI Festival. www.kendallkoppe.com
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MIDNIGHT SCENES & OTHER WORKS Lorna Macintyre Mary Mary, Suite 2/1, 6 Dixon St, G1 4AX Fri 20th April—Sat 2nd June Daily: 11am—6pm Lorna Macintyre introduces a new body of sculptural objects alongside a display of works on paper, digital animation and cyanotypes. Reflecting on the building's original function as a hotel, Macintyre weaves together motifs, materials and structures in response to this forgotten history. www.marymarygallery.co.uk
20th April—7th May Mon—Fri: 10am—5pm, Sat & Sun: 11am—5pm Punton and Spark’s work explores the differences between physical experiences of specific varieties of ‘natural’ phenomena or places, and their articulation in human terms through drawing, photography, text and sound.
The Modern Institute, 14-20 Osborne St, Glasgow, G1 5QN 20th April—2nd June Mon—Fri: 12am—6pm, Sat & Sun: 12pm—5pm The exhibition centres around the personal notebooks of Paul Thek, giving an insight into his working processes and describing the subtlety and context of the work he produced. The Modern Institute will also present the work of Luke Fowler, Alan Kane and Michael Wilkinson see website for more details. www.themoderninstitute.com
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ONE PERSON’S MATERIALISM IS ANOTHER PERSON’S ROMANTICISM Rallou Panagiotou, Lorna Macintyre & Anthea Hamilton 1873 Hall Mon—Fri: 10am—5pm, Sat & Sun: 11am—5pm For the impressive main hall of The Briggait, the three artists will juxtapose their distinct practices, bringing along with them personal choices of works by other artists as well as objects, film stills and TV footage.
SIX WORKS OF ART FOR YOUR INTERPRETATION Transmission Gallery, 28 King St, Glasgow, G1 5QP Fri 20th April—Sat 5th May Tue—Sat: 11am—5pm, Thu: 11am—8pm Transmission’s presentation for Glasgow International is an experiment in interpretation which reflects critically upon the ways in which value is assigned, accumulated and circulated. 'Six works of art for your interpretation' establishes a scenario where the provenance of an artwork is demoted to make space for more irreverent interpretations. Project supported by GI Festival. www.transmissiongallery.org
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Location: City Centre
Image: David Korty. Gas Pump, 2010. Oil on canvas 101.6 x 76.2 cm / 40 x 30 in.
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GROWING UP IN THE NEW AGE Marjolaine Ryley
THE MUTUAL: CHARTER
Street Level Photoworks, Trongate 103, Glasgow, G1 5HD
Various venues citywide
Fri 20 April—Mon 7 May Mon—Sat: 10am—5pm & Sun: 12pm—5pm
A campaign-style build up of events and online content has marked the progress of simultaneous international projects created by members of The Mutual: an artists’ co-operative comprised of more than 150 early career creative practitioners. These projects will surface throughout the festival at various public and private venues and will be united in a publication launched at the end of the Festival. Collect The Mutual Charter Guide from the GI Hub, or visit The Mutual’s Website. Supported by GI Festival.
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The exhibition ‘Growing up in the New Age’ is a photographic project that explores the alternative world of ‘the counterculture’, from communes in the South of France, squatting in South London and ‘free school’ education to the many forays into all things ‘New Age’ set against the backdrop of social and political happenings of the era. www.streetlevelphotoworks.org
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ADRIAN WISZNIEWSKI
MARIETA CHIRULESCU & DAVID KORTY
Glasgow Print Studio, Trongate 103, Glasgow, G1 5HD Fri 20th April—Mon 7th May, Mon—Sat: 10am—5.30pm & Sun: 12pm—5pm The exhibition consists of large new images that are thought provoking and highly considered. These bold and refined images will be broadly thematic while displaying the exuberance typical of the artist. www.gpsart.co.uk
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THE WORLD AWAITS (FOR MORE INFO) Jonathan Barr, John Beaton, Robert McKenzie & Sandra Ormiston Project Ability, Trongate 103, Glasgow, G1 5HD Fri 20th April—Mon 7th May Mon—Sat: 10am—5pm, Sun 12pm—6pm A poignant investigation into the nature of human thought and communication using text as a silent and printed object, amplified by the extant voices of a group of artists working through disability. www.project-ability.co.uk
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Mary Mary at 45 Alexandra Park St, Dennistoun, Glasgow, G31 2UB Fri 20 April—Mon 7 May Daily: 11am—6pm th
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Mary Mary presents an exhibition by Marieta Chirulescu (Berlin) and David Korty (Los Angeles). Each will produce new work for the show, including works on paper, painting and sculptural pieces, installed within a Victorian tenement apartment in the Eastend of the city. Supported by Goethe Institut. www.marymarygallery.co.uk
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AYE-AYE MOBO Aye-Aye Books Various venues citywide (see website for details) Aye-Aye MoBo (a VW camper van ) is the mobile ‘Aye-Aye Books’, an independent bookseller based in Glasgow specialising in contemporary art and related literature. Aye-Aye MoBo will travel to venues and events across the city, presenting a bespoke selection of publications relating to the GI Festival exhibition or project at each stop. www.aye-ayebooks.com
Location: East End
EAST END
Left image: Jeremy Deller. Image courtesy of the artist.
