Art Festival

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Naked Portrait

1 Aug 2007

In contrast with the ‘nude’ figure in western art history, the naked portrait still manages to present a sometimes shocking and raw view of the sitter’s personality that reaches beyond their public façade.

Chad McCail screenprint

5 Questions - Chad McCail

7 Aug 2008

5 words to describe your current show: Achingly beautiful, heart-wrenching eye candy. 4 other exhibitions you want to see: The Mike Kelly retrospective in Brussels I missed; a Tony Oursler retrospective, a George Condo show . . . that’s enough wanting.

Return of the Soul

Return of the Soul

edfest.tv - video

5 Aug 2008

Scottish artist Jane Frere portrays the unrest in the Middle East through the creation of thousands of figures held in limbo.

Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller

Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller

14 Aug 2008

Over six pieces comprising kinetic sculpture, projections, visceral jokes, total immersion sensory works, whole room architectural installations and, with ‘Opera for a Small Room’ (pictured), an awe-inspiringly perfect sound sculpture, Cardiff and Bures…

Richard Wilson: Hot Dog Roll

Richard Wilson

Feats of engineering and derring-do

7 Aug 2008

A man burrows his way out of the back of a black hackney cab that’s still in motion, looking like he’s tunnelled his way out of Wonderland to avoid paying his fare. The same hole-in-the-wall gang appears to have turned the brutalist façade of an office…

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Popular events

Alexander Heim: Doves
Date	Location
Lyrical, sophisticated first UK show by the young German artist, which pivots on a surprisingly simple video of pigeons outside a coffee shop, expanding its themes into photography and large sculpture.
31 Jul–13 Sep Tue–Fri 10.00am–6.00; Sat 12.00–5.00	doggerfisher, Edinburgh

Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller
Date	Location
A first chance for Scottish audiences to experience the work of one of the most internationally-respected artist partnerships. Six different, immersive installation works which combine image, video, sound and music, as well as architectural and sculptural installation, draw audiences into a highly credible fictional world and evoke a sense of childlike wonder. Go early, and allow yourself at least an hour. Sheer delight.
31 Jul–28 Sep	Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh

From Kyoto to Carbeth: Poems & plants from the hills
Date	Location
Work developed from conversations by Takaya Fujii and Gerry Loose whilst walking ?together', in Kyoto and Scotland. Takaya selected a plant with had personal and cultural significance from the hills for each month of the year, Gerry responded by making poems. 'Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival'
1 Aug–12 Sep Mon–Fri 11.00am–6.00; Sat 1.00–5.00	Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh

The Golden Record: Sounds of Earth
Date	Location
In 1977, Dr Carl Sagan of NASA sent two records full of sounds and images designed to convey Earth life to aliens. Using the same images and sounds as stimulus, the Collective has commissioned 116 artists, musicians, comedians and theatre-makers to respond. There are some good gags here, but it's a one-joke premise.
1 Aug–13 Sep, not Sundays, Mondays 11.00am–6.00 (1 Sep–13 Sep 12.00–5.00)	Collective Gallery, Edinburgh

Billboard for Edinburgh: Mark Wallinger
Date	Location
The punchy sentence 'MARK WALLINGER IS INNOCENT', shouted out from the well placed Ingleby Billboard, is intriguing, but with little in-gallery material to explain it, it appears to be a meaningless pharse, disappointing from such an overtly political artist.
1 Aug–24 Sep	Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh

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