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Threshold artspace

Bold contemporary art by Scottish and international artists in Perth since 2005

Open Mon to Sat admission free

10am-5pm or late on performance evenings

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Invest in exclusive limited edition artworks by Scottish and international artists and support Horsecross Arts commitment to contemporary art

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COLLECT + SUPPORT is Horsecross Arts initiative to help you start or nurture a collection of contemporary art. You may even choose to help a friend start or grow their collection by giving them an exclusive gift of an artwork. With all the earned income from the limited editions re-invested in the contemporary art programme at Threshold artspace, you can feel good about spending while supporting the professional practice of home-grown and international artists. We launched our first limited edition at our first birthday bash in September 2006 with Susan Collins’ Glenlandia. Ever since when we produce a major new multichannel video art installation we often work closely with the artists to produce a limited edition print on paper or aluminium exclusive to Horsecross Arts. We proudly acquire one of these rare editions for our museum collection while encouraging the patronage of contemporary art, the direct support of artistic practice and the sustainable re-investment in the exhibitions at Threshold artspace. All editions are signed and numbered by the artists on reverse. The works start from £50 each excluding VAT, postage and framing. For sales enquiries including special offers please contact the Box Office or drop me a line at inedkova@horsecross.co.uk. Iliyana Nedkova

Glenlandia (2006) Susan Collins Lives and works in London and Whitby

£50 each or £150 for a set of four

Moth (2009) Su Grierson Lives and works in Perth

£50 each

Pac-Man at Large (2014) Theresa Pickles Lives and works in Clackmannanshire and Stirling

£50 each

Acres Wild Triptych (2009) Marek Styczen Born in Elblag, Poland. Lives and works in Perth

£50 each or £100 for a set of three

A portfolio of four limited edition inkjet prints on archival matte paper. The quartet includes Glenlandia 26 May 2006, 05:18am (Spring); Glenlandia 6 July 2006, 18:34pm (Summer); Glenlandia 2 November 2005, 17:58pm (Autumn) and Glenlandia 31 December 2005, 23:02pm (Winter). A historical lexicon of painted pastoral scenes and contemporary digital media combine in the four seasons ‘woven’ pixel-by-pixel using a webcam and specially devised software. Slowing down the webcam transmission to a minimum (one pixel per second) results in the compression of a 24 hour period into a single image: the black band visible in each indicates night. Seasonal variations can be traced through the amount of daylight present in each scene. The subtle interaction between weather, nature and man unfolding by the lakeside of Loch Fascally near Pitlochry. Accompanied by an issue of Read More – Horsecross Arts journal for critical writing - downloadable for free from horsecross.co.uk

Limited edition Lambda* print on paper where design reclaims its natural habitat. “For centuries, landscape and nature have been domesticated on the surfaces of textiles, ceramics and furnishings, but here they are re-patriated into a new pattern. This new pattern symbolically abstracts the basic form, but by re-uniting that abstraction with images from the real world it can take on a different set of perceptions.” Su Grierson *Lambda printing is an industrial digital printing process using photographic technigues. Prints can be matt or coated with a protective finish. These prints are guaranteed lightfast. Accompanied by a limited edition artist’s book Intersections (2013) by Su Grierson published by Horsecross Arts and available from the Box Office for £14.

Limited edition print on aluminium inspired by the classic video game Pac-Man blending foreboding Scottish landscape with the iconic design of the 1980s game. The landscape belongs to the person who looks at it, said Ralph Waldo Emerson but judging from Pickles’ work, it belongs to those of us who can set free and immerse ourselves in the landscape as if it were a Pac-Man game. Pickles substitutes the classic labyrinth of the Pac-Man game with a bright red Pac-Dot as a reminder that our natural and man-built environment is increasingly ‘infected’ by the ubiquitous presence of digital media. Accompanied by Pac-Man at Large (2014) a multi-channel video art installation by Theresa Pickles also part of the Horsecross Arts collection of contemporary art.

A set of 3 inkjet prints on archival double weight paper mounted on aluminium investigating the toned monochrome working with all available light, stripping the scene to its basics and using no digital manipulation. The triptych features Sound of Raasay (2008), Drumadoon (2008) and Glow, Western Ross (2007). “My aim is to capture the beauty of the natural world and my current passion is the Scottish natural landscape. Since coastal landscape is close to my heart, I feel privileged to be able to work in the part of the world offering some of the most varied and dramatic coastline.” Marek Styczen

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Labanotation (2009) £50 each or £150 for a set of 4 Katrina McPherson + Simon Fildes Both live and work in the Highlands of Scotland and Edinburgh

A portfolio of four limited edition prints on paper accompanied by a Glossary. Labanotation of the duets between human and rock. Usually deployed to notate dance, labanotation captures movement on the page so that it can be shared in all parts of the world and with future generations. The artists employ this universal dance language with a tongue-in-cheek attitude to further emphasise the performative nature of the rock climbers’ sport. Each print indicates a particular boulder in each of the four highland locations and scores the ‘dance routines’ of the individual climbers. The specially commissioned Labanotation in these prints was scored by Gwen Goodman and transcribed by Louise Tanoto. Accompanied by Crux (2009) a single-channel video art installation by Katrina McPherson + Simon Fildes also part of the Horsecross Arts collection of contemporary art.

Read more about Labanotation Source: Dance Notation Bureau www.dancenotation.org By simply reading a single symbol on a staff, one immediately knows the direction of the movement, the part of the body doing the movement, the level of the movement, the length of time it takes to do the movement. The shape of the symbol tells you the direction of the movement. The shapes of the symbols indicate nine different directions in space. Any symbol can be used to show either a step or a gesture. A step is a movement that takes weight, a gesture is a movement that does not take weight. For example, the forward symbol can be used to show either a step forward or a forward gesture. For steps, place is right under you, as in marching in place. Where the symbol is placed on the staff tells you the part of the body doing the movement. The dark lines are the staff lines. The dotted lines are used here to indicate the different columns for the parts of the body. The center line of the staff represents the center line of the body. Supports (usually the feet) are written alongside the centerline. Symbols to the right of this line are for the right side of the body, symbols to the left for the left side.The shading of the symbol tells you the level of the movement. For steps, low level is with a bent leg, middle level is with a straight leg, and high level is up on the toes. For gestures, middle level is with the limb parallel to the floor. The hand or the foot is on the same level as the shoulder or hip. Low level is below this, high level above. If the arm is forward high, for example, the hand is forward of and above the shoulder. The arm would be up on a 45 degree angle from the shoulder. The length of a symbol tells you the timing of the movement. For dance movement, the staff is laid out in measures to match the measures of the music. Tick marks are used to indicate the beats, barlines across the staff show the start and end of the measure. This example shows two measures with two beats to each measure. The Labanotation staff is read from bottom to top. The space below the double bar lines at the bottom is for the starting position. The double bar lines at the top indicate the end of the movement. In the first measure, the forward high symbol is the length of two beats, it therefore takes two beats to perform. It is in the right support column, so it shows a two count step forward on the right foot. Since it is high level, the step is on the ball of the foot. In the second measure, the right side low symbol for the right arm is the length of 1/2 a count. It takes 1/2 a beat to perform.

Pioneered and managed by Horsecross Arts Core funded by Creative Scotland and Perth & Kinross Council Horsecross Arts Ltd is registered in Scotland, no SC301328 and a charity no SC022400. Registered office: Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, Perth PH1 5HZ