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Rachael Cloughton highlights some of the best visual art to explore in week three of the festival film of its processional intervention through played on monitors in an adjacent booth. See review, page 93. Trinity Apse, until 27 Aug, free.
SHANNON TE AO: WITH THE SUN
AGLOW I HAVE MY PENSIVE ROSS LITTLE: THE HEAVY
MOODS Te Ao presents two melancholic videos made in Aotearoa, New Zealand, which slowly reveal huge expanses of the landscape contrasted with intricate glimpses of nature; cows grazing, embracing humans treading on sodden earth. The artist has filled the former Magdalene Asylum, where this exhibition is held, with fragrant plants, creating a tranquil oasis off the hubbub of the Royal Mile, well worth escaping to. See review, page 95. Gladstone Court, until 27 Aug, free.
WALKER AND BROMWICH: THE DRAGON OF PROFIT AND
PRIVATE OWNERSHIP
At the start of the Edinburgh Art Festival a giant, inflatable ‘Dragon of Profit and Private Ownership’ paraded along the Royal Mile in a performance titled ‘By leaves we live . . . not by the jingling of our coins’. Those attempting to usurp it were tattooed with the word ‘NATIONALISATION’. Now the dragon lies dormant inside Trinity Apse, with a
OF YOUR BODY PARTS AND THE COOL AIR OF THE AIR
CONDITION
Absorbing new film by Ross Little made on board a cruise ship in which Little contrasts the experiences of the globalised labourers aboard – from employees working long hours on the ship to the ‘digital nomad’ passengers. The Collective space itself is transformed to reflect the calming effects of ‘new age therapy’ often adopted as part of the interior design on modern cruise ships – the effect is disorienting and enhances the experience of the film. See review, page 95. Collective, until Sun 10 Sep, free.
NEW EDITION The Edinburgh Printmakers turn 50 this year and celebrates with a group exhibition of screen-printed posters, curated and commissioned by Glasgow based writer and lecturer Sarah Lowndes. The show emphasises the collaborative nature of
Shannon Te Ao
printmaking and poster art’s particular resonance with the 1960s – when it all began for the organisation. See review, page 95. Edinburgh Printmakers, until Sat 21 Oct, free.
SHADOWS OF WAR: ROGER FENTON’S PHOTOGRAPHS OF
THE CRIMEA, 1855
Roger Fenton was one of the earliest war photographers – his images of the
Crimean war, taken in 1855, are the focus of this fascinating exhibition at Queen’s Gallery. Fenton’s photographs were published widely in newspapers and showed the impact of war to the public for the first time. His works were collected by Queen Victoria and are undoubtedly one of the highlights of the Royal Collection. See review, page 95. The Queen’s Gallery, until 26 Nov, £6.30 (£3.20–£5.70).
27 July— 27 August
45+ exhibitions across the city. Historic surveys / leading international & Scottish artists / the best emerging talent.
New publicly sited artwork for the city.
Children & family activities. Art Late, events, talks & tours.
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Major funders and supporters: Supported through the Scottish Government Edinburgh Festivals Expo Fund
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