CCA Residencies Events

Creative Lab: Escutcheon Athletics

30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The internet has shaped our lives, the world we live in, and even how we think of it. Distance has been minimalised, physical presence has become a novelty, and apparently it will never die. Yet for all of this, the internet, the information itself, is estimated to weigh only about 50 grams. GFAJ-101 is an experiment in the aesthetics of a material that is, by and large, non-existent. The play undertaken for this month-long residency in February is meant to ask questions and provide only the possibilities of answers. It is concerned with the ways that our understanding of and active engagement in the whole world can be shaped by the underlying concept of this new gossamer material.

Escutcheon Athletics is an experiential practice that utilises physicality and athleticism to explore spirituality. Stemming from a belief in multiple forms of intelligence (such as kinesthetic, linguistic, musical, mathematical...) the department employs myriad processes to construct moments of meditative awareness during heightened activity, and the exhaustion that follows. From exercise to zazen, and ancient skill to paradigms of modern, there is no end goal to this work except for experience, and to be aware of the experience.

Tom Varley

05 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Tom Varley is an artist based in Glasgow. Since graduating from Glasgow School of Art in 2008 he has exhibited around the UK and internationally as well as participating in a number of collaborative projects. Tom served on the Transmission committee from 2009 to 2011 and is the recipient of the 2012 Drawing Room Bursary Award.

During March Tom will be developing new work in the Creative Lab. The residency will conclude with an open studio event.

Supported by Arts Trust Scotland

CALQ residency 2012: Marilou Lemmens

31 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT

CCA is into its seventh year of its exchange programme with the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres in Québec (CALQ). Each year one Scottish and one Quebecois artist engage in a three-month exchange, focusing on contemporary music, sound installation, audio art and media arts sectors.

During her residency at CCA, Marilou Lemmens will use a variety of forms and media, including storytelling, graphic elements and shadow play, to explore three distinct sites of observation in political economy: the armchair, where conjectures are made; the field, where data is collected; and the Cartesian plane, where economic phenomena is represented and analysed.

This new project will be realised in collaboration with Richard Ibghy. It will build on ideas they have been developing collaboratively since 2008, most recently during a residency at Ausland, Berlin (2012).

Part of the CCA exchange programme with the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres in Québec (CALQ) and Productions Réalisations Indépendantes de Montréal (PRIM).