Gallery Opening Times: (Extended during August) 29 July – 31 August Mon – Sun, 11 – 6pm 1 Sept – 19 Sept Tues — Sun, 11 – 5pm
Collective present the first solo show in Scotland of filmmaker, artist and author Hito Steyerl. The exhibition includes In free fall a newly edited film work which incorporates; After the Crash, Before the Crash and Crash, telling the story of the current global economic crisis through the example of an aeroplane junkyard in the Californian desert. Crash is the culmination of In free fall and is a new work co-commissioned by Collective, Chisenhale Gallery, London and Picture This, Bristol.
OTHER EVENTS
Event Venue: Live Site, Festival Square off Lothian Road, Edinburgh Title: The All Sided Games Dates: Sunday 25 July Time: 6-9pm
The All Sided Games is a selection of films and a performance curated by Collective for the BBC Big Screen, Edinburgh, Festival Square off Lothian Road on the Open Weekend, 23 - 25 July. Initiated by SAC for the Cultural Olympiad it will feature a screening of selected artists films at The Edinburgh Film Guild Cinema, The Filmhouse and a new performance by Tessa Lynch at the Live Site in Festival Square, off Lothian Road. See www.collectivegallery.net for full details.
Staged Venue: City Observatory, Calton Hill Artist: Kim Coleman & Jenny Hogarth Dates: 30 July – 15 August Admission: Free Exhibiition Opening Times: Monday - Sunday, 11-6pm
Produced by Collective, Staged is an off-site project by collaborating artists Kim Coleman and Jenny Hogarth. Staged is a multi-channel video installation combining live video with pre-recorded footage. It will function as a digital camera obscura, transforming Edinburgh into a mise-en-scène and the visitors, tourists and locals into players. Staged is installed in the City Observatory on Edinburgh’s Calton Hill. The video footage in Staged will be like a kaleidoscope that obscures and abstracts well-known vistas. The work will go someway to capturing the complex relationship the city has with performance, heightening the viewers’ awareness of the staging of the Edinburgh Festival.
Symposium Venue: City Observatory, Calton Hill. Title: Symposium: How to inform without informing Date: 30 July Time: 4 - 6pm Admission: Free but booking required. To book: email book@collectivegallery.net
To celebrate the launch of two new commissions, Collective Gallery have devised a festival symposium with exhibiting artists Hito Steyerl, Kim Coleman & Jenny Hogarth and other speakers including theorist Alfredo Cramerotti (author of Aesthetic Journalism) chaired by Ian White (LUX).