Right image: Alex Frost. Maverick, 2005, image courtesy of Sorcha Dallas.
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THE NEW EASTERHOUSE MOSAIC Alex Frost
KILIAN RÜTHEMANN & KATE V ROBERTSON
Platform, The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Rd, Glasgow, G34 9JW
Fri 20th April—Sun 20th May Daily: 12pm—7pm
20th April—13th May Mon—Fri: 9am—8pm, Sat: 9am—5pm, Sun: 10am—5pm
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SACRILEGE Jeremy Deller Glasgow Green, Greendyke St, Glasgow, G1 5DB Fri 20th April—Mon 7th May Daily: 12pm—6pm One of Britain’s most consistently interesting and influential artists, Jeremy Deller presents his first major public project in Scotland: an interactive public artwork to be situated on Glasgow Green for the duration of the festival. This major new work is characteristic of Deller’s on-going exploration of contemporary culture in all its forms. NB: ‘Sacrilege’ may not be operational in extreme weather. Call the ‘Sacrilege’ info line on 0141 287 2874 for the daily status update or follow the project on Twitter @Sacrilege2012. Sacrilege has been co-commissioned by GI Festival 2012 in collaboration with the Mayor of London. The work is set to head to London during the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Supported by Creative Scotland.
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Alex Frost creates his first permanent public art work for Easterhouse working with Platform in partnership with The Glasgow School of Art. Reference points for the project revolve around the Easterhouse Mosaic, an important identifier within the area in the 1980’s that was created by the local community and located in Lochend. Many stories surround the work which was destroyed around 10 years ago during redevelopment of the area. The original mosaic now lies in salvaged pieces in storage. A supporting exhibition will take place at Platform on the large scale exhibition wall. Supported by GI Festival.
161 Broad St, Bridgeton, Glasgow, G40 2QR
David Dale Gallery & Studios present new site specific installations by Kate V Robertson and Kilian Rüthemann. Working in direct response to the architecture of the gallery space, Robertson and Rüthemann will separately create site-specific installations and interventions that disrupt the viewer’s perception of the space and its properties. David Dale will also be hosting the launch event for the 10,000 hours project, see event listings for details. Supported by GI Festival and Pro Helvetia. www.daviddalegallery.co.uk
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Location: East End
Image: Pio Abad. Naturalia, 2011. Dummy CCTV camera, adhesive, Seashells, adhesive, 23 x 14 x 20.
