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Confluence of North exhibition now open at An Lann

Confluence of North exhibition now open at An Lanntair in Stornoway. Many thanks to all the Scottish and Japanese artists who are taking part in this project and all the people at An Lanntair who made the exhibition possible.
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Confluence of North – the install! Getting ready f

Confluence of North - the install! Getting ready for the exhibition at An Lanntair in Stornoway. Watch this space!
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The install for the Confluence of North exhibition

The install for the Confluence of North exhibition at An Lanntair in Stornoway is underway! Exciting to be showing this project’s outcome simultaneously in Japan and Scotland.
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Welcome to our 2nd Confluence North exhibition whi

Welcome to our 2nd Confluence North exhibition which opens on 23rd Oct at An Lanntair in Stornoway. The project also continues with partner exhibitions in Japan at Kitakata and Nishiaizu. You can find out more about the Confluence project by clicking on the link in our bio.
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The Confluence of North exhibition is up and runni

The Confluence of North exhibition is up and running in the beautiful exhibition spaces in Kitakata, Japan. Many thanks to the Japanese artists for their wonderful curation of the collaborative installations. @tokiomaruyama #asaimariko @maruyama_yoshiko_kita @takizawatatsushi @gillianadairmcf @sugri1 @kyracleggartist @ingepanneelsartist

Confluence of North is heading North! The week-l

Confluence of North is heading North!

The week-long visit by our four Scottish artists to Shetland in September will involve meeting other artists and experiencing the land and life first-hand.

It will enhance our research into the nature of living and being an artist in a place generally thought to be ‘remote’ into thinking about North as an idea rather than a geographical location and as a lived experience.

The experience will better enable us to connect with our Northern partners in Japan.

As Maruyama Yoshiko, director of ‘Spirit of North’ in Japan said, she ‘felt intuitively that artists living in or looking toward the north share a similar spirituality.’ She connects her project with other ’Northern’ places around the world.

Stay tuned for updates!

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@kyracleggartist (silk fossil hangings), @gillianadairmcf (Cloud Chamber McFarland & Hawes), @ingepanneelsartist (Cloud Atlas), @sugri1
All images courtesy of the artists

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Our exhibition in Perth may be over, but our proje

Our exhibition in Perth may be over, but our project continues! If you missed the show, you can now see it virtually at the link in our bio.

We are now working towards a visit to partners in Shetland later this year, and to our second Scottish exhibition at @anlanntair in October and November.

Thank you to everyone who came to visit the exhibition at Perth Creative Exchange – if you would like to stay in touch or connect with us, then please do drop us a message on here or send us your details via the link in our bio.

📸: l-r @ingepanneelsartist and @kyracleggartist, installation shot at Perth Creative Exchange

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It’s the last day to see Confluence of North!

It’s the last day to see Confluence of North!

We are open at Perth Creative Exchange @waspsstudios from 9.30am-1pm and 2pm-4.30pm. Book at confluenceofnorth@gmail.com.

Images: Kyra Clegg and Inge Panneels, gallery installation; Takizawa Tatsushu & Gillian McFarland, installation detail; Kyra Clegg, 'Stone roots' installation; Asai Mariko, video still, 'Story of a river'

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There are only two more days to see Confluence of

There are only two more days to see Confluence of North’s exhibition at Perth Creative Exchange @waspsstudios!

‘Confluence of North’ is an artist-led exchange project between four artists in Scotland and four artists from Spirit of North in Japan.

The project addresses the idea that ‘North’ is always conditional, a direction rather than a location, and that our ideas about it can be fundamental to how we see and relate to our own life and culture.

Open today and tomorrow 9.30am-1pm and 2pm-4.30pm. Bookings required for tomorrow via confluenceofnorth@gmail.com – no booking necessary for today.

Images: Gillian McFarland 'cloud ear' collaboration with Takizawa Tatsushi; Su Grierson 'Waterlevel' installation’; Kyra Clegg Embodied landscape 'silk banner’; Maruyama Yoshiko, five paintings 'Return to the Home Planet'

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It’s the last week to catch Confluence of North

It’s the last week to catch Confluence of North at Perth Creative Exchange @waspsstudios!

We are open at until Saturday: 9.30am-1pm and 2pm-4.30pm. If you are planning to visit on Saturday, please book in advance at confluenceofnorth@gmail.com. All other days you can visit without booking an appointment.

Come and see the result of our exchange programme between four artists in Scotland and four from Spirit of North in Japan. Confluence of North addresses the idea that North is always conditional, a direction rather than a location, and that our ideas about it can be fundamental to how we see and relate to our own life and culture.⁣

📸: Maruyama Tokio, Photographic installation, “Being There” performance; Inge Panneels and Asai Mariko “Looking North and Scottish Sakura”

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Now on our website! Polaris, from Cuban artist Yun

Now on our website! Polaris, from Cuban artist Yunior Aguiar Perdomo

@yunior_aguiar_perdomo is a first generation resident in Perth, and has created a project and video looking at the cultural diversity of Perth. Polaris establishes an analogy between personal ways of staying culturally connected and the Northern Star as a traditional navigation system that presents itself as a constant guide to those seeking to locate themselves during journeys through unfamiliar routes.

Polaris has engaged with 20 individuals from the first-generation migrant community in Perth, and recorded how they stay emotionally connected to their cultures also highlighting the culturally diverse landscape of the city.

The voices of these individuals, representatives of the Indian, Moldavian, Polish, Iraqi, Moroccan, Italian, Spanish, Syrian, Catalonian, Mali and Cuban cultures, provide a glimpse into the variety of cultures contained within the boundaries of the city of Perth.

These groups have been for many years, and continue being, important contributors to the economic, social and cultural composition of the city, however they are not always visible to visitors, nor permanent residents.

