Apr 28th, 2008
We made a quick trip to Edinburgh on Friday night to see a performance of Moon Water by the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan. Based on tai-chi it was a slow senuous piece enlived by water which seeps across the stage for the final scene allowing the dancers to splash and slide about, and [...]
In news somewhat remote from Scotland – Dad has converted our 18 ft rowing dory into a sailing skiff to add to his portfolio of boats. I think is perfectly suited to exploring the lochs of Scotland, however its location in the wrong hemisphere could prove tricky. I enjoyed the photos from its launch day [...]
Apr 26th, 2008
We checked out Adam Green at Oran Mor a few weeks back. It was a great gig – he is totally nuts – kind of how I imagine the rat pack to be if they had access to today’s hard drugs. He obviously watches way too much pornography while creating his spun out dirty folk, [...]
Having attempted to show Ashley Glasgow in one day – we then packed a mini cross section of scotland into the next.
First up was our trip to St Peters seminary that I have mentioned previously. Once we had finished with the modernist ruin we headed for more typical scenic country (although not before passing the [...]
Apr 22nd, 2008
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glasgow school of art detail, originally uploaded by tim&chhay.
Our friend Ashley from Brisvegas visited us a couple of weekends ago – having scored a free trip courtesy of Her Majesty. We had hired a car [...]
Apr 21st, 2008
photo from GI website.
I’ve got a stack of stuff to catch up on after a few weekends away, but for now the next in my lunchtime Glasgow International investigations.
Today the CCA with the end result of last year’s highwire event. The footage itself was interesting but not all that powerful, despite the intense post rationalism [...]
Apr 18th, 2008
Having missed all the free drinks at the various openings of the Glasgow International on Saturday due to illness, I have decided to scope out a few exhibititions at lunchtimes – the advent of spring sunshine supporting my endeavours for the moment.
First stop today was Turner nominated Jim Lambie at the often dissapointing GOMA. I [...]
Apr 11th, 2008
One of the highlights of our mad dash across scotland with our friend Ashley last weekend was a visit to the abandoned modernist ruin of St Peter’s Seminary by the locally lauded Gillespie Kidd & Coia. Haunt of local neds, willful fire raisers, hidden glasgow photographers and Mackintosh School of Architecture disciples alike it is [...]
Apr 8th, 2008
We attended the first screening of the Camcorder Guerrillas new doco Deadly Cargo. Covering the secret convoys that transport nuclear warheads for servicing from Faslane, north of Glasgow down into England, on public motorways via many of the UK’s significant cities it was a timely reminder.
You can download from the guerrillas website, if you register. [...]