Apr — Jun 2016 Guide Exhibitions/Events/Walks/Off-Site/Open-Air Café
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About Collective
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Collective was established in 1984 to support the production of new art in Edinburgh. In 2013 we moved to Calton Hill to redevelop the City Observatory complex. Our vision is to become a new kind of City Observatory for Edinburgh, a space in which practitioners, producers and publics can meet, think, debate, reflect upon the past and take action.
Collective has an open-air café run by MILK The seasonally changing menu is freshly prepared using only natural ingredients. Now serving hot soup and toasted sandwiches. Open during gallery opening hours every week.
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Lunchtime Meal Deal Each Wednesday at 1pm we have a new £5 lunch deal – coffee + a sandwich from MILK café and a gallery tour by Collective staff.
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Petra Bauer and SCOT-PEP Nothing about us without us During March Petra Bauer will continue her collaboration with SCOT-PEP, a sex worker led charity in Edinburgh dedicated to the promotion of sex workers’ rights. Through a process of listening and sharing knowledge about labour rights, political strategies and film production the group will ask: how do you act politically when you cannot be public?
Jame N Hutchinson, photo of Jessica Duncan's notebook, European Excursion 6, from the archives of the Royal Observatory Edinburgh, 2016
Collective Gallery City Observatory | City Dome 38 Calton Hill, Edinburgh EH7 5AA
Buy-a-Brick Collective invites you or your business to help save the historic City Observatory site and support our vision to redevelop it as our new home for contemporary visual art.
Observers’ Walks is a series of downloadable audio guides specially created by artists to be listened to on Calton Hill.
All events are free and will take place at Collective. To book and for further details please visit www.collectivegallery.net
Tris Vonna-Michell The Artist and The Gravedigger: After D.O. Hill 17 mins
Distribution: A Subversive Practice? Led by Matt Carter, LUX's Distribution Manager 5 April | 7pm LUX is the largest distributor of artists moving image in Europe, with over 7,000 works in its collection and titles that date from silent cinema of the American avant-garde to works made in 2016. But what is distribution? How does it work for artists? Is it more than a service?
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We are in the final stage of fundraising and have only 10% left to raise. The William Henry Playfair City Observatory is in a critical state of disrepair, on the Buildings at Risk Register and time is now running out to save this building and secure its future.
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Satellites Programme 2017 Deadline: 10 June 2016 Selectors: Petra Bauer, Tom O’Sullivan and Bryony Bond Collective is looking for visual artists, writers, curators and producers to take part in Satellites Programme 2017.
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Katie Schwab Together in a Room 20 February – 24 April 2016 Katie’s practice incorporates textiles, video, ceramics and functional furniture that are brought together in communal installations. For this exhibition, Katie has produced a collection of works drawing on her research into histories of domestic design, showroom display and craft education.
Publication Launch: Satellites Programme 2015 and A Labour of Love The Poetry Club, 100 Eastvale Pl, Glasgow G3 8QG 19 May | 7pm—late An evening of performance, film and music programmed by the Satellites Programme 2015 artists and Amelia Bywater, Liam Casey, and Gesa Helms. The event marks the launch of two publications commissioned by Collective: the annual Satellites Publication, 2015, and an artwork Amelia, Liam and Gesa made in response to A Labour of Love symposium.
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This programme of commissions will include discussions, screenings and walks, providing opportunities for artists and audiences to engage with our locality and consider new ways for people to work together.
Satellites Programme is Collective’s development programme for emergent artists and practitioners based in Scotland.
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During the development of the City Observatory complex Collective has commissioned a series of research based, offsite projects. Two projects led by artists Petra Bauer and James N Hutchinson will be developed over the spring.
James N Hutchinson A Calton Hill Asterism James’ research project considers different forms of observation and fieldwork. He will concentrate on three points of his asterism, investigating the life, work and travels of historical figures connected to Calton Hill, reflecting ideas of scientific study, amateurism and the international trade of goods and knowledge.
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Constellations Programme is a series of off-site artist commissions that aim to bring people together to develop ideas and partnerships.
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Through Buy-a-Brick you can choose to donate at various levels. Your support will save this internationally significant heritage site and open it to the public for the first time. To help us make our vision a reality please visit our website or email lori@collectivegallery.net
Supported by Katie Schwab, Dedicated to my great teachers, production film still, 2016. Courtesy of the artist.
Mark Bleakley A Nude Descends into a Lump 7 May – 19 June 2016 Preview 6 May | 6pm—8pm Performances: 6 May, 7pm then 17, 28 May and 2 June, 1pm Mark Bleakley works across dance and visual art. His practice explores the body as a site for analysis and reflection, which manifests as live performance and video. A Nude Descends into a Lump looks at the relationship between bodies, the cinematic and sculptural form.
Full details of the application process can be found on our website. www.collectivegallery.net
Collective is based at the City Observatory complex on Calton Hill. Situated in the heart of Edinburgh, it is a few minutes' walk from Waverley railway station. Calton Hill is accessible on foot from Waterloo Place and Royal Terrace. If you require disabled access please contact the gallery on +44 (0)131 556 1264
Mark Bleakley, A Nude Descends into a Lump, performance rehearsal, 2016. Courtesy of the artist.
The City Dome is available to hire for events until Spring 2016. Please visit our website for more details or contact lori@collectivegallery.net
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Bedwyr Williams Outwith 20 mins Performed by Hilary Lyon Ruth Ewan and Astrid Johnston Memorialmania 54 mins Narrated by Tam Dean Burn and Ruth Milne The tracks are available to download from Collective’s website or mp3 players can be borrowed from our reception during opening hours.
This is a SUPERLUX event initiated by LUX Scotland and hosted by Collective. Mark Bleakley Performances for A Nude Descends into a Lump 6 May | 7pm 17, 28 May and 2 June, 1pm Four dancers will develop an intimate and cyclical work built from a score devised by Mark Bleakley. Excavating Site: How to Write a Repertoire for a Mountain 10 May, 6—7pm Maria Fusco, writer, critic and Chancellor Fellow - Reader at Edinburgh College of Art will talk about the research methods and modes of practice she employed in her recent work, Master Rock, which was commissioned by Artangel and BBC Radio 4. This event is part of Edinburgh College of Art Chancellor's Fellows Talks series.
Chris Kraus 20 May | 3pm This is an exciting chance to hear American writer and filmmaker Chris Kraus read from her work and discuss her unique approach to writing and editing. Presented by
Summer School Method Maker 27 June – 1 July £100 full price, £75 concession How do artists engage with research methodologies? What types of research are useful to an art practice now? Can artists practice influence wider knowledge production? Method Maker is a week long summer school, which through talks, workshops, and screenings will consider different research methodologies and how they can inform artistic production. The programme will focus on: fieldwork, documentation, process, play and collective research. Further details will be available on www.collectivegallery.net