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DAZZLER Pio Abad
PRINT & PASTE
LEAST EVENT The Pipe Factory
The Duchy, 23 Duke St, Glasgow, G4 0UL Fri 20th April—Sat 19th May Daily: 11am—5pm Pio Abad’s sculptures, prints and video work forms a milieu of fetish, idolatry and excess wherein the links between militarism and disco and the subversion of disco subculture are explored. The Duchy will also present ‘Arrives in Starting’ at The Lighthouse. www.theduchygallery.com
Presented by Extra Special People The Wasps Factory, 77 Hanson St, Dennistoun, Glasgow, G31 2HF Fri 20th April—Mon 7th May Daily: 10am—5pm (Thu until 7pm) ESP will initiate a collaborative project between artists in Birmingham and Glasgow. Referencing the exterior billboard structure at Eastside Projects, Birmingham, several billboards will be constructed in Hanson Street Studios Project Space. Selected works from artists and designers based predominantly in the two locations will be posted on the billboards in Glasgow and re-printed or photographed and shown on the billboard in Birmingham. www.extraspecialpeople.org
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IN THE SHADOW OF THE HAND Sarah Forrest & Virginia Hutchison Market Gallery, 334 Duke St, Glasgow, G31 1QZ Fri 20th April—Mon 7th May Daily: 10am—5pm (Thu until 7pm) In the Shadow of the Hand is a collaborative project that brings together the practices of Sarah Forrest and Virginia Hutchison. It reflects on processes of evaluation and critique and the development of artistic practice in response to this. In the Shadow of the Hand will see the artists individually making objects, developed in response to their on-going discourse. These objects will be cast in lead and exchanged. www.marketgallery.org.uk
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The Pipe Factory, 42 Bain St, Glasgow, G40 2LA Fri 20th April—Mon 7th May Dates and times vary, visit www.glasgowinternational. org/pipefactory for details The Pipe Factory is a new artist Run studio, residency and events space situated in the Barras. For the Festival, The Pipe Factory residents will present a series of events. Full details, including times, are on the GI website. www.thepipefactory.co.uk
Location: West End
WEST END
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RICHARD WRIGHT 'Works on Paper' Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Argyle St, Glasgow, G3 8AG Fri 20th April—Sun 24th June Mon—Thu & Sat: 10am—5pm, Fri & Sun: 11am—5pm GI presents a special exhibition of works by Glasgow-based artist and 2009 Turner Prize winner Richard Wright, in the gallery normally dedicated to Italian art. The exhibition features a selection of his remarkable works on paper, brought together from galleries, museums and private collections across the globe for the first time. It is a selection that demonstrates the breadth and complexity of the artist’s output over many years and highlights his fascination with the construction and creation of images. Commissioned by GI Festival with thanks to Gagosian Gallery, London and New York, The Modern Institute, Glasgow and BQ, Berlin. www.glasgowinternational.org
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WOLFGANG TILLMANS Works from the Arts Council Collection, 'Onion' & 'Headlights'
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Top image: Richard Wright. No title, 2005, Enamel and Spray on poster paper, 110 x 165cm © Richard Wright. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery.
Bottom image: Wolfgang Tillmans. Onion, 2010. Framed c type print (210 x 145 cm). Image courtesy of the artist and Maureen Paley, London.
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WWW.WITHHOLDMEANING.TV Max Prus, José Eduardo (Yaque) Llorente & Diego Chamy #UNRAVEL Found & Aidan Moffat
PETROSPHERE Ruth Barker, Antonakis Christodoulou, Helen de Main, Vassilis H, Niall Macdonald, James McLardy, Margarita Myrogianni, Aliki Panagiotopoulou, Ciara Phillips & Kostas Sahpazis
+44 141 Gallery, SWG3, 100 Eastvale Place, Glasgow, G3 8QG Fri 20th April—Mon 7th May Mon—Fri: 10am—6pm & Sat: 12pm—5pm A group show featuring José Eduardo (Yaque) Llorente, Max Prus and Diego Chamy. The artists investigate the semantics of artistic sincerity and ironic jest. The artists will be producing work across the mediums of painting, performance and installation. The exhibtion will feature an opening night performance. #UNRAVEL is a collection of devices making up a gallery-based, reactive sound installation, through which the audience will attempt to unravel the truth about The Narrator’s life through playing records from his collection. Supported by GI Festival.
Skypark, 8 Elliot St, Glasgow, G3 8EP Fri 20th April—Mon 7th May Mon—Sun: 11am—7pm Thu: 11am—7pm PETROSPHERE is part of an ongoing series of projects between 5 artists based in Glasgow, and 5 artists based in Athens. Understanding that these cities share strong similarities as catalysts for ideas and places to live and practice, PETROSPHERE becomes a platform to explore this through dialogue, contradiction and artistic play.
