Programme Area/Sub area
London 2012 ʮ Other L2012
Project Name
Brief Project Description
Mikey & Addie
Mikey and Addie is a highly visual piece of storytelling that asks how you work out who you are when everything around you in changing. Mikey and Addie is commissioned by the London 2012 Festival and supported by the London 2012 Festival and supported by the Scottish Government Edinburgh Festivals Expo Fund.
Speed of Light
Edinburgh’s Arthur Seat was the stage for a remarkable fusion of public art and sporting endeavour. The iconic mountain was brought to life in a mass choreographed act of walking and endurance running, as part of Edinburgh International Festival and London 2012 Festival. A mesmerising visual display unfolds each night on the ascent to the summit as hundreds of runners wearing specially designed light suits take to the intricate path networks below.
Sun Rings at Riverside
Sun Rings was the climax of an evening of music and installations inspired by Glasgow’s spectacular Riverside Museum. Music and science were brought together for one special night to explore this story from the steam age to the space age. International artists, headed up by Scanner, and young musicians from across Scotland, created musical and sound responses to the Riverside Museum, taking inspiration from individual displays to create soundtrack to the museum’s collection as you walk around. The Kronos Quartet presented the grand finale of Sun Rings, performed outdoors with film projected on an immense screen.
On midsummer night Gustavo Dudamel and The Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela performed a spectacular outdoor concert in the heart of a Scottish community where their “El Sistema” The Big Concert philosophy has taken root.. A spectacular outdoor concert venue and Sistema stage will be created accommodating hundreds of musicians and thousands of spectators. Set against the backdrop of Stirling Castle the venue has sweeping views of the Ochil Hills and Wallace Monument.
Barrowlands Project
Over the final weekend of the London 2012 Festival the Michael Clark Dance Company created a landmark dance event for Glasgow. The Barrowlands Project marked the change in focus to Scotland and Glasgow. Taking over the celebrated Glasgow Barrowlands, now a revered music venue and with a history as Glasgow’s premier dance hall, this performance project invited local people to become performers in the choreography alongside the company dancers, accentuating the communal dance experience.
Sea Change: Scottish Islands Project
The Cape Farewell Scottish Islands Project: Sea Change is a single vision governing interconnected activities over 3 years, designed to engage artists and broad non-specialist audiences in the social and environmental challenges and possibilities of climate change and resource use. The Sea Change programme of activity (2012-14) is designed to generate new art works, dialogues and relationships in the context of the 2012 Olympics and Year of Creative Scotland, and to culminate alongside the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Drawing on the energy and profile of these events, the activity aims at the same time to create space for reflection, knowledge exchange and consideration of our relationship to place and the speed of our production and consumption. 61