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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FilmMargaret 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 -
ArtMarcelo 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 -
InterviewsPeripheral 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 -
InterviewsHelen 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 -
InterviewsUnderstandable 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 -
ArtSamuel 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
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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 -
InterviewsRavish 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 -
InterviewsPut 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 -
FestivalsKrafta Doc: Scotland's newest film festival
The creative process is under the spotlight at Krafta Doc, a new documentary film festival devoted to the work of artists, craftspeople and designers, from world famous creatives to unsung artisans Read more »| 19 Sep 2017 -
ArtInfinite Resistance: Sahej Rahal Interview
Ahead of his exhibition in CCA this month, Sahej Rahal discusses the protest politics and texts of resistance that inspired the work that he will show Read more »| 07 Sep 2017 -
InterviewsComic Book Hero: Frank Quitely Interview
Frank Quitely (aka Vincent Deighan) talks about exhibiting at Kelvingrove Art Gallery as a comic book artist and the status of the medium today Read more »| 04 Sep 2017 -
InterviewsA look at Summerhall's political arts programme
Through Summerhall's arts programme this August, there's an observable trend towards politicised or protest work, considering issues relating to the refugee crisis, indigenous cultures, as well as Brexit and Trump Read more »| 01 Aug 2017 -
FestivalsSculptor Charlotte Barker on her solo show Flotilla
Charlotte Barker's elegant sculptures critically sit on the borderlines of art, design, craft, ornament and functionality. We meet her ahead of her upcoming solo show at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop Read more »| 28 Jul 2017 -
FestivalsPatrick Staff interview: EAF show Observers’ Walks
Patrick Staff presents a Collective Observers’ Walk which combines diligent history telling with sharing of erotic nighttime adventures on Calton Hill Read more »| 28 Jul 2017