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The Common Guild, 21 Woodlands Terrace, Glasgow, G3 6DF Fri 20th April – Sat 23rd June Mon—Fri: 10am—5pm & Sat—Sun: 12pm—5pm A solo exhibition by the renowned artist Wolfgang Tillmans, his first in Scotland since 1995. The exhibition includes an important group of works acquired by the Arts Council Collection alongside a number of new works selected by the artist, and covers the characteristic range and diversity of imagery in his practice. The Common Guild is also presenting ‘Together Towards 2014’ in co-operation with ACCA, Melbourne, the project of five artists from Melbourne; Marco Fusinato, Bianca Hester, Laresa Kosloff, Joshua Petherick & David Rosetzky. www.thecommonguild.org.uk
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Location: South Side
SOUTH SIDE
Bottom image: Graham Eatough, Graham Fagen & Michael McDonough. The Making Of. Production still. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan.
Top image: Ruth Ewan. Selected Socialist Sunday School archive material. Image courtesy of the artist.
Middle image: Kelly Nipper. Interval ©, 2000, framed chromogenic print, 40 x 50 inches. Courtesy of the artist.
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Tramway, 25 Albert Dr, Glasgow, G41 2PE www.tramway.org
BLACK FOREST Kelly Nipper
LES GODDESSES Moyra Davey
Tramway 2
Tramway 4
Fri 20 April—Mon 7 May Mon—Sat: 11am—6pm, Sun: 12.30pm—6pm
Fri 20th April—Mon 7th May Mon—Sat: 11am—6pm, Sun: 12.30pm—6pm
Los Angeles based artist Kelly Nipper creates an ambitious work for Tramway’s main gallery entitled 'Black Forest', which incorporates elements of dance, ceramics, textiles, and photography. 'Black Forest' is co-commissioned by Tramway and GI Festival, with Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland where it will take place during 2013.
Moyra Davey’s latest film 'Les Goddesses' (2011) focuses on the life story of Mary Wollstonecraft, her daughters and her lovers. Wollstonecraft was an Eighteenthcentury British writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights and her daughters were Fanny Imlay, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin (later Mary Shelley) and their stepsister Claire Claremont, nicknamed ‘Les Goddesses’.
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THE MAKING OF US Graham Eatough, Graham Fagen & Michael McDonough Tramway 1 Fri 20th April—Sun 6th May Mon—Sat: 11am—6pm, Sun: 12.30pm—6pm Performances: Fri 20th April— Sunday 22nd April, 8pm (Sat matinee 3pm), £5 refundable deposit, book via Tramway Box Office: 0845 330 3501 The latest collaboration between theatre director Graham Eatough and visual artist Graham Fagen, working with Director of Photography Michael McDonough. Ticketed performances take place in a space that functions as both film set and performance space, in which the audience become ‘extras’ in the making of a film. The staged environments remain in situ throughout the Festival as an installation during gallery opening hours. The resulting footage will be made into a film to be presented at a later date. Commissioned by GI Festival. Produced in partnership with The National Theatre of Scotland, the project has been supported by a Creative Scotland Vital Sparks award. www.glasgowinternational.org
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WALK-THROUGH Redmond Entwistle Tramway 5 Fri 20th April—Sun 13th May Mon—Sat: 11am—6pm, Sun: 12.30am—6pm From 8th—15th May, Tue—Fri: 12am—5pm, Sat—Sun: 12am—6pm 'Walk-Through' is a new film installation by British artist Redmond Entwistle set at the California Institute of the Arts in Los Angeles where he studied in the late 1990s. 'Walk-Through' is co-commissioned by Tramway for GI Festival, International Project Space, Birmingham and Cubitt Gallery, London.
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GLASGOW SCHOOLS Ruth Ewan Scotland St School Museum, 225 Scotland St, Glasgow, G5 8QB Fri 20th April—Sun 6th May Tue—Thu & Sat: 10am—5pm, Fri & Sun: 11am—5pm 'The Glasgow Schools' is a new project by artist Ruth Ewan which explores Glasgow's Socialist Sunday School movement, a secular alternative to church SundaySchools, which were active in the city throughout the 20th century. 'The Glasgow Schools' is curated by Kitty Anderson and Siobhan Carroll. Full details of all events are available online. 'The Glasgow Schools' events is supported by GI Festival and realised in association with The Common Guild. www.thecommonguild.org.uk
Location: South Side
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Left image: Henry Coombes. The Bedfords (still), image courtesy of the artist, 2009. Right image: Erica Eyres. Pam's Dream. Film Still, 2011.
