It’s been a while since venturing down to the Old Ambulance Depot but here’s good reason right here. Go Reborn’ers David Lemm (#GR5) and Jamie Johnson (#GR4), plus Al White, have produced work (across multiple forms) examining indigenous histories and cultures. The anthropological collaboration sees the team explore past rituals and tribal endeavours allowing us to be lead down a narrative that is somewhat reliant on a grand game of generational ‘Chinese whispers’, so to speak. What have we learnt and what truths do we still harbour (or indeed respect) from far flung ancestral ways, or are some of those practices worth their place in Room 101(?). The artists are ultimately allowing you to decide by deciphering their studies.

Old Ambulance Depot
Preview friday 4th May 7-9 pm
Open thereafter 5th – 13th May 12-5pm

Go Reborn exhibitor Jonathan Freemantle has filmed and directed this video for the Machine Room. Indeed lead singer John Bryden and Jonathan exhibited together at #GR5 and so it’s great to see yet more cross-pollination in artistic mediums.

The Machine Room play Limbo on Saturday 5th May

The Machine Room – Camino de Soda from the machine room on Vimeo.

Popped down to the opening of Full Stop early on Friday and was greeted with a small overspill on to the street. Great to see the space busy and the street having a hub of activity early on. Lots of different pieces from many of the local artists who have featured at Such in the past. I managed to get in 1 picture of mine calmly holding its own next to David Anderson’s muscly dude. On for 1 more week I think so get down if you’ve not had a chance to see it.

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The exhibition will run from 13th – 29th January, before the space closes in February. Open 14th – 29th Jan, 12-5pm daily

Three jewellers and an illustrator have made a fine stab at Edinburgh’s continued DIY gallery renaissance over the last 18 months. Such and Such provided a calming, white-walled bastion for emerging artistic talent amongst the throngs and punches that Leith Walk’s boulevard could throw (you). Predominantly a space to showcase the work of the residents – Alex, Caroline, Dave and Charlie – they also threw open the doors to external collaboration and promotion; indeed as go reborn were fortunate enough to explore over a weekend in November 2010 at #GR4.

With one of the four Such and Such founders taking on new pastures over west they’ve decided, admirably, to re-group and start a new agenda later in the year rather than re-stock in the current premises. As a final send off at Brunswick Street a group show does doth its cap to the many creatives who have been involved along the journey.. a retrospective of sorts featuring:

Jessica Harrison, Rabiya Choudry, Ross Fraser Mclean, Jamie Johnson, Al White, Ben Seeley, Callum Monteith, Catherine Johnston, Rachel Barron, Judith Clark, David Anderson, Stuart McMorris, Kristen Orme, Alex Gibbs, Matthew Swan, Natalie Ryde and more TBC

The exhibition will run from 13th – 29th January, before the space closes in February. Open 14th – 29th Jan, 12-5pm daily

Preview Friday 13th January, 7-9pm
Hope to see you all there. And please, be punctual..

Here’s a link to The Skinny’s coverage
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There’ll be a full post (on the front page) with regards our latest edition next week. In the mean time here’s a quick peak at Stuart McMorris’ exploration of shape, colour and pattern via his interest in Google maps, that so intensified after his #GR5 experience.

We’ll have prints galore for sale at #GR6 within Noir! #10 ‘A Chrsitmas Fair’ as well as goodies/artworks from Robbie Porter, Gen Ryan, Elph, Aware Injustice and Rachel Barron. And all set in The Bone Library at Summerhall (ex Dick Vet School).

Four photographers have joined forces in creating Repositioned: an inclusive platform that will see the skills and experience of founders Michael Thomas Jones, Brian Sweeney, Christina Kernohan and Dominic Coccozza shared with emerging/established talent (of all mediums) through workshops, exhibitions plus the former’s promotional nuance.

Christina’s talents have long been on show through creative, polymath-stable LuckyMe and also on these pages with our 12 Month Town series.

First up, ONE HUNDRED POUND SHOP offers works from a pretty exceptional line-up of talent including David Harriman, Jonathan Cherry, Donald Milne, Niall O’Brien, Scott King, Mel Bles, Ewen Spencer, Heavenly Records, King Creosote, DN Anderson.. and all for purchase at the unifying price of a ton each.

Repositioned is at 1203 Argyle Street, Glasgow. G3 8TQ
Wednesday-Sunday, 11am till 6pm

go reborn’s first foray into exhibiting featured the intricate, left-field output of Rachel Barron. Gridded paper, geometrical patterns, pastel colours plus a box of personally over-heard quotes – that could have been produced from a recently liberated fortune-cookie factory – gave us a fascinating introduction to her art code. Her cartographical submission for #GR4 made us want to head out orienteering on a Tron circuit-board far drained of its neon.

This week she presents a pop-up workshop at Such & Such where visitors are invited to produce something of your own utilising her unique methods and instruments.

Workshops
Sunday 13th November 12-1.30pm / 2.30-4pm
Friday 18th November 12.30-2pm / 3-4.30pm

Opening reception – 7pm – 9pm, Friday 11 November
Exhibition runs – Saturday 12- Sunday 20 November (11am – 6pm weekends and 12 noon – 5pm weekdays)

We’re most excited that go reborn will be alongside so many allies at this amazing event. Summerhall promises to be such an important addition to the arts and creative spectrum in Edinburgh, so what better way to give the venue the profile (post festival) it deserves than by galvanising all the forward thinking independents (that help make this city much more than the Highland-doll theme park it can pander to) for one big shindig..?

More info here

There’s been some wonderfully absorbing and influential double-acts in the art world over the years: Gilbert and George, Dalziel and Scullion, Tony Hart and Morph*.. and tonight Superclub plays host to the culmination of two artists peaking out after an eight month creative entanglement; a mapping out and processing of their influence on one and each others daily practices. Explore the ‘drawn-out’ transfusion from tonight in the cosy confines of the Guardian’s new kids on the block.

29 October – 18 November 2011
Preview 28 October 2011 7 – 9pm

Superclub
11a Gayfield Square, Edinburgh, EH1 3NT

*granted this was an emotional addition for this 80s ‘Gallerist’ and not seved to cheapen these artists’ endeavours

Edinburgh-based artist Jonathan Freemantle is presenting new works in a multitude of medium at Amsterdam’s Punt WG gallery from 30th November to 5th December (official opening is on the 2nd December). It’s hard not to be overly intrigued by this quote from the South African practitioner:

“Using gathered images, gestures and sounds, my work seeks to illuminate the spaces in between the corporeal and the intuitive, to chase the shadow left by the perceived physical. I look for the glow in an ordinary moment, and the underlying structure of things.”