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Season Two of Ayrtime is...
Ayr Alternative Arts Day! A day-long mini festival of free eclectic culture. 1PM – 7PM (doors open at 12.30pm) Council Chambers, Ayr Town Hall, New Bridge Street, Ayr - map Join Ayr Alternative Arts Day on Facebook here! Ayr Alternative Arts Day is a day of art tasters, unusual exhibitions, music, literature and theatre. Most events are 45 minutes long and we’ve provided tea, cake and coffee. What’s more, it’s FREE! The idea behind the day is to showcase both the traditional and experimental under the same roof all taking place over a lazy afternoon. Curated by Chris Dooks from www.ayrtime.org Cakes and refreshments provided by Su Casa Cafe (The Chambers room is upstairs. Disabled access via lift.) Presented by South Ayrshire Council with The University of The West of Scotland No tickets required, but events are first come first served so please be there in good time. There will be plenty of breaks during the day with playback of audio of Season One of Ayrtime. (45 minutes) This incredible exhibition and talk has been 20 years in the making. London-based artist, tutor and entertainer Alex Norris has been making ‘log books’ for two decades. They begin as thin folios and end up being huge, expansive, stuffed volumes of observations, sweet-wrappers, postcards, found material and drawings, all of which echo The Beatles Yellow Submarine era animation style and 1970s children’s illustrations. A record of the artists’ adventures, these log books have been with Alex during his bizarre life as an improv-comedian, children’s entertainer and voyeur of the London art scene. Never before exhibited, a must for anyone interested in printed ephemera, diaries, scrapbooking or psychedelic illustration! This is a hands-on exhibition, talk and optional mini-workshop 2pm – 2.45pm Eleanor Thom, author of The Tin-Kin Writers Thom, Donald and Campbell have differing styles, but share the theme of family. The writers are also winning multiple awards and critical acclaim. Jason Donald’s highly praised Choke Chain is set in a poor white South African neighborhood during the 1980’s. Two brothers mature while their family misfires under a strict and dishonest patriarch whom they adore. Karen Campbell’s Shadowplay sees detective Anna Cameron promoted to Chief Inspector and moved to a new division. It should be a turning point for her, but her mother falls into a coma in a foreign country. Eleanor Thom’s The Tin-Kin is historical fiction forged from meticulous research. When her aunt Shirley dies, Dawn finds herself back in her claustrophobic home town in Northern Scotland for the first time in years. She discovers an album of photographs, curling with age, that depict a Traveller community in the 1950s. Don’t miss this chance to hear some of Scotland’s top authors with Waterstones on-site, selling books in the venue. (Suggested audience – Adults and teenagers from 15+) 3.30pm – 4.15pm Arts & Music Collective Seeds of Thought was started by Tawona, Tarneem & Ernest. The aim was to bring people together to share their cultures with one another - through poetry, art and music. Today’s event focuses on the music. In this child-friendly event, all the family can participate in chants, songs and rhythms as well as listening to Mbira (thumb piano) music. It’s sure to be a great session. Don’t want to participate? Come and listen to the music! All welcome, bring your friends, no musical ability required. (Suggested audience – Everyone) 4.30pm – 5.30pm Four single person theatrical shorts to amuse, ponder and entertain. These monologues are curated and directed by Ayr’s own Boyangel Productions & Warcry Productions. Boyangel is headed up by Actor, Director and Choreographer Lindalouise Martin, a BA Hons Performance graduate from UWS and winner of The Willie Strachan Creativity Award 2009 at The CCA. Boyangel also features Dougie Greig (BA Commercial Music) who is a composer/musician. Warcry Productions is headed up by Andrew Campbell, Director and filmmaker providing exploratory theatre and film. Andrew won best Film for his alternative documentary following his journey of his staging of "Cleansed" by Sarah Kane awarded by UWS at their showcase for new talent at the CCA 2010. 6pm – 6.45pm Finale We’ve topped and tailed our day at the Council Chambers with two events, the likes of which would be an excellent introduction to “alternative” arts. The finale is the premiere of a series of music commissions produced especially for Ayr Alternative Arts Day! Ambient Ayr - Three Scotland-based electronic musicians were given a brief to make a ten-minute film to be performed with live electronic musical accompaniment. Whether it’s a ‘laptop set’ of software-based loops and mixing, or whether they’ve brought guitar effects units and home made hardware, this event is all about new pieces of work made especially for us. The musicians are also filmmakers, given cameras to film meditative sequences of the Auld Toon. They will be presenting the finished results, live at the event. A must for film fans, and those with tastes in unusual immersive music! 6.50 Closing Thanks |
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