We are open at Perth Creative Exchange until Saturday: 9.30am-1pm and 2pm-4.30pm. If you are planning to visit today or on Saturday, please book in advance at confluenceofnorth@gmail.com

#confluenceofnorth #spiritofnorth #scotland #japan #cuba #artistexchange #perth #perthcreativeexchange #north #exhibition #artexhibition #exhibitionopening. #perthshire #art #polaris #YuniorAguiarPerdomo

Our invited artist speakers’ talks are now live!

Our invited artist speakers’ talks are now live! You can now watch all three videos now on our website (🔗 link in bio).

We are very pleased to have worked with @patriciashoneceramics from the Isle of Skye, @paulbloomerartist from Shetland and @marymorrison.art from the Borders / Harris.

We had originally planned to hold a series of symposiums based around ideas of North, but their cancellation has allowed us the opportunity to include our three artist speakers based in ‘remote’ locations instead. We’re so pleased they were able to join us digitally and add their voices to the project.

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Confluence of North continues at Perth Creative Ex

Confluence of North continues at Perth Creative Exchange @waspsstudios today!

We are open from 9.30am-1pm and 2pm-4.30pm on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. (Also on Tuesday and Saturdays by appointment only – please book for those days in advance at confluenceofnorth@gmail.com)

Image: Takizawa Tatsushu and Gillian McFarland
Installation shot at Perth Creative Exchange

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ZOOM IN ON PERTH AND PSKOV ***TODAY*** 4pm-5.30pm

ZOOM IN ON PERTH AND PSKOV
***TODAY*** 4pm-5.30pm
Free event
(Link to register in bio)

Su Grierson @sugri1 will be taking part in this free event this afternoon with an illustrated talk, Taking Down the Walls. This is the fourth of the Friends of Pskov monthly gatherings over Zoom curated by @iliyana.nedkova and aimed at constructing a bridge built on the foundations of contemporary art, over the rivers flowing through the twin cities of Perth, Pskov and Tartu.

Su's talk will consider international residencies in terms of their wider impact and opportunities for the community. By reference to the outcomes of some of her own residencies, in Lithuania, Estonia and Japan, Grierson will suggest new ways of thinking and doing and will include some very short clips from her artist's films made in response to her residencies.

📸: Su Grierson, Waterlevel
Multi-screen installation at Perth Creative Exchange @waspsstudios

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Thank you to the Perthshire Advertiser and @melani

Thank you to the Perthshire Advertiser and @melanie.bonn for featuring our exhibition! It is open at Perth Creative Exchange @waspsstudios by appointment only today (advance booking essential via confluenceofnorth@gmail.com). Thank you to everyone who has visited so far this week – the exhibition runs until June 26.

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Thank you for featuring us in your latest edition,

Thank you for featuring us in your latest edition, @artmaguk! Our exhibition is open until June 26 at Perth Creative Exchange @waspsstudios.

We are open tomorrow but booking is essential at confluenceofnorth@gmail.com. Everyone welcome!

📸: Kyra Clegg
Stone Roots (mixed-media sculpture)

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We’re delighted to be on the front page of @thec

We’re delighted to be on the front page of @thecourier.uk in Perth today, and to declare our exhibition at Perth Creative Exchange open!

Our opening days and hours are Weds, Thurs and Fri: 9.30am-1pm and 2pm-4.30pm, as well as Tuesday and Saturdays by appointment only (please book for those days in advance at confluenceofnorth@gmail.com)

Thank you for the article, @grammour.puss

📸 @kyracleggartist Embodied Landscape ‘silk banner’

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We open at Perth Creative Exchange tomorrow! (book

We open at Perth Creative Exchange tomorrow! (booking required)

We’re really looking forward to welcoming visitors into the gallery to see the work created by our eight artists.

Our opening days and hours are Weds, Thurs and Fri: 9.30am-1pm and 2pm-4.30pm, as well as Tuesday and Saturdays by appointment only (please book for those days in advance at confluenceofnorth@gmail.com)

Everyone is welcome – we look forward to seeing you there. The exhibition runs to June 26.

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We’ve been so pleased to welcome some friends vi

We’ve been so pleased to welcome some friends virtually into the gallery for a preview of the exhibition this week. ⁣
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We were joined by our wonderful Spirit of North artists from Japan, and have also had some fantastic conversations with artists and other project partners in Shetland. Thank you to everyone who joined us!⁣
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We will be opening our doors to everyone on Tuesday (booking required), and hope that some of you will be able to come to see the exhibition. Our opening days are Weds, Thurs and Fri, 9.30-1pm and 2-4.30pm. We are also open on Tuesdays and Saturdays by appointment only – contact us at confluenceofnorth@gmail.com.⁣
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Completing our line-up of invited guest artists is

Completing our line-up of invited guest artists is Yunior Aguiar Perdomo @yunior_aguiar_perdomo, leader of the ‘Polaris’ Perth community arts project.⁣
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“I’m interested in cultural, political, economic and social processes and their impact on our behaviours and identities. I’m currently working on projects that reflect upon cultural processes such as acculturation, assimilation and integration as a way of understanding myself within and beyond the new context of my life in Scotland from multi-dimensional and intersectional perspectives.⁣
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“For Confluence of North my project explores the first-generation migrant community around Perth and surroundings and the ways we keep specific cultural traditions alive as grounding experiences after emigrating. Originally from Cuba and with more than 15 years of experience working collaboratively as part of the duo @celia_yunior, I’m now embarking on individual projects and open collaborations building on the work I have done in the past. ⁣
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“My work transitions between audio-visual, video installation, data visualisation and different documentation methods.”⁣
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