Events at Left Bank Autumn 2008
The following events are included in the sound 2008 festival
Paul Anderson Sold Out
Saturday 25th October 2008
7.30pm
Paul is the musical director for a new stage production of Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s classic book ‘Sunset Song’ and has composed music especially for the show. Following its tour to Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh Paul will play a recital of the music at Left Bank.
http://www.tarandfiddler.info/
http://www.sound-scotland.co.uk/site/archive/2008/diary/10_25@7.30pm_1.htm
Tickets £10 from Left Bank
Pete Stollery
Wednesday 12th November
7.30pm
‘Sound and Place’
Sound Art and Electroacoustic Music…from the North-East of Scotland to Paris.
Pete Stollery presents music, projected over a loudspeaker system, made from sounds recorded in Aberdeenshire as part of the Gordon Soundscape Project and scènes, rendez-vous made from sounds recorded in Paris and inspired by Claude Lelouch’s film C’ était un Rendez-vous, featuring a wild drive through Paris in a Mercedes.
Tickets £7 from Left Bank
July-September 2008 Iorwen James: Artist statement
| Iorwen James Still Lifes
This series of paintings of still life was made in France, summer 2007. During the winter months the barn attached James’ home in France had been adapted to make two studios – one for her and one for her husband. The artist , delighted with her new space, decided to work solely in the studio in the cool and reasonably controlled light, bringing objects that interested her in from the house to the studio and comments that: ‘Often, on stepping out of the studio into the heat and light of the garden, registering with shock the vivid colours all around, I was surprised that I had produced such quiet and monochromatic images in the cool of the barn. I hope the work can be enjoyed for its calm and simplicity.’ Marionettes The first marionette series of paintings began in 2002 when Iorwen James discovered four marionettes in a flea market in France – old and worn but full of the suggestion of past glories, tragedies, comedy and vulnerability.The second series is based on the 19th century creations of Maurice Sand, son of George Sand. His marionette theatre started life in their chateau, south of Paris, where many mid 19th century artists and musicians were entertained – some contributing to the development of the theatre– Delacroix helped design sets, Chopin contributed a little music now and then – providing a fine backdrop for the enigmatic brooding characters. James’ interest has been to explore the human qualities reflected in these inanimate objects, whilst acknowledging and being drawn to their indefinable otherness and to the mystery they naturally convey. Landscapes The landscapes are a selection of work painted in Scotland, North Wales, France and Ireland over the last few years. |
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Left Bank Gallery, Tarland, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire