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I AM THE ARCHITECT, THIS IS NOT HAPPENING, THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE Henry Coombes
Southside Studios, 17 Westmoreland St, Glasgow, G42 8LL
EVERYTHING FLOWS Patricia Fleming Projects
FAMILIAR Rose Ruane, Anna Tanner, Erica Eyres & Michelle Hannah
Fri 20th April—Sun 6th May Tue—Sun: 2.30pm—6.30pm
House for an Art Lover, Bellahouston Park, 10 Dumbrek Rd, Glasgow, G41 5BW Fri 20th April—Mon 7th May Daily: 10am—5pm New film work and paintings by Henry Coombes, exploring ideas of fraught relationships, hierarchies and rules, set within shifting contexts of invented and reinvented worlds. The film is a direct response to the rich social and historical contexts of the Park researched by the artist whilst on residency. Supported by GI Festival.
Fri 20th April—Mon 7th May Daily: 11am—6pm The project ‘Familiar’ brings together interdisciplinary works by Rose Ruane, Anna Tanner, Erica Eyres and Michelle Hannah accumulating in two parts, an exhibition and an evening of performance. Supported by GI Festival. www.southsidestudios.org
Queens Park Railway Club, Queens Park Train Station, 492 Victoria Road, Glasgow, G42 8PQ
Everything Flows limited edition EP, tracks and artwork from the experimental art into music scene emerging from the Glasgow visual art sector over the last twenty years.In collaboration with Volume, events include an installation by artists James Thomas and Solina Hi-Fi, performances from David Sherry, Solina Hi-Fi and guests. Supported by GI Festival. www.patriciaflemingprojects.co.uk
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CURATORS & COLLECTIONS Contemporary Art Society Seminar The Burrell Collection, Pollok Park, 2060 Pollokshaws Rd, Glasgow, G43 1AT
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REAL TIME GLIMPSES AHEAD Fri 20th April—Mon 7th May Daily: 11am—6pm Southside Studios resident studio artists will present their vision of the new gallery and programme at the Southside Studios for 2012/13. Resident Studio artists will utilise the cluster of buildings around the Southside Studio complex, identifying possible spaces for art installations, both inside and outdoor works. www.southsidestudios.org
Thu 3rd May: 10:30am—4:30pm £10 for non CAS members – visit the CAS website for full details Public collections and the institutions that care for them need visionary, well-informed curators with brave ideas; curators who can generate inspirational contemporary art programming whilst also drawing relationships with the layers of history that collections offer. Without the skills and knowledge these institutions do not serve their audiences as well as they should. This seminar will focus on questions such as; where is the next generation of curators who will form partnerships and work with collections? nn.contemporaryartsociety.org
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THE GENETIC DRIVE Paul Knight & Tobias Yves Zintel Film City, 401 Govan Rd, Glasgow, G51 2QJ Sat 21th April—Sun 22nd April Sat: 1pm—7pm & Sun: 1pm-9pm This collaborative production between Paul Knight & Tobias Yves Zintel will present new text, installation, film and performance works. The Genetic Drive will take place over two days and will be punctuated by a series of performances and screenings.
