Courtesy Peacock Visual ArtsIndeed, if commoning has any meaning, it must be the production of ourselves as a common subject. This is how we must understand the slogan “no commons without community.” But ‘community’ has to be intended not as a gated reality, a grouping of people joined by exclusive interests separating them from others, as with communities formed on the basis of religion or ethnicity, but rather as a quality of relations, a principle of cooperation, and of responsibility to each other […]
Photo: DIY15: Art & the Self: What did Narcissus see? Led by Nando Messias (image by Holly Revell)Deadline for applications: Tuesday 19 March, 12 noon DIY is an opportunity for artists working in Live Art to conceive and run unusual research, training and professional development projects for themselves and other artists. 2019 is the third year SSW have participated in the DIY network. Collectively we understand DIY is all about creating spaces to explore new ideas and test new methodologies. We want to hear from you if have an idea for an exciting, innovative and idiosyncratic professional development […]
Splat, Squish, Resist (2018) India Harvey. Photo: Erika StevensonDeadline for applications: Wednesday 27 February at 12 noon. Applications are now open for our Lumsden Residency, which looks to support artists with collective learning and making practices. This programme offers artists the opportunity to develop and test out their modes of inquiry through residency at SSW and working with students at Lumsden Primary School. Together with the students, we are welcoming applications that explore the multiple and expanded ways in which we can make, live and learn together. There […]
Photo by Lucy CashCalling all singers and singing enthusiasts in Braemar, Aviemore and the surrounding areas. We are bringing together a new choir and want to invite you to get involved. Forming a key part of artist Simone Kenyon’s project, Into The Mountain, the choir will learn and perform new vocal compositions by artist and composer Hanna Tuulikki. The compositions are inspired by Nan Shepherd’s book, The Living Mountain and are part of a unique performance taking place in the Cairngorms in June 2019. […]
noise reeds based on duck callsThe SSW x Counterflows residency is a new residency programme which focuses on DIY cultures, improvisation and practices that fall between discipline boundaries. Work and ideas developed through the time, space and support of residency at SSW will go on to be shared at our annual open weekend, the Lumsden Weekender, and at Counterflows Festival in Glasgow. The selected artist for this year’s programme, Sholto Dobie, has been on residency at SSW over the last month. Below he shares some of his research […]
Image: Ross Fraser McLean / Studio RoRoDeadline for applications: 12 noon, Thursday 15 November 2018 Scottish Sculpture Workshop are looking for a Technician Trainee. The Technician Traineeship is an entry-level position, aimed at those interested in developing and sharing their making practice and technical knowledge through on the job training and hands-on learning. Over the two year period, the trainee will focus on developing their knowledge of making processes within the SSW facilities, and explore the ways in which these skills are shared and disseminated through […]
Image: George RidgwayThe Lumsden Weekender is SSW’s annual open weekend where we share the work and ideas developed by artists on residency at SSW throughout the year. The Weekender hosts a range of workshops, talks, walks and performances for all ages to get involved in and enjoy. This summer we supported a new residency programme, the Lumsden Residency, in which selected artists Anna Wolfe-Pauly and Dorian Braun, India Harvey and George Ridgway developed new ideas and research drawing on experimental play, Deep Listening and storytelling. […]
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Application Deadline: 12 noon, Tuesday 13 November 2018. Dates: Residency 1: 14 January – 11 February 2019 Residency 2: 18 February – 18 March 2019 Cost: £560 per 4 week residency. Residencies are highly subsidised and include accommodation, studio space, access to facilities, technical and curatorial support from the SSW team. Materials are not included. The 2019 Winter Residency programme marks the beginning of a significant year for SSW as we observe 40 years of hosting and […]
The third and final of our 2018 Lumsden residency programme artists, India Harvey, joined us for the month of August to undertake a month-long residency alongside the second of our Summer residency groups. India, as an artist and playworker, is particularly interested in linking internal and external experience, facilitating simultaneously private and participatory sites of co-production and attempting to consider difference as a positive universal. India’s reflection below shares the experience of working with Lumsden School in August 2018, and […]
Image credit: Kerri Jefferis and Sophie ChapmanAnother incredible residency group have come and gone, marking the end of this year’s summer residency programme. Thanks to Kate Squires, Kerri Jefferis & Sophie Chapman, Marloes Staal, Megan Rudden and Rachel Sharpe for all the conversations, making, walking, potlucks and saunas. We hope to see you all at SSW again in the future. The summer residency group was also joined by India Harvey, one of this year’s selected artists for the Lumsden Residency. India will be returning to SSW […]
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