gleDinBow

Edinburgh and Glasgow, two cities sitting on opposite sides of a small nation: it’s barely necessary to go into the age-old series of jokes, comments and clichés that set the two apart despite their actual geographical proximity.

Presenting the exhibition, gleDinBow: as a chance for artists of the two cities to mix it up and play with the notion of sibling rivalry and kinship, artist-led initiative echo has asked five artists from the capital to pick five of their west coast colleagues to show together in the new art space art's complex. One of the most recent additions to Edinburgh’s artist-led initiatives, echo first appeared earlier this year showing work in a city hotel room and hosting a film night in a bar.

On the Edinburgh side, artists Satoko Kiuchi, Steve Mykietyn, Tonya McMullan, Paulina Sandberg and Derek Sutherland bring a potentially heady mix of photography, drawing, performance and installation. All of which should complement the contributions of the Glasgow contingent of TS Beall, Jim Colquhoun, Vicki Fleck, Martine Myrup and Shelly Nadashi whose various practices cover sculpture, video work, writing, drawing and performance.

Given the broad sweep of artists showing in this former office space in Meadowbank, gleDinBow doesn’t risk slipping too far into parochial sniping or hackneyed stereotypes. Rather, with the emphasis perhaps leaning towards the mythical and more abstract notions of place, the cities themselves might well become unrecognisable.