Event: Storytelling Gallery Tour, Talbot Rice Gallery, 17th June, 6-8 pm

'They Do Things Differently There' Storytelling Gallery Tour.

Thursday 17th June, 6 - 8 pm

Professional storyteller, Mara Menzies (see video below) will become the catalyst for dialogue between an intimate group of youths and adults. Through the sharing of a story specifically created for this tour, she will lead participants through the gallery space illustrating ideas of shared and private histories, memories and perceptions of time.

FREE event • Places are limited so please contact rocca.gutteridge@eca.ac.uk or call 0131 650 2210

Video: Mara Menzies - 'How It Came To Be That Women Eat Meat'

Storyteller and author Mara Menzies profile.

Weekly Image: 12. The Grand Opening, 4th-19th June

Photo Courtesy of Sarah Morris

Event: 'They Do Things Differently There' Panel Discussion, Talbot Rice Gallery, 12th June, 2-4 pm

“When we study, discuss, analyse a reality, we analyse it as it appears in our mind, in our memory. We know reality only in the past tense. We do not know what it is in the present, in the moment when it is happening, when it is. The present moment is unlike the memory of it. Remembering is not the negative of forgetting. Remembering is a form of forgetting.” (Milan Kundera 1995)

An intervention with historical archives, taxonomy and museology is a gesture of alternative knowledge or counter-memory offering the possibility of an alternative future. The panel discussion will offer an opportunity to further expand and interrogate the conceptual threads of 'They Do Things Differently There'. Please join our group of eleven postgraduate curators along with guest speakers Anne-Marie Kramer (University of Warwick), Daniel Watt (Loughborough University) and Nicholas Oddy (Glasgow School of Art) for this informal yet informative event.

FREE event but due to limited seating booking is essential. Please email rocca.gutteridge@eca.ac.uk to confirm a place for the discussion.

A Thank You from the MA CATS

Photo courtesy of: Sarah Morris

The MA CATS would like to give a big thank you to all who attended the They Do Things Differently There preview night on the 4th June. It was a tremendous success. Thank you for your kind donations, your generosity is vital to the support and development to creative arts projects within Scotland.

The exhibition will be open from the 5th-19th June, 10 am - 5 pm (gallery closed on Sundays and Mondays), remember to try our unique and creative storytelling audio tour in collaboration with New Media Scotland. Ask one of our friendly invigilators for further info.

Weekly Image: 11. A Living Archive

Photo Courtesy of Robby Ogilvie