This Week in Scottish Art: 28 June – 4 July
There's the chance to take part in Collective's Summer School, Embassy's Annuale and its closing party, the last week of Duncan Marquiss' largest exhibition to date, and Hospitalfield's take on Brexit.
Wed 29 Jun: Collective Summer School
Collective is already a couple of days into its Summer School for this year, and as part of this week-long set of workshops and events, Petra Bauer and Annette Krauss will screen their film Read the Masks. Traditions is not Given. It's a part of Bauer and Kraus' larger project exploring the Dutch tradition of Zwarte Piete ("Black Peter"), an instance of mass racism as convention which dictates that "Black Peter is commonly depicted through blackface make-up, red lipstick, a dark curly wig". Free tickets are available here; the event kicks off at 6pm
Thu 30 Jun: Pidgin Perfect party at MANY Studios
This Thursday, MANY Studios (3 Ross St, Glasgow, G1 5AR) hosts Pidgin Perfect Turns 5, celebrating the birthday of the multidisciplinary creative studio. Starting at 6pm this Thursday, there'll be food, drink and partying from 6-9pm – just buzz at the front door.
Fri 1 Jul: Summerhall, The Mash House, The Number Shop
It's the last day of the Annuale this Friday, and to mark it there's a closing party and two new exhibitions opening in Edinburgh.
Over in The Number Shop from 6-8pm, David Haslam previews his exhibition Woodland. He's looking at the "wood", "canopy" and "branch", through primary and secondary experience and documents, questioning the two strands and the limitations of each type of research.
In Summerhall, there's a project by new artist-curator collective, Florida. Titled Company, it turns its attention inwards to the tendency of artists also to identify as sometime curators, either by setting up independent spaces or organising events and exhibitions. Taking place in the Laboratory Gallery in Summerhall, the exhibition opens from 6.30 to 8.30pm and continues until 17 July. After the openings, head to the Annuale Closing Party at The Mash House. £5 otd, with DJs Rhythm Machine, Guinness and Miss World, 11pm-3am.
Sat 2 Jul: Mount Florida Studios, Collective, Common Guild
It's the second birthday party of the week, with Mount Florida Studios (37 Clincart Rd, Glasgow G42 9DZ) hitting the big zero-one. From 12-8pm, they'll be in their studio gardens "for falafel, cake and an assortment of beverages (including Myles' exciting cider cocktail! Not to be missed!)" It's also a gentle fundraiser, with all donations going towards realising the studios' potential.
Then at 3pm in Edinburgh, there's the second talk of Collective's Summer School this week, coming from Annie Fletcher, Chief Curator of Exhibitions at the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, and tutor at De Appel, Amsterdam. Fletcher " will discuss her curatorial practice in relation to observation, artistic practice and knowledge production." Get your free tickets here.
It's a busy Saturday afternoon, with The Common Guild also opening up their latest exhibition and project by artist Simon Starling, entitled 'At Twilight: A play for 2 actors, 1 dancer, 8 masks (and a donkey costume)'. In an ambitious collaboration with theatre director Graham Eatough, Starling has developed a new exhibition and performance based on WB Yeats' 1916 play At the Hawk's Well, and pulls out its associations with Modernism, World War One and the collaboration between Yeats and the poet Erza Pound. Details of the live performances will also be announced shortly.
Sun 3 July: Duncan Marquiss show at DCA
In Dundee, it's the last day of Duncan Marquiss' solo show at Dundee Contemporary Arts. For his largest exhibition to date, Marquiss presents his film Evolutionary Creeps and Gradualist Creeps, connecting biology, evolution, anthropology and the last few decades of pop music history. Find out more in our interview with Marquiss from May.
Mon 4 July: Hospitalfield
Hospitalfield's Summer School returns, with Hospitalfield in Arbroath running Not Every Tent is the Same. Costing £75, this includes a three-day programme talks and workshops from 4-6 July "that aims to investigate the diverse roles of art practices in relation to our socio-political daily matters" with a special emphasis on the recent Brexit result, as well as a camping place and all meals.