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For May’s reading group Glasgow-based artist Agnes Nedregard has selected ‘About Action Art, the Museum and the Object Between’ by Sergio Edelsztein. If you would like to take part in this lively conversation you can download a copy of the text here or request a copy of the texts in advance by asking at Stills reception / emailing info@stills.org

Local artist Catherine Street has selected texts from ‘Inventions of Hysteria’ by Didi Huberman. If you would like to take part in this lively conversation you can request a copy of the texts in advance by asking at reception or by emailing info@stills.org

SUNDAY 21, SATURDAY 27 & SUNDAY 28 JUNE  1PM & 3PM FREE
Drop in for a tour of Stills and our current exhibition Barbara Probst, and find out more about Scottish Photography and the historic Old Town. Part of the Old Town Festival.

Tours will last for one hour. For further information please call 0131 622 6200 or email education@stills.org

Kevin Atherton
The REWIND at Stills event continues with work by Kevin Atherton: an artist whose work ranges from performance and video to sculpture and site-specific installations.  Known for a number of publicly commissioned work including Iron Horses (1987) - a sculpture in twelve parts commissioned by British Rail and the West Midlands County Council for the Birmingham to Wolverhampton railway corridor - his work embraces the role of the viewer as an active participant in the completion of the work.

In his video work, Atherton interrogates the placement of the spectator and the image.  He probes the immersive sense of viewing while simultaneously objectifying this act as a conditioned process.  In exploring the cultural phenomena of television, Atherton contrastingly deconstructs the illusion while at the same time invites the viewer into the narrative.  His work unbalances expectations of viewing through techniques that are both funny and highly conceptual.

Presented in partnership with the research project REWIND: Artists' Video in the 70s & 80s based at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, REWIND at Stills is a bi-monthly screening of seminal works from the formative years of British Video Art.

Interview with Kevin Atherton  and aritist bio.

A fun packed day filled with FREE events for children and adults.
Celebrate the Old Town Festival with us in an afternoon of creativity and fun at Edinburgh's leading centre for photography.
Join our artists and staff to explore photography, get an insight into the history of Stills and Scottish Contemporary Photography and try your hand in our workshops in the darkrooms and digital labs.
No need to book in advance, come along and reserve your place on the day. For more information please call 0131 622 6200 or email education@stills.org Stills is fully accessible by wheelchair. We welcome everyone and staff are always available to help visitors.
Tales of the City, an exciting arts project delivered through  Edinburgh City Libraries, is working in partnership with Stills to engage young people in film, photography and new media. Click here to find out more about it: www.talesofthecity.info

An evening of abandoned film and unearthed memories. Collating a programme from super8 film reels found in junk shops and dusty attics, Reels from Life intend to celebrate the super8 medium in all its folksy and amateur glory. Join us to relive spontaneous   moments, family holidays and forgotten episodes. An hour-long programme with gramophone accompaniment.

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