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Roughing it at The Portrait Gallery
17.07.09 by Jo
We are Rough Cut Nation, a collective of young Scottish artists and we’re taking over Edinburgh’s prestigious Portrait Gallery.
As part of the Edinburgh Festival, the Rough Cut collaborative are creating a dramatic installation; a remixed version of Scottish history inspired by William Hole’s 1890’s artworks.
Forget the stuffy conformity of a National Gallery - you won’t find any gilded frames or hushed silences here; you might however stumble across a suitcase full of spray paint and a MacBook blaring out some hypnotic mixed-up beats.
Our artwork is translated through street art and graffiti culture; imagery is spray painted, pasted, projected and embedded directly into the walls of the gallery.
We’re half way through the month long installation process and the gallery is already unrecognisable. The walls are works in progress; masked artists armed with battered cans of spray paint climb scaffolding and ladders to recreate the history of Scotland with a funked-up twist.
Rough Cut Nation will feature artwork from Elph, Fraser Gray, Kirsty Whiten, Mike Inglis, Peter Martin, Jason Nelson, DUFI, Machism, Paco, Johanna Basford, Janie Nicoll and Skint. The project will also feature artwork produced by young people working with Rough Cut artists on offsite projects.
Celebrate the opening of Rough Cut Nation with us on Friday 7th August from 5pm, with a bottle of Zeitgeist in the Rough Cut Café and bag yourself one of 100 black and white prints by me (well, we couldn’t have you going home empty handed now could we?). All café furniture has been customised by the artists and will be auctioned off at the end of the show on 30th August.
There will be live music by Tut Vu Vu and A La Fu and thanks to the folks at Avalanche Records, more live music every Friday until 28th August, see below for the band list. The musicians below are busking for glory and are not paid to perform, so check out their website and support Scotland’s music scene.
In the meantime, keep an eye on the Rough Cut website for updates on the installation process and we'll see you on the 7th!
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Comments (3)
Links work now Matty - blame the zeitgeist
Jo21.07.09
The links don't work.
Otherwise very cool, I may well go! Especially if they have zeitgeist!
Matty_S20.07.09
Image 5:
Sheep shall eat men, men shall eat sheep,
Awesome and very fitting.
The black rain will eat all.
James19.07.09