Repertoire | Jolanta Dolewska | Free exhibition guide by Horsecross Arts

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#Encore @HorsecrossPerth @IliyanaNedkova facebook.com/groups/thresholdartspace Enjoy our exhibition and events about the relationship of visual and performing arts Changing as part of our favourite festivals of dance and drama, music and cinema Curated by Iliyana Nedkova

14 Jun - 30 Sept 2017 Jolanta Dolewska (Poland/Scotland) Repertoire (2017) 3 min loop My Response to Perth Theatre Archive at AK Bell Library: Repertoire or Bad Photo, I am Much Nicer Looking As part of my research as Horsecross artist-in-residence at Perth Theatre Archive, I went through many newspaper cuttings and materials from shows, which were glued onto pages of scrapbooks. The scrapbooks were bound with wallpaper samples. Here, the wallpaper acted as a background, a device setting the tone, in a similar way as on the theatre stage. These very attractive patterns, rich colours and textures enthused my imagination. After returning home I ordered a large number of wallpaper samples. Later, I stumbled upon actors’ photographic monochrome portraits from 1940-70s which were held in Perth Theatre’s files. Some of them were portraits from job applications sent to the theatre by agents, others were sent by actors themselves in a search of employment. At the back of the photographs there were often written details about the actors’appearance. One photograph had a hand-written comment ‘Bad photo - I’m much nicer looking’ and it made me think how theatre actors used to, and still do to some degree, rely on photography in order to be considered for a job. This almost desperate yet humorous comment is a protest - we go back and forth looking and judging whether the photo is really bad and what role, if any, the actor could play. I decided to swap the background of the actors and allowed fragments of wallpaper to crawl onto the photographs, making the portraits more beautiful, extending them and giving them new, perhaps unanticipated roles to play. It is a celebration of a metamorphic character of the acting profession.

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Archival Photographs of actors: Valerie Lush, Jennifer Angus, Ron Bain, Sheila Cooper, Liza Goddard, Maud Risdon, Robert Docherty, Catherine Salked, Mary Laine, Francesca Annis, Denise Hirst, Lillian Welsh, Anthony Stamm, John Vail, John Joyce, William Armow, Unknown, William Wallace, Roger Gale, Ian Norris, Unknown Photographers: Young Casting Agency, 7 Beaumont Gate, Glasgow, Courier & Advertiser Peoples Journal Dundee Perthshire Advertiser, 36 Tay Street, Perth Mark Gudgeon, 8 Marshall Street, London, W1Peter R Simpkin, VK Photographers, 80 Bruce Grove, Tottenham, London, N17, Ruth Tarko Agency, 50-52 Cecil Street, Hillhead, Glasgow, G12 8RJ, Helmdale Artistes & Associates Ltd, 39 South Street, London, W1, Photo. Repro. Service, Chas.Domec-Cerre, 36 Brixton Hill, London, SW2, Cowper & Co Photographers, 41 South Methven Street, Perth, Richard Allan Photographer, 13 Russell Street, Stanley, and Unknown Photographers Thanks to: Ishbel MacKinnon and Claire Devine at Perth Theatre Archive at AK Bell Library

