Emerged was a commissioning agency that specialised in working with artists across a broad range of disciplines with a fresh focus on site and context. Engaging new audiences in dialogue with contemporary art and artists, we facilitated innovative projects in orphaned spaces outwith conventional galleries.
Emerged Edinburgh team: Juliana Capes, Jethro Colins, Iestyn Day, Kirsten Lloyd.
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March 2005 – September 2005
A dynamic monthly schedule of changing artists’ projects, populating Edinburgh’s forgotten places and engaging local communities.
With The Anti Monument Coalition and Coming Soon, CK Dexter Haven, Tim Facey, Final Brass Rabbi, F.R.U, Lou Hubbard, Niall MacDonald, Eilidh McNair, Katie Orton, pre-, Kiron Robinson, The Rollergrooves, Shareholder, Catherine Street, Usurper, Chris Walker, Wounded Knee.
Venues included The St James Centre, The Royal Mile, Ocean Terminal, The Shore, The New Kirkgate Shopping Centre and a zine.
CUBED³
29 October – 25 November 2006
Traverse Cubed³ was a season of emerging artists’ work at the Traverse theatre which included theatre, music and visual art. Taking place throughout the building it spanned theatre productions, music concerts, visual art installations, play readings, workshops, masterclasses and a residential writers’ course.
With 12 Stars, Aileen Campbell, Dan Williams, First Glimpse Presentations, Gavin Marwick, Highway Diner, John Harris, Mark Melvin, Martin Parker, Masterclasses, Pippa Murphy, Torsten Lauschmann, Traverse Theatre Company, Writers Residency.
Curated by Laura Collier, Martin Parker, Kirsten Lloyd and Amy Sales.
Looking beneath the polished performances and behind the stage doors, visual artists Mark Melvin and Aileen Campbell explored the hidden depths of the Traverse theatre. Over five weeks in 2006 they were given unlimited access to the theatre’s labyrinth of back corridors, prop cupboards, workshop areas and brightly lit dressing rooms. Their stay culminated in new bodies of work which used and responded to this unique environment revealing new perspectives on theatre, music and the Traverse itself.
Mark Melvin and Aileen Campbell share an attraction to the glitch; flaws and idiosyncrasies which interfere with the formal rules and structures usually associated with music and storytelling. In their respective videos, performances and voiceworks, time becomes a tangible force often clearly delineated through constant rhythms or metronomes. Actions, stories and songs are repeated or ‘looped’ allowing the artists to hone in on the moment when the narrative breaks down or where the sound degrades and even collapses under the pressure…
YURTA
6 August – 3 September 2006
Set in the tranquil ‘hidden garden’ of the Scottish Book Trust in the heart of Edinburgh’s city centre, Scott Laverie’s Yurta served as a monument to the adventure of creativity. On the one hand it was a tower, a monument associated for thousands of years with settled civilisations. On the other it appeared as a shack-like mobile dwelling, a home for nomads and explorers. It was a playful structure that combined and cannibalised the properties of many architectural genres in the pursuit of a ‘triumphant’ aesthetic.
Yurta was designed to reflect the generosity of spirit and supportive nature of the artistic community in Edinburgh. Throughout its four-week stay it played host to a dynamic programme of temporary artworks, performances and music nights which ground the international festivals in their local context.
Commissioned artists included Ruth Barker, Craig Coulthard and Chris Walker.
On the 5th of August Tremors unearthed some of the capital’s underground musicians: Usurper, Wounded Knee, Hockeyfrilla, F.R.U. and more. Other events included an evening of stories, poetry and song from the One O’Clock Gun and the Edinburgh launch of recent Trajectory publications – a Glasgow based initiative which promotes artists books.
Yurta was presented in partnership with the Scottish Book Trust and the Annuale.
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