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South Side | Creative Learning
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EVER SINCE I PUT YOUR PICTURE IN A FRAME Curated by Merlin James 42 Carlton Place, Glasgow, G5 9TW Tue—Sat 12pm—6pm or by appointment Fri 20th April—Mon 7th May This inaugural exhibition at 42 Carlton Place mixes contemporary paintings with ones from different periods, ranging back through the twentieth century. Juxtaposing artists of different degrees of fame and recognition, and including some anonymous works, the exhibition features a single painting by each artist and builds to a kind of anti-manifesto; an exploratory and partial working definition of painting as an art form. No. 44
NOTHING ABOUT US IS WITHOUT US IS FOR US Matt Baker & TS Beall Pearce Institute Fri 20th—27th April, 9am—6pm Public Event on 28th April, 1pm—4pm A public art event using obsolete technology to hurl language across the River Clyde. A week of activity in the studios and workshops of Govan 20-27th April, will culminate in a one-day celebration, of the impossibility of communication. Transmissions will be attempted from both sides of the River using smoke signals, string-and-cup telephones, messages-in-bottles, choral serenades, and more… www.aboutuswithoutus.com
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Full day-by-day listings are detailed in THE GRID pull out map inside this guide, including family events, gigs, performances, screenings, talks, tours of all events talks and workshops. GI is delighted to include a number of key Creative Learning events, presented with a range of partners who are leaders in their particular areas of public engagement and arts education:
IT IS IS IT Touchbase (Sense Scotland) Exhibition Community Space, Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum Fri 20th April—7th May (end date tbc) 11am—5pm GI has entered into a partnership with Sense Scotland to celebrate different ways in which art is experienced by artists with complex disabilities. The exhibition will feature work created by individuals and groups working with the arts team at Touchbase. A number of one-off live events will take place over the course of the exhibition to further explore the theme.
in groups of around 15 students per institution. Places are limited and must be booked in advance so please register interest as soon as possible at: visits@glasgowinternational.org
SPIN-OFF TOURS Sunday 22th April Sunday 29th April Saturday 5th May Sunday 6th May Monday 7th May Free but booking essential: T: +44 (0) 141 276 8384 or at www.glasgowinternational.org 1pm—5pm SPIN-off tours take the form of both walking and coach tours round many of the venues featured in the GI programme. A chance to meet and chat to artists and curators who’ve created Festival projects, the SPIN tour guide will lead discussions at each venue. Whether you are completely new to contemporary art, already enjoy it, want to collect it, or are involved professionally, the tours offer the chance to engage with the Festival in a sociable way. SPIN: Glasgow is a membership group which organises special monthly art events. www.spinscotland.co.uk
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STUDENT TOURS Monday 23rd April Monday 30th April Monday 7th May 10.30am—6pm In partnership with The Glasgow School of Art (GSA), GI is offering peer led tours of key festival exhibitions along with a discussion forum and networking event at the end of the day. Tours will be led by students from GSA and are open to groups of students from UK and international BA and MA arts courses – ideally
WORKING IN THE PUBLIC REALM Symposium & Bus Tour Symposium and bus tour Platform, The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Rd, Glasgow, G34 9JW (Bus tour departs GI Hub, 54 Miller St) Friday 27th April 11am—6pm £10 for non engage Scotland members. Visit the engage Scotland website for details. Advance booking essential.
A collaborative event, between engage Scotland, GI and Platform, combining an artist-led bus tour of selected GI public art projects followed by lunch and an afternoon symposium at Platform, featuring presentations from arts professionals working in the public realm. The symposium will be an opportunity for gallery and visual arts educators, curators, local authority arts officers and artists working in participatory settings to consider the question 'what does genuine engagement mean within the public realm?' www.engage.org/scotland
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CONTEMPOARY ART PRACTICE IN MEETING THE EXPERIENCES AND OUTCOMES OF CURRICULUM FOR EXCELLENCE Conference & Bus Tour Tramway, 25 Albert Dr, Glasgow, G41 2PE (Bus tour departs Tramway) Saturday 28th April 10.30am—4pm £45. Visit the NSEAD website for full details and bookings (Advance Bookings Essential). In partnership with The National Society for Education in Art and Design (NSEAD) and University of the West of Scotland (UWS) Artist Teacher Programme, this event is designed for primary and secondary teachers of art, craft and design. Presentations include HMIe/ Education Scotland, Room 13 and artist Graham Fagen. The event concludes with a guided tour of selected GI Festival projects, led by GI’s Creative Learning co-ordinator Lesley Hepburn. www.nsead.org/cpd/conferences. aspx
Travel / Where to go
TRAVEL, RESTAURANTS, BARS & HOTELS Colour key for Restaurants, Bars & Hostels: City Centre / East End / West End / South Side
BY AIR Glasgow Airport is a twenty minute bus or taxi ride from the city centre, while Glasgow Prestwick Airport is only 45 minutes by rail or road.
