Its all gone blue

Whilst others have been busy wading in the river, stitching wedding dresses or drawing ghost hunters - Inbetween artist Marion Preez has quietly been painting everything blue. Marion is working towards a participative art event called Frame - Doonhamers might notice some nice wee blue picture frames around their fair toon next week.....

Nith Scoping - latest

Strange activities outside Hannah Brackston's Glasgow studio - Govanites are not known for being easily surprised...but folk examining tarmac in a mackintosh when its no raining.....

Hannah says:
-->

'Nith scoping is a new and activity I have invented to provide people in Dumfries with an exciting experience of their river from a perspective from which it is seldom seen. It addresses the challenge and struggle we can have in trying to understand and engage with natural forces (such as rivers) which we no longer have an industrial use for or much control of. In the case of the Nith in Dumfries, the river bed is one of the most talked of topics in the town, not because most people have actually seen it, but because it lies at the heart of strongly held dredging debate. It is trapped invisibly between those who want it to be removed to solve the towns enduring flooding problems and environmental groups and geologists who work to protect its essential biodiversity. In my attempt to understand this debate further I was troubled by a question; surely it is more meaningful to debate something we can actually look at? several adapted pieces of piping, magnifying lens, some recycled bicycle inner tubes, duck tape, truck tarpaulin and empty water bottles later, this has become possible…'

The Artist's Eye 4

This is the fourth in a series of pictures by Mike Inglis from his research in Dumfropolis - XL Stove T-Shirt to anyone who spots all the places (comment with your name below before anyone else) and the connections in Mike's work around the town......you'll have to wait for November 5th for that bit though.

to see the whole set - click the 'Mike Inglis' label on the contents menu - top right

FREE EVENT - 8th November Bill Drummond + The Lost Supper

More on Bill Drummond at The Stove - here  and Bill's own Penkiln Burn site - here

More on the Lost Supper at The Stove - here and more - here

FREE EVENT: 7th November - Music and Fashion

For more about Lisa Gallacher's work for Inbetween:Dumfries - see all posts on this blog - here and her own project blog - here

For Suzanne Parry-John - see here

Mike Inglis - Street Shrines

Specially commissioned new works by Mike Inglis. One of Scotland’s leading public/street artists. Mike has been researching ‘outsiders’ and ‘custodians’ in Dumfries since May 2012. He has worked with community groups and historical information ranging from the execution of nine women accused of witchcraft in 1659 to the groundbreaking theraputic community at the former Crichton Hospital.  

Mike's work around Dumfries will include two 'window shrines' and six 'paste-upstreet shrines' - these will begin to appear in the town centre on November 4th and will be visible for as long as the good folk of Dumfropolis choose to leave them unmolested.

Download the Inbetween map for locations of the Street Shrines 

Images on this page are a couple of tantalising wee glimpses of work-in-progress

For all pages on this blog relating to Mike's work - see here

See Mike Inglis' blog Spaceboy1966 - see here

 

Nith Scoping - about to sweep the nation

Environmental Artist Hannah Brackston has spent 3 months exploring the different relationships that people have with the River Nith in Dumfries. Through the week of Inbetween:Dumfries the artist will be inviting people peer into the depths of the river using specially created Nith Scoping equipment. Also, look out for Hannah’s limited edition newspaper all about the Nith – available at venues around town.

Here are the details of how Nith Scoping works.....for detailed times and locations download the full inbetween programme and the map - or look in The Stove windows (100 High St, DG1 2BJ)

 Nith Scoping Times:

Monday 5th Nov         - 08.52 - 14.59 (Whitesands)
Tuesday 6th Nov         - 09.40 - 15.50 (Whitesands)
Wednesday 7th Nov    - 10.43 - 16.57 (Greensands)
Thursday 8th Nov       - 12.00 - 18.14 (Whitesands)
Friday 9th Nov            - 13.13 - 19.26 (Whitesands)

Saturday 10th Nov ......view all the Nith Scoping equipment and talk to the artist about the weeks experiences - come to The Stove between 3pm and 4pm.

All posts about Nith Scoping - here

The Artist's Eye 3

This is the third in a series of pictures by Mike Inglis from his research in Dumfropolis - XL Stove T-Shirt to anyone who spots all the places (comment with your name below before anyone else) and the connections in Mike's work around the town......you'll have to wait for November 5th for that bit though.

to see the whole set - click the 'Mike Inglis' label on the contents menu - top right

Something Special this Way Comes

Lisa Gallacher is an artist from Dumfries who has worked all over the UK and Europe since graduating from Glasgow School of Art with an MFA in 2003. Since April Lisa has been working on a project called TDRM:Dumfries which has involved detailed research and making articles of bespoke clothing for 10 local folk.

Lisa Gallacher - Queensberry Street Fabric

This has been a truly ambitious undertaking with Lisa first designing and printing her own fabrics before turning them into new garments. This was the scene at the artist's temporary studio in The Stove in the centre of Dumfries today:

We'd urge anyone with an interest in the arts and seeing an artist working at the top of their game to come along to the public event marking the project (NB - the garments will not be on show like this again...this is a once only opportunity)

COME TO GREYFRIARS CHURCH, DUMFRIES....7pm on Wednesday the 7th November.....FREE (and a glass of wine to boot)

more details here

Mike Inglis - work-in-progress

Those who follow the work of Mike Inglis will be very intrigued and excited to see the image below. Mike's work is all about layers of exposure and his relationship to public space is an often troubled one for him. There is an aspect of his work that involves the 3D assembly of very private shrine works. Mike has often talked about ways that he could bring this side of his work into the public domain alongside his paste-ups and graphic work......maybe Dumfries might be about to see something very significant in Scottish art history.....

see here for information about where you can see Mike Inglis' work in Dumfries from 5th November