CONCUPISCENCE & MICTURATION: AN EXPERIMENT IN PATAPHYSICAL CARTOGRAPHY

Date: Wednesday 15th June - Friday 24th June
Artist: Jim Colquhoun

A cartographic response to the ’unorthodox‘ ways in which we use cities, those places where the private and the public have become blurred will be mapped.

THE CASTLE SPECTRE

Date: Wednesday 15th June - Friday 24th June | Venue: The Salvation Army Citadel, 26 Castle St, Aberdeen
Artist: Jim Colquhoun

Glasgow-based artist Jim Colquhoun will camp on the tower of the Salvation Army Citadel. This cultural-spatial intervention is partly based on an old Norse practice known as UTISETA (out-sitting), wherein people sat outside on mounds, standing stones, mountains etc. The performance also references the idea of the romantic artist/hermit figure.

PERIPATETIC RANDOMISER FOR THE PLEASURABLE NEGATION OF SPECTACULAR SPACE

Date: Wednesday 15th June | Venue: PEACOCK Visual Arts
Time: 2pm
Artist: Jim Colquhoun

A walk with Jim Colquhoun starting at PEACOCK visual arts. The Peripatetic Randomiser is a device which, through the application of chance, enables
the deconstruction of habitual patterns of movement through the city. Each participant will receive their own Randomiser.

CULTURE FROM THE GROUND: WALKING, MOVEMENT & PLACE MAKING (2004 - 2006)

Date: Thursday 16th June| Venue: John Skinner Centre, King Street (next door to PEACOCK visual arts)
Time: 6pm

A talk by Dr. Jo Lee, Research Fellow at the University of Aberdeen Anthropology Department about his ongoing research. This research is about how walking around is fundamental to everyday social life. For the greater part of history, and today in much of the world, almost all human activities have been carried out on foot. We will investigate the links between walking and culture, using examples from around the world and the city and surroundings of Aberdeen.