15 September 2010 at 6.30pm
Spin: Glasgow will be visiting the Trongate 103 Visiting Artist Studio to see the work of emerging artist, Raydale Dower, who will be talking about his practice.
During his residency, Raydale has been investigating new sound and sculptural composition. Interested in exploring chance and logic within electronic and concrete composition, the outcome will be located somewhere between the two art forms.
This artist residency is an opportunity for the artist to develop new work for a solo exhibition at the Changing Room, Stirling and engage in conversations within Trongate 103. A self-published musician, Raydale was a founding member of the band Uncle John & Whitelock and now plays in the instrumental Tut Vu Vu.
Often collaborating to realise projects, for Gi (Glasgow International Festival for Visual Art) in 2008, he directed and performed an adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s novel, The Secret Agent, with Judd Brucke and produced by Lowsalt. More recently at this years Gi, he created Le Drapeau Noir, a temporary artist cafe installation and programme of events. The programme referenced Dada performance, underground culture, avant-garde and experimental music.
Dower is working on the first issue of Vexillology, a publication documenting the installation and performance programme at Le Drapeau Noir.
18, 24 & 25 April; 1 & 3 May 2010
Please note there is no members event in April due to Spin: Glasgows involvement in GI – Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art (16 April-3 May 2010).
Spin: Glasgow will be running Spin-off tours of GI on the 18, 24, 25 April and 1 & 3 May 2010. The tours will take you to many of the sites and venues, either as a walking tour or via coach, with a tour guide and led discussions at each venue.
To secure your place on one of the free GI Festival SPIN-off Tours, phone the reception at Trongate 103 on 0141 276 8380.
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16 April 2008 at 6.30pm
This month, Spin: Glasgow takes place in the middle of the Gi Festival 2008. With a multitude of exhibitions to choose from, we have selected to view the work of artist Wilhelm Sasnal, one of the higlights of the festival, and one which is sure to create quite a bit of controversy.
As a Polish artist, Wilhelm Sasnal (b.1972, Tarnow, Poland), has chosen to respond to the murder last year of the Polish student Angelika Kluk. In this short film specially commissioned by Gi, Sasnal explores the issue of Polish emigration through recent events in the city. The film involves the writing of a song lyric that will be set to music by a Polish band. The events of this song will then be interpreted in the film.
Sasnal is one of the contemporary art worlds most exciting young artists today. Predominantly a painter, his style is varied and hard to pin down, moving from figuration to abstraction. He was the 2006 winner of the Vincent van Gogh Biennial Award for Contemporary Art in Europe 2006 and his international exhibitions include Frankfurter Kunstverein (2006).
Joining us for discussion wil be Francis McKee, not only the Curator of the exhibition, but Curator of the Gi Festival as a whole, and Director of the CCA in Sauchiehall Street.
22 & 23; 29 & 30 April 2006
Spin: Glasgow gave free bus tours to visitors to view some of the key exhibitions during Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art.
Over two weekends (22 & 23 and 29 & 30 April 2006), Tramway curator Lorraine Wilson and artist Ruth Barker visited the Patti Smith exhibition at the Mitchell Library, Ross Sinclair at the CCA, Becks Futures 2006 at Trongate, Lily Reynauld at Mary Mary Offsite, A.R. Lamb and Anne-Marie Copestake at Glasgow Sculpture Studios and Cabin Exchange in a square in Pollokshaws.
30 April 2005 at 10.30am
2005 marked the inaugural year of Glasgow International (GI) and Francis McKee did a tremendous job creating a dialogue between the international and the local, and between stars and up-and-coming artists. From site-specific installations and artists showing in Dennistoun flats, to studios and specially curated shows – there was so much going on that it would have taken three tours to cover everything. Spin members and their guests had an exclusive ‘highlights’ tour with free entry to the Glasgow Art Fair in the afternoon.
Spin visited two major group shows Campbell’s Soup curated by Neil Mulholland at the Glasgow School of Art, and This Peaceful War: Works from the Jumex Collection curated by Francis McKee at Tramway, as well as site-specific installations by Smith/Stewart at 64 Osborne Street, and solo shows by Michael Stumpf and Craig Mulholland at Sorcha Dallas, Tobias Buche and Nick Evans at Mary Mary and Will Duke and Elin Jacobsdottir at Market Gallery.