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#Encore @HorsecrossPerth @IliyanaNedkova facebook.com/groups/thresholdartspace Tours | Coffee, Croissant and Art with Iliyana Nedkova | Weds, 22 Mar; 5 & 26 Apr; 10 & 31 May, 14 & 28 June, 16 & 30 Aug: 11.30am Special Tours | Coffee, Croissant and Art with Jolanta Dolewska, Iliyana Nedkova, Anne Gilchrist and Susan Mowatt Sun, 26; Mon, 27; Tue, 28 & Wed, 29 Mar: 11.30am | as part of Platform Festival of Perthshire Creativity £3.50 per person with coffee and croissant (or tea and scone) includes 10% with our limited editions Book in advance at inedkova@horsecross.co.uk | Meet at Glassrooms Cafe | All welcome Artists’ Talk + Screening | Jo Longhurst in conversation with Tiffany Boyle as part of Forms of Action exhibition and events Wed, 6 Mar: 6pm | FREE | off-site at Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow International Women’s Day | 3G: 3 Generations of Women Artists Perform Artist’s films by Bosnian women artists | live performance by Maja Zećo | lecture by Jon Blackwood and guided tour by Iliyana Nedkova Wed, 8 Mar: 3-6pm | £2 | Norrie Miller Studio and Threhsold artspace, Perth Concert Hall as part of Perth Women’s Festival Curator’s Talk | Iliyana Nedkova about Movement artists’ films by Su Grierson, Simon Fildes, Brian Hartley, Katrina McPherson and Theresa Pickles | as part of Platform Festival of Perthshire Creativity Sat, 25 Mar: 1pm | £2 | off-site at the Fergusson Gallery | Exhibition of artists’ films continues daily until 1 Apr Exhibition | Landscape Symphony in 22 Movements by Richard Ashrowan as part of Platform Festival of Perthshire Creativity Sat, 25 Mar: 10am-5pm | off-site at Perth Museum and Art Gallery | Exhibition continues daily until 1 Apr: 10am-5pm Artists’ Talk | Anne Gilchrist in conversation with Yvonne Reddick as part of Platform Festival of Perthshire Creativity Tue, 28 Mar: 1pm | £2 | off-site at Perth Museum and Art Gallery Masterclass | Photography Masterclass led by Jolanta Dolewska for Perth Youth Theatre as part of Horsecross Arts Youth Festival Tue, 11 Apr: 10-6pm | FREE | Norrie Miller Studio, Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre Artists’ Talk + Screening | Movement with Su Grierson, Ben Harman, Brian Hartley, Katrina McPherson and Iliyana Nedkova Wed, 24 May: 6.30pm | £4 (£2) + £1 booking fee | off-site at CCA, Glasgow as part of The Work Room series on dance and film Artists’ Installation | House Arrest by Zoe Irvine and Pernille Spence as part of Perth Dance Festival Wed, 31 May: 2-6pm | FREE Just drop in to view | Norie Miller Studio, Perth Concert Hall Artists’ Films + Awards | 2nd Perth Screen Dance + Acquisition Awards presented by Simon Fildes, Iliyana Nedkova and Peter Royston Thu, 1 Jun & Fri, 2 Jun: 6-8pm | FREE but booking essential | Norrie Miller Studio | as part of Perth Dance Festival Exhibition Preview | Repertoire by Jolanta Dolewska and Young Photographers from Perth Youth Theatre Wed, 14 Jun: 6pm | FREE | Threshold artspace and Norrie Miller Studio | as part of Horsecross Arts Youth Festival Exhibition | Stagefright by Marc Marnie as part of Southern Fried Festival of American Roots Music from Thu, 27 Jul: 10 am | also off-site at Perth Museum and Art Gallery | Exhibition continues until 30 Sept Limited Editions | Collect + Support | est. 2006 | Exclusive to Horsecross Arts limited editions of artist’s prints on paper or aluminium including works by Alex Boyd, Susan Collins, Jolanta Dolewska, Anne Gilchrist, Su Grierson, Brian Hartley, Agnieszka Kozlowska, Katrina McPherson & Simon Fildes, Theresa Pickles and Marek Styczen (sold out) | All from £50 each (or £45 as part of Coffee, Crossant and Art Tour) | For sales enquiries please contact the Box Office or Iliyana Nedkova at inedkova@horsecross.co.uk On View | Horsecross Arts Collection of contemporary art | est. 2005 | With more than 150 works by 150 artists from 30 countries, our permanent museum collection features exclusive artists’ commissions and acquisitions on single and multiple screens, paper and aluminium. On view throughout the Perth Concert Hall building are selected works by Henna Asikainen, Anne Binckebanck, Alex Boyd, Alton Byers, Susan Collins, Su Grierson, Brian Hartley, Agnieszka Kozlowska, Marshmallow Laser Feast + Studio Roso, Katrina McPherson + Simon Fildes, Theresa Pickles, Martine Foltier Pugh and Marek Styczen.

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