Stove HQ - 8 days to First Foot

Throw Distances an a' that

Messrs MacLachlan and Wallace discuss the finer points of long distance image projection from the offices of Provident Personal Credit (= across the square from The Stove)

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windows for Robert Burns

From a press release by Jean Atkin of Word Sparks:

"Hundreds of poems will be on display in venues across Dumfries from this week as part of the Burns Windows Project. Inspired by Robert Burns’ occasional predilection for writing verse on window panes with a diamond ring or stylus, local artist Hugh Bryden and David Borthwick, lecturer at the University of Glasgow in Dumfries, came up with the idea of inviting contemporary poets to submit their own work for display as window poems. Poets were sent a sheet of clear plastic and a pen, and asked to write a poem which spoke of their own time ‘in a transparent way.'

"But David and Hugh had no idea of how the project would take off, with The Burns Windows Project attracting almost 200 poems submitted from as far afield as the USA, Belgium and Switzerland, as well as submissions from some of Britain’s top poets, including Jen Hadfield, winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize, Jean Sprackland, Andrew Greig and many others. 

"Hugh and David are members of The Stove, a collective of artists and creative people involved in regenerating the former Happit store in the High Street as an arts venue. The poems are a part of the Stove’s inaugural events weekend on January 27–8, part of the Big Burns Supper, with thirty of the best poems to be projected from the building during the Burns Supper extravaganza, with almost a hundred others on display in the windows."

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.

Big Burns Supper programme

If you weren't lucky enough to get one of these through your door, the programme is available online - www.bigburnssupper.com

smoke and risk

Some of the matters occupying The Stove project team for the last month:

    plotting a bank break-in but being given the keys

    syncing video across more than 20 devices

    hiring a squad of chainsaw wielding doozers

    reminiscing over 80s rock stadiums
    'grown-up' discussions on smoke and risk
    fish and flowering baskets
    what to do with a lifetime supply of tracing paper?

• Stove Curatorial Group - Matt Baker, Mark MacLachlan, Will Marshall, Colin Tennant, Linda Mallett
• Technical Production - Dine Airley with Ailsa Watson, John Wallace
• Catering design and production - Colin and Angela Green
• Music - Lesley Rankine, Wendy Stewart and the Moniaive Folk Festival
• With thanks to - Volunteers from The Stove, Provident Personal Credit

projection testing

Dine explains the mystery of Gobos and Scans to an attentive audience of D&G moving image folk