Michael Braudy and Chrys Salt
performing Hymns from The Rig- Veda
Saturday August 24th
7.00 for 7.30
7.00 for 7.30
THIS IS A FREE EVENT.
Composed
in the fourth millennium before our own time, The Rig -Veda remains the
most ancient living text. In its entirety The Rig Veda is a collection
of over 1,000 hymns, which contain the mythology of the Hindu gods.
Maintained throughout by an unbroken oral tradition, it is still an
active, sustaining force in the religious and philosophical Indian
tradition.
MICHAEL BRAUDY: VIOLIN
Michael
is an experienced violinist in Western, North Indian and Celtic music,
and has improvised with storytellers, poets, theatre and mime artists.
He gives music workshops in the United States and abroad and has
performed in Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, Auroville, and the Jaipur International Festival in Rajasthan, India.
CHRYS SALT: READER
Chrys
is both a trained performer and an award winning writer. She has
performed her work country-wide, in Europe, Canada and the USA and
worked with many of the country’s leading actors and poets. www.chryssalt.com
JEAN LE MEE: Sanskrit translation
TO BOOK A SEAT Ring 01557 814175
or email chrys@chryssalt.com
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ENVIRONMENT ARTS FESTIVAL SCOTLAND
IN GATEHOUSE FLEET
IN GATEHOUSE FLEET
PLACE IDENTITY MEMORY 2
IRIS ARTISTS COLLECTIVEThe Bakehouse, 44 High Street
Exhibition on for all four days during the Core Festival Weekend.
An international exhibition of artist made books which develop the idea of ‘place’, iincluding seven panels by Will Maclean illustrating Kenneth White’s poem ‘The Island Road’ Themes of the ris Exhibition include culture, memory, landscape and time.
AN EVENING OF POETRY AND PROSE BY KENNETH WHITE
7.30 @ The Bakehouse, 44 High Street
An
evening of poetry and prose by renowned Scottish poet, academic and
writer Kenneth White exploring the many ways in which geopoetics can
both illuminate and challenge the world in which we live. With film
footage of Kenneth White, an introduction to geopoetics by James
McCarthy, Chairman of the Scottish Centre for Geopoetics and Kenneth
White’s poetry read by Chrys Salt,
MIDDLE DISTANCE
2.00pm – 4.30pm Admission FREE
The Mill on the Fleet. 65 High Street
An illustrated presentation of present and future projects that connect art and the land.
Projects presented will be:
ART AND THE BIOSPHERE
Ed
Forest: The landscape of the Galloway and Southern Ayrshire Biosphere
is rich in variety, beauty, culture and folklore. It’s no wonder then
that the area has long been a place where creative minds have found
inspiration.
ZERO FOOTPRINT
Morag
Paterson: Zero Footprint is a body of work created collaboratively by
landscape photographers Morag Paterson and Ted Leeming. The images are
taken over a three and a half year period from precisely the same
location at their hillside studio in the Glenkens area of Dumfries and
Galloway. Initiating a conversation between working creatively with a
minimal carbon footprint and how that itself impacts on creativity, they
explore the landscape through the viewfinder.
GROWING
Charles
Poulsen: Already known for his ambitious landscape projects - his
‘growing sculptures’ - such as the 2005 ‘Point of Resolution’ on the
Southern Upland Way above Innerleithen, ‘Host’ at Gracefield Arts Centre
and ‘Black is White’ in Hawick. Charlie will talk about his approach to
art and the landscape.
IRIS: PLACE, IDENTITY, MEMORY:
Jeremy
Carlisle: IRIS a Dumfries and Galloway-based collective is interested
in the artists’ book as a medium. An exhibition of international works
develop the idea of ‘place’ as an area suspended at the centre of a
multi-dimensional web made up of culture, memory, landscape and time.
The exhibition itself will be showing over the weekend at The Bakehouse
in Gatehouse High Street.
FIELDTRIPS, VIEWS AND VOICES: ENGAGING COMMUNITIES WITH THEIR LANDSCAPE
Anna
Johnson: The landscape of the region’s three National Scenic Areas have
inspired many artists and writers, and are now inspiring local people
too. Anna Johnson, the NSA Officer, will talk about the programme of
creative projects undertaken with schools and local groups to raise
awareness, understanding and enjoyment of these special places.
A PEOPLE’S ATLAS OF SOUTH WEST SCOTLAND
Julian
Watson: Launching a long-term project through the Mill on the Fleet to
encourage local communities in the Biosphere to pictorially map and
depict their own homelands. This foundation can then lead to, and frame,
other ways – artistic and scientific – of the map-representation of the
region.
The Mill on the Fleet also exhibitions to coincide with EAFS see www.millonthefleet.co.uk
Also of interest my might be poet Jean Atkin reading in the Festival Yurt outside SNH Cairnsmore of Fleet Reserve Office, above Gatehouse. For further info see www.
EAFS Buses are Here!
Do
not have a car but would love to visit all sites of EAFS? Just want to
enjoy the festival and Galloway landscape without the stress of driving?
EAFS Buses are here for you!
For just £5 each day, they will shuttle you around the spectacular artworks and events on Saturday 31st Aug & Sunday 1st Sep
For just £5 each day, they will shuttle you around the spectacular artworks and events on Saturday 31st Aug & Sunday 1st Sep
Bus will shuttle between:
Gatehouse of Fleet Main Car Park*: for the Dome of Silence, Exhibitions & events at the Mill on the Fleet and the Bakehouse, The Dairy House‘s Pop-up Milk Bar during the day
Anwoth Old Kirk: for Gimme Shelter
Cainsmore of Fleet Visitor Centre: for Rosnes Bench Exhibition & Workshop, Tenger Gazariin Dund (Sky and Earth), Ueno Masao’s Demonstration, Gathering #3 The Land and Us
*Public transport from Dumfries & Stranraer to Gatehouse of Fleet are available. Please check Traveline Scotland for more information.
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