The Shape of Things to Come?

I generally feel underwhelmed visiting the Saatchi Gallery exhibitions, but this work The Milky Way by Björn Dahlem played heavily on my penchant for fluorescent tubes.

Björn Dahlem makes room-sized sculptures that represent abstract concepts of space and matter. His creations are based not on stability, but on fragility which he sees as the defining condition of human knowledge. His low-tech wood and light assemblages allude to cosmic theories and philosophy, re-imagining the ways the universe is understood in startlingly simplified terms.

GARAGE

I know, I know it has been ages, and the summer is now pretty much over. But we have been up to stuff, promise. The first of our highlights was David MacDairmid's architectural installation as part of the GARAGE exhibition hosted by Garage for the Edinburgh Arts Festival.  A beautiful almost ephemeral line sculpture that weaves it's way through from the interior of the exhibition space through the window and into the garden.

Presenting work since 2006, GARAGE invited a series of projects from selected artists that were researched, developed and then exhibited in August 2011. Selected UK-based international artists exhibited site-specific, collaborative work, developed during a series of micro-residencies including new work by Rebecca Key, Sarah Kenchington, Holly Fulton, Bob Moyler, Belinda Gilbert Scott, Ailie Rutherford, David MacDiarmid, Kirsten Welsh, Grimes & Jones, Sharon Quigley, Thomas MacGregor, Owen Davison, Kirsten Welsh, Jo Arksey, Christine Hilditch and Emma Bowen.

This year also featured The Pip Caravan, a magical mobile Puppet Theatre – from Sokobauno.

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Apologies...

Sorry, we haven't posted anything interesting in the last month. I have been very slack, apologies.  I promise to dazzle you in the next week or so with some awesome, inspiring art. Or failing that something funny!