What I am Reading Now...
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What I am Reading Now… is the online iteration of a printed column, of the same name in Cooper Gallery’s occasional periodical &labels.
This ongoing online iteration of What I am Reading Now… is influenced by the global political movement Black Lives Matter and invites Black practitioners and practitioners of colour to share, with a preface, a selection of five readings that are shaping their current thinking, research and practice.
Funding support
What I am Reading Now... at Cooper Gallery, DJCAD has received support by the National Lottery through Creative Scotland.
View the What I am Reading Now... blog
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The online iteration of a printed column of the same name in Cooper Gallery’s occasional periodical &labels.
A Play Class: SCRIEVE @ Cooper Gallery
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To accompany the exhibition, We Could Have Been Anything That We Wanted to Be and It’s Not Too Late to Change, Cooper Gallery will host a playwriting scratch night facilitated by SCRIEVE, where writers are invited to respond to the exhibition themes.
If you are interested in writing a short play for this event or in volunteering to be a reader then please contact SCRIEVE directly by emailing [email protected].
No prior experience necessary
This is limited capacity event on the second floor of Cooper Gallery.
Free
About SCRIEVE
SCRIEVE is a playwriting scratch night hosted by AMBERGRIS, an award-winning Dundee Theatre Company (Scotsman Fringe First Award for DUPed, 2018).
SCRIEVE is a supportive and collaborative space where playwrights of any experience can share new work and hearing their words read aloud, often for the very first time. SCRIEVE can only operate with the generous support of many talented volunteers.
Funding support
The Ignorant Art School at Cooper Gallery, DJCAD is supported by the National Lottery through Creative Scotland and Henry Moore Foundation.
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The Ignorant Art School, Sit-in Curriculum #1
A Performance Class: Free Radicals?
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'Free Radicals?' is a script-in-hand reading of a performance text which explores the extent, impact and legacy of Dundee’s radicalism. The text is based on first-hand historical and contemporary material; speeches, pamphlets, meeting minutes, newspaper articles. The text will be read in the grounds of the Cooper Gallery and exhibition space.
Written by John McCann
Read by Jade Anderson, Taylor Dyson and Calum Kelly
Biography
John McCann is a two-time Scotsman Fringe First Award winning playwright, performer, community theatre artist and director who lives in Tayport, Fife. Since May 2018 John has hosted Dundee’s only playwriting scratch night: SCRIEVE. SCRIEVE contributed to Cooper Gallery DJCAD’s 12 Hour Non-State Parade | International Symposium (2019) and Ambiguous Becoming (2020). John’s recent productions include COME OUT FROM AMONG THEM, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, (Ambergris); DUPed (Ambergris); SPOILING (Traverse Theatre); FAMLA (Tinderbox Theatre Company); DANCING AT THE DISCO AT THE END OF THE WORLD (Replay Theatre Company).
Image credits
- Free Radicals? Performance views. Photography by Sarah Smart.
Funding support
The Ignorant Art School at Cooper Gallery, DJCAD is supported by the National Lottery through Creative Scotland and Henry Moore Foundation.
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The Ignorant Art School, Sit-in Curriculum #1
A Slogan Class: 3000 Word Chant!
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Building on the ideas in a workshop during sit-in #1, this workshop facilitated by designer Neil McGuire will explore ways of using words, letters and slogans, combined with some basic computer-aided randomisation, to create a collaborative digital protest generator.
Participants will also explore hand-drawn lettering and design, looking at the (many) ways letters (and words) carry meaning.
This is limited capacity in-person event.
Facilitator biography
Neil McGuire is a designer and teaches part-time at Strathclyde University in the Architecture department. He works with artists, architects, writers, theatre makers, and other designers on a range of projects across print and digital media, exhibitions and events. Projects include the curation of an exhibition on Graphic Design and Politics, the creation, with jeweller Marianne Anderson, of ‘the Golden Tenement’ (an alternative souvenir for the 2014 Commonwealth Games); Test Unit (an art, design and architecture summer school), and Then/Now (a public art commission for the Forth and Clyde canal).
Funding support
The Ignorant Art School at Cooper Gallery, DJCAD is supported by the National Lottery through Creative Scotland and Henry Moore Foundation.
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Yes
The Ignorant Art School, Sit-in Curriculum #1
A Vocal Class: Rewilding the Voice
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Empowering our collective voices activist, singer and voice coach, Frankie Armstrong will conduct an online voice exploration workshop. Catering for anyone open to discovering how to use voice with power and relaxation, playfulness and awareness, the workshop is designed to free the voice of everyone.
No prior musical experience is necessary.
This event forms part of The Ignorant Art School, Sit-in Curriculum #1.
Facilitator biography
Frankie Armstrong began singing professionally in 1964 and has made 12 solo albums with appearances on many shared and themed recordings. Born in England and now living in Wales Frankie began singing songs for peace and social justice during the Vietnam War - first singing solo in Trafalgar Square in 1966. Since then she has sung to raise funds and awareness for many causes, including the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and Greenham Common. Recently she sang for Extinction Rebellion-Peace, London. Frankie considers her pioneering Find Your Voice workshops, which she has been running since 1975, to be highly political. Since founding the Natural Voice Network she has run thousands of workshops around the world encouraging hundreds to find the right to be heard.
She is Honorary Member of the Voice and Speech Teachers Association and the English Folk Dance and Song Society as well as being the President of The Natural Voice Network.
Funding support
The Ignorant Art School at Cooper Gallery, DJCAD is supported by the National Lottery through Creative Scotland and Henry Moore Foundation.
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The Ignorant Art School, Sit-in Curriculum #1