Interviews
Have you ever wanted to explore the mind behind the masterpiece? Tormented or divinely inspired, The Skinny offers you a window into the minds of artists with interviews that delve into their practice and inspirations.
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InterviewsJonas Staal's plea for utopian realism
Jonas Staal's The Scottish-European Parliament sets out to address some of the most pressing political problems in Scotland today. We talk to the artist abou... Read more »| 06 Jun 2018 -
InterviewsFrom the Ground Up: Scotland's Architecture Fringe
Architecture Fringe organiser Andy Summers and participant Gunnar Groves-Raines describe the exciting plans for this year's Fringe, and what makes it so distinctive from other festivals of its kind. Read more »| 25 May 2018 -
Art
They Had 4 Years: Generator Projects' annual graduate exhibition returns
They Had 4 Years is the annual graduate exhibition by Generator Projects in Dundee, when they select five fine art graduates – Lea (Ye Gyoung) Choi, Alice Martin, Yvette Bathgate, Jonny Walker and Kaitlyn Dunsmore – to exhibit one year after degree show Read more »| 09 May 2018 -
InterviewsA look ahead to Glasgow International with its artists and curators
We meet 25 artists and curators who are part of Glasgow International to share details, hints and insights on what to expect from this year's biennial spring art programme Read more »| 30 Mar 2018 -
InterviewsGlasgow International's new director on the 2018 festival
As the 2018 edition of Glasgow International draws near, we check in with the festival's director, Richard Parry, to discuss his plans Read more »| 19 Mar 2018 -
Interviews
Call and Response: Kobi Onyame vs the artist
An experimental music-art collaboration takes place this month in Many Studios in Glasgow, pairing artists with tracks from Kobi Onyame's acclaimed new album GOLD Read more »| 05 Mar 2018
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Film
Margaret Salmon on Sacred Paws-scored speedway film Mm
One of the highlights of this year's Glasgow Film Festival Sound & Vision strand is a screening of speedway doc Mm with a live score from Sacred Paws. We chat to Mm's director, Margaret Salmon, ahead of the screening Read more »| 23 Feb 2018 -
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Marcelo Brodsky: People All Over the World
Argentine artist Marcelo Brodsky presents a solo show this month in Glasgow, in which he intends to broaden an understanding of the world-changing events of 1968 to share a greater appreciation of what was taking place outside of central Europe Read more »| 15 Feb 2018 -
Interviews
Peripheral Visions: Interview with Rehana Zaman
London-based Rehana Zaman discusses instances of less obvious – but no less potent – forms of political resistance from people whose experiences are often marginalised Read more »| 05 Feb 2018 -
Interviews
Helen de Main talks consciousness raising at Platform in Glasgow
Helen de Main has recently opened the exhibition that has come from a year's engagement with women in Easterhouse through a consciousness-raising group. She discusses this terminology and the ways this process have changed her own outlook Read more »| 12 Dec 2017 -
Interviews
Understandable Artwork at Dundee Contemporary Arts
Artists Kate V Robertson and Andrew Lacon will show this month in Dundee Contemporary Arts, and they share a commitment to engaging non-art audiences that's shared by new Dundee Contemporary Arts curator Eoin Dara Read more »| 07 Dec 2017 -
Art
Samuel R Delany on sci-fi, politics and Arika
Acclaimed 75-year-old sci-fi writer Samuel R Delany has consistently produced some of the most radical examples of the genre over the previous six decades, and this month he comes to Glasgow for Arika Episode 9 Read more »| 10 Nov 2017 -
InterviewsPoints of Refusal: Camara Taylor on their new show
Camara Taylor is a prolific programmer, writer and practising artist, and one of the most active critics of poor representation within cultural institutions in Glasgow. Read more »| 30 Oct 2017 -
Interviews
Ravish the Senses: Sonica 2017 Preview
For Sonica 2017, Cryptic have assembled internationally renowned sound, performance, video and installation artists from across the world. Cryptic founder Cathie Boyd and associate artist Mark Lyken walk us through some of the vast programme Read more »| 13 Oct 2017 -
Interviews
Put into Practice: Laura Mulvey interview
Renowned theorist and writer Laura Mulvey gives an insight into her and Peter Wollen's collaborative film practice of the 70s and 80s Read more »| 02 Oct 2017