Tagged With_Archive 2023

Alt-w | Moving On

Moving On

Cycle 15 Alt-w Production Award - KMG
www.kmgyeah.com

17th February to 13th March 2024.
Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh EH2 2EL

The artist KMG unleashed her multi-eyed character ‘Ken’ onto Aberdeen's Music Hall screen in 2023. Now at the Visual Arts Scotland centenary exhibition the character is seen skateboarding, surfing and riding a fox no less. An unmistakable combination, filled with playful enthusiasm.

KMG's work explores themes ranging from the precarious to the mundane, with often quite subversive results. A weird and wonderful combination of curiosity mixed with utter cynicism leaves her work with a surreal and sarcastic tone. Her belief in the power of accessible art is unshakeable.

Atmosphere | The Muppet Christmas Carol

The Muppet Christmas Carol

Saturday 9th December 2023, 7.30pm. FULLY BOOKED
Lauriston Castle, 2 Cramond Rd S, Edinburgh EH4 6AD

This finest retelling of Charles Dickens’ novella, has become a Christmas classic. Michael Caine’s lead performance as the lovable old skinflint, is ably supported by all your furry favourite Muppet characters. The Great Gonzo in particular stands out for his narration of the story as Dickens himself.

Caine said "I'm going to play this movie like I'm working with the Royal Shakespeare Company" and it shows superbly. The rousing score was composed by Miles Goodman with songs by Paul Williams. Toast the season with a glass of mulled wine and revel in the Dickensian dress code option.

Atmosphere | Black Narcissus

Black Narcissus

Sunday 26th November 2023. FULLY BOOKED
Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose St, Glasgow G3 6RB.


As part of the BFI's Cinema Unbound: The Creative Worlds of Powell and Pressburger season, we present a touring expanded screening of the aclaimed 'Black Narcissus', the 1947 British psychological drama film written, produced, and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, and starring Deborah Kerr, Sabu and David Farrar.

Based on Rumer Godden's 1939 novel of the same name, the film is set in an old Indian palace situated high in the Himalayas where a small convent of Anglican sisters are trying to establish a school and hospital. Our multi-sensory presentation will augment the unfolding narrative and the Academy Award winning cinematography of Jack Cardiff.

Atmosphere | Downton Abbey: A New Era

Downton Abbey: A New Era

Saturday 10th June 2023, 7:30 for 8pm. £15 RSVP
Lauriston Castle, 2 Cramond Rd S, Edinburgh EH4 6AD

We're delighted to be back at Lauriston Castle after our sell-out run of Atmosphere events from 'Carry on Screaming' to 'Gosford Park'. The writer of the latter, Julian Fellows returns with his award-winning creation, the continuing historical drama of the aristocratic Crawley family and staff.

It’s 1928, and with family away in France, a film production company uses their home as the location for a silent film ‘The Gambler’, right at the dawn of the talkies. Come dressed for your close up, Hollywood or Riviera, as there's champagne to win. Ticket includes a complimentary glass.

Alt-w | Living Lithograph

Alt-w | Living Lithograph

Cycle 15 Alt-w Exhibition Award - Lindsey Carr
lindseycarrart.com

4th July to 2nd September 2023. FREE
Music Hall, Union Street, Aberdeen AB10 1QS

Originally developed as a tool for the creation of a series of lithographs based on Ernst Haeckel’s ‘Kunstformen Der Natur’ - the tool has now been reformatted for premiere at the Music Hall. Organisms on screen are generated by machine learning and animated using latent space interpolation to calculate the best trajectory between each.

Alt-w | Dream Visualiser

Luci Holland | Dream Visualiser

Cycle 15 Alt-w Production Award - Luci Holland
luciholland.com

31st Oct 2023 to 6th January 2024. FREE
Music Hall, Union Street, Aberdeen AB10 1QS

Generative animation by Aberdeen-born composer and conductor Luci Holland representing the phases of activity our brain's experience during sleep, created in partnership with neuroscience researcher Narelle Freeman, who is also a musician. Neurological and diary data become a liquid dreamscape, visualising the five stages of human sleep.

Alt-w | a space for encapsulation

a space for encapsulation

Cycle 15 Alt-w Production Award - Andrey Chugunov
andreychugunov.com

5th Sept to 28th Oct 2023. FREE
Music Hall, Union Street, Aberdeen AB10 1QS

This project explores the coastal areas of Scotland where industrial and natural structures have become interwoven. These areas, where life began the evolutionary journey from ocean to land, are at risk due to rising water levels. This anthropogenic impact on the coast is highlighted by the artist via photogrammetry of the emerging assemblages.

Alt-w | Cycle 15


Production Awards

LateLab | Biomimicry

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Wednesday 5th April 2023, 7 for 7:30pm.£15|£13 RSVP
Dynamic Earth, Holyrood Rd, Edinburgh EH8 8AS

Biomimicry is a practice that learns from and mimics the strategies found in nature to solve human and scientific challenges. Using the planetarium dome and an artificial rainforest environment, Dr Veronika Kapsali, Professor of Materials Technology and Design at the London College of Fashion will introduce the subject with a focus on design.

FULLY BOOKED

Atmosphere | Ponyo

Ponyo

Sunday 16th April 2023, 5:30pm and 8pm. £12|£10 RSVP
FloWave, Max Born Crescent, King's Buildings EH9 3BF

A young boy finds a fish trapped in a glass jar on the beach. He frees her, and names her Ponyo, but she’s no ordinary fish. The daughter of a wizard and sea goddess, she wants to be human. But in using her father’s magic to achieve her aims, a dangerous imbalance is unleashed in the ocean. The children must save the world, and fulfil her dreams.

FULLY BOOKED