Beautiful Losers - TONIGHT

the names of the artists featured in Beautiful Losers - many of them now well-known

Tonight in Dumfries you can see a rare screening of Aaron Rose's classic streetart movie 'Beautiful Losers'. This is a documentary following a group of diverse DIY artists that rejected the conventions of a traditional art career and started working on the street and giving their work to the public for free - in the spirit of open dialogue

Still from Beautiful Losers

Beautiful Losers is screening at the Robert Burns Centre Fim Theatre at 6pm tonight and will be introduced by Mike Inglis - Inglis is one of Scotlands leading Streetartists and is currently working in Dumfries as part of Inbetween:Dumfries
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A year at The Stove

A reflection on the events that led up to First Foot - by Matt Baker - here

Come on you youngsters have a go

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a wee picture of a fishy fish

What is artist Florencia García Chafuén up to?

Florencia is a visual and performance artist originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina where she trained in theatre and drama at the Norman Briski theatre school and movement with Laura Preguerman.

She also studied film making at the Fundacion Universidad del cine in Buenos Aires (FUC) and Physical Theatre in Scotland under the direction of Al Seed and Simon Abbott.

Since moving to Scotland in 1998 she has worked extensively in a wide range of art forms including dance, film, photography, theatre and music. She has performed with a number of different companies and directors both in the UK and internationally.

International women’s day, Tramway 2011, Costume by Alex Rigg

Faces

For her project, Jane has been traipsing through the streets of Dumfries in gruesome weather, managing to stop and capture the faces and favourite poems of weel kent Doonhamers.

Jane McLachlan is an emerging landscape and social documentary photographer. Having spent twenty years as a disability social worker, her passion for fine art photography has lead her on a new career path. Her work is inspired by the natural environment, landscapes, and the people of Dumfries and Galloway. 

curtains

Jo's been busy with various commissions but has found the time to contribute to the First Foot event, by creating a film about life in the building through the years. Based on the true story of a woman from the area, the film works with dreams and memories to create a story about home.

Jo Hodges is a visual artist and filmmaker, with a diverse practice ranging from site specific installations to community led films, animations and artworks.

Within her individual practice, she creates interactive installations and interventions. In collaboration, she develops large scale, site specific public art works. She is particularly interested in out of gallery work and developing new strategies for engaging audiences.

She has worked with The Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow, The National Museum of Scotland and The National Portrait Gallery in London.