From Swandro..…From Kilmorack Gallery….. From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….
by Bernie Bell - 08:37 on 02 July 2024
From Swandro….
https://www.swandro.co.uk/post/slabs-and-seals
https://www.swandro.co.uk/post/rocks-and-pots
I feel a song coming on.....
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From Kilmorack Gallery…..
"July, the birth month of Julius Ceasar and, over two thousand years later, also the month of new work in the gallery by Becs Boyd, Pinkie Maclure and Christine Woodside.
Becs Boys
1 July - 27th July 2024
Becs Boyd's work conjures a world we share with others - with non-humans - in compositions that are ecological, psychological, geographical and beautiful. This exhibition includes some of her northern paintings, inspired by visits to the Sami people, as well as other works drawn from life in the Highlands.
Pinkie Maclure
1 July - 27th July
Pinkie Maclure is one of the rising stars in Scottish art with an exhibition planned in London's Victoria and Albert in 2026. These are three of Maclure's latest stained glass lightboxes - The Cailleach (The Breaker and Decommissioner) and X-Ray Eyes.
Robert McAulay
1 July - 27th July 2024
Here, in Robert McAulay's latest work, are portraits of tall grass. They pop with reds, yellows and blues and continue McAulay’s exploration of still places and the resilience of nature. This series of work invites us to sit under the warm grass and be still.
Christine Woodside RSW RGI
1 July - 27th July 2024
The moon, night, flowers in bloom, ghost-white doves and the tabled and curtained settings of human life are all inspirations for Christine Woodside. These paintings take us to an ecstatic and vibrating place."
Kilmorack Gallery, by Beauly, Inverness-shire IV4 7AL
+44 (0) 1463 783 230
Always open by appointment. Full opening times online.
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From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….
“IN 2021, British folk singer Sam Lee shared with us the story of when he first heard the elusive nightingale sing. It was an experience that led to a musical collaboration with the migratory bird which he renews each spring in the forests of southern England. A companion to the film The Nightingale’s Song that we premiered two weeks ago, this original conversation with Sam—rich with archival recordings and Sam’s renditions of traditional songs—offers insights into his journey as a lineage holder of traditional folk music.
An Interview with Sam Lee
“The more I understood the songs, the more I understood what my human relationship with nature was, that they were my vocabulary and they were my entry point into the natural world in a way that made sense to me.”
When Emergence executive editor Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee interviewed Sam Lee for our podcast, the conversation not only became one of our most cherished, but also marked the start of a dear friendship with Sam and sparked the inspiration for the first film in our new four-part Shifting Landscapes documentary film series.
Following the film’s release, we return to this conversation, where Sam describes the moment he realized that by simply hearing the call of the nightingale—ecstatic against the stillness of night—he was sharing an experience of beauty felt by traditional folk singers who had come before him. This enabled him to more deeply relate with the stories and memories of his landscape held by traditional songs, and ultimately inspired him to sing with the nightingale. Reflecting on how this bird has served as a “wisdom keeper” and “unlocker” of hearts for generations of poets, musicians, and storytellers, he also shares more about his process of leading audiences into this magical space of communion with the nightingale each spring.
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Directed by Adam Loften & Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee
Before more species vanish into extinction, can we recognize the ancient relationships that run like roots between creatures, landscapes, and ourselves? In this film, Sam Lee takes us into the forest of southern England to listen for the spirit of the land in both the piercing voice of the nightingale and the traditional folk music he sings alongside it. Predicted to disappear entirely from the UK in the next fifty years as their habitats are harmed by development and a rapidly changing climate, the nightingale offers an opportunity to remember the ways we can care for and commune with the living world. Only through falling back in love with the bird, Sam says, can we begin the journey of its protection, for you cannot protect “what you don’t know and what you’re not in love with.”
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