BY TRAIN/BUS Glasgow has the largest urban rail network in the UK outwith London. There are two main railway terminals — Central Station and Queen Street Station. Train info from Network Rail tel: 08457 48 49 50. The region also has an integrated network of public transport services for the convenience of both visitors and residents alike. SPT offers Daytripper, Discovery and Roundabout discount tickets for hop-on/hop-off travel around the region. This is ideal for visitors to the festival who wish to explore the more intimate and lesser known parts of the city, as well as those who want to easily get from venue to venue. For Glasgow timetables, routes and news updates visit: www.firstgroup.com/ukbus/glasgow/
BY SUBWAY Also known as the Clockwork Orange — the Subway operates a circular route around the city linking the south side and west end with the city centre across 15 stations. For more information go to the SPT website: spt.co.uk For all public transport information, call Traveline Scotland on 0871 200 2233 or visit www.travelinescotland.com
BIKE Glasgow has an extensive network and expanding cycle network. You can cycle from the city centre right up to Loch Lomond along a special cycle track. See Glasgow cycle routes at: www.cycle-route.com/routes/Glasgow-Routes-15.html
ON FOOT Glasgow's great for walking. Everywhere's within easy walking distance and organised walks are a great way to see the city. greetinglasgow.com has tours leaving from Glasgow Green by arrangement or visit walkit.com for routes and distances around the city.
BY CAR Greater Glasgow is at the centre of a first class motorway system linking with every part of the UK and across the English Channel with Continental Europe. The main M74 north / south motorway allows quick, easy access to the entire region. Travel information from the AA.
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BARS The Drake: 1 Lynedoch St, G3 6EF, 0141 332 7363 Mono: 12 King's Court, G1 5RB, 0141 553 2400 Stereo: 22—28 Renfield Lane, G2 6PH, 0141 222 2254 Old Hairdressers: Renfield Lane, G2 6PH Chinaski's: 239 North St, G3 7DL, 0141 221 0061 Brunswick Hotel Bar: 106—108 Brunswick St, G1 1TF, 0141 552 0001 Variety: 401 Sauchiehall St, G2 3LG, 0141 332 4449 Nice and Sleazy: 421 Sauchiehall St, G2 3LG, 0141 333 0900 Bar Ten: 10 Mitchell Lane, G1 3NU, 0141 572 1448 Glasgow Art School Union: 468 Sauchiehall St, G2 3LW, 0141 3311328 West: Templeton Building, Glasgow Green, G40 1AW, 0141 550 0135 The Ivy: 1102—1106 Argyle St, G3 7RX, 0141 337 3006 Bruadar: 3 Partickbridge St, G11 6PL, 0141 337 1200
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS GI Festival is produced and managed by Glasgow Life. We wish to thank the following individuals and organisations for their support: The Festival would not be possible without the commitment, vibrancy and enormous efforts of the Glasgow visual arts community. Artistic Advisory Committee Rebecca Anson 85A Collective; Katie Bruce, GoMA; Gerry Grams, Glasgow City Council; Keith Hartley, National Galleries of Scotland; Moira Jeffrey; Sarah Munro, Glasgow Life; Toby Webster, The Modern Institute. Funders’ Steering Group Glasgow Life – Sarah Munro (Chair) Creative Scotland – Stephen Palmer Glasgow City Marketing Bureau – Joe Aitken & Sandra McPherson Event Scotland – Marie Christie, Rhona Corscadden & Fiona Dally Scottish Enterprise – Annemarie Burns
Additional Support
Festival Team
British Council Scotland; Goethe Institut Glasgow; Own Art; The Henry Moore Foundation.
Director Katrina Brown, The Common Guild
Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art would like to say a huge thank you to all our Festival volunteers and corporate supporters:
Producer Jean Cameron
Location Sponsor Credential Holdings Ltd. www.credentialholdings.com Hotel Sponsors Citizen M Brunswick Hotel Drinks Sponsor Williams Brothers Media Sponsor The List
Festival Co-ordinator Dom Hastings Programme Co-ordinator Lauren Gault Marketing & Promotions Tracey Kelly Kelly & Company PR & Media Managers Sutton PR Creative Learning Lesley Hepburn Programmer: International & Professional Visits Kirsteen Macdonald Festival Admin Assistant Kirsty Bennett Technical Co-ordinator Colin Lindsay, The Common Guild Sacrilege Project Manager James Hutchinson The GRID Design Graphical House
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