International Festivals
Welcome to The Skinny international festival guide. We bring you previews, reviews, and 2019 line-up information for international festivals such as Primavera Sound, Le Guess Who and Toronto Film Fest.
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Venice BiennaleHelen Sear, Welsh Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015
The Wales in Venice representative Helen Sear does an effective job of linking the two countries together in her exhibition ...the rest is smoke, which is lo... Read more »| 29 Jun 2015 -
TechIndie Games at E3 Expo 2015 - Small Games, Big Stage
With its theatrical press conferences, surprise announcements and celebrity cameos, E3 Expo has long held a place in the heart of video game fans. We offer a look at the independent strand of this year's E3 games Read more »| 23 Jun 2015 -
Food And DrinkFeeling Festive: 6 of the World's Most Unusual Food Festivals
Summertime is festival time, and in the world of food that means smoked meat, happy monkeys, oversized breakfasts and the chance to throw things at each other Read more »| 10 Jun 2015 -
Venice Biennale
Cheaper than Flying: Anthony Schrag walks to Venice
Scotland-based participatory artist Anthony Schrag will spend the next three months walking to Venice, in the process questioning the value of the Venice Biennale Read more »| 01 Jun 2015 -
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Filip Markiewicz @ Luxembourg Pavilion, Venice
During the opening weeks of the Venice Biennale, the likelihood of stumbling upon a vernissage – the preferred term for a private view – simply b... Read more »| 19 May 2015 -
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Graham Fagen @ Palazzo Fontana, Venice
Entra nel Giardino E dimentica la Guerra. Or, Come into the Garden and Forget about the War. So entreats a green neon sign at the entrance to the Palazzo Fon... Read more »| 13 May 2015
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Videos
Hector Bizerk – The Bigger Picture (live acoustic session at SxSW 2015)
In the second installment from our session with Hector Bizerk at this year's South by Southwest festival, the Glasgow quartet play an acoustic version o... Read more »| 07 May 2015 -
Venice BiennaleRobert Burns Reggae: Interview with Graham Fagen
Graham Fagen discusses his new body of work, set to be exhibited in the 2015 Venice Biennale Read more »| 30 Apr 2015 -
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Video Diary: United Fruit's South by Southwest journey
We follow Glasgow post-hardcore quartet United Fruit as they journey to this year’s South by Southwest festival, taking in their gigs at Austin's Latit... Read more »| 17 Apr 2015 -
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Group of the Altos – Pony (Live at SxSW 2015)
Group of the Altos perform their as-yet-unreleased track 'Pony' at The Hideout in Austin, Texas, during this year's South by Southwest music festival. The b... Read more »| 16 Apr 2015 -
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The Twilight Sad – 'I Love The Living You' (in session at SxSW)
For the first time on record, The Twilight Sad perform an acoustic cover of Austin native Roky Erickson's track 'I Love the Living You', taken from his 1999 ... Read more »| 01 Apr 2015 -
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Hector Bizerk – 'Skin & Bone' (in session at SxSW)
Glasgow hip-hop quartet Hector Bizerk took time out from their heavy gig schedule at the recent South by Southwest festival to play us an acoustic versi... Read more »| 31 Mar 2015 -
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LuckyMe on Baauer, Hudson Mohawke and bringing Scotland to SxSW
We follow Martyn Flyn and Dominic Flannigan, co-founders of forward-thinking electronic label LuckyMe, as they navigate this year’s South by Southwest ... Read more »| 27 Mar 2015 -
International Festivals
Underworld, Joey Bada$$, Father John Misty join Lowlands line-up
Dance legends Underworld and US folk singer Father John Misty have joined the line-up for this August’s Lowlands Festival in the Netherlands. Underwor... Read more »| 26 Mar 2015 -
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In Pictures: South by Southwest Music 2015
In Pictures: SXSW Music, 2015 As the dust settles on the 2015 edition of South by Southwest's Music conference (which took place in Austin, Texas, from 17th... Read more »| 24 Mar 2015