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Further to Inventors of Tradition I, Atelier E.B. and Panel launch a new book, exploring connections between art, architecture, and checking back in with a textile design tradition extraordinary to Scotland. An arts curatorial practice, Panel commissioned an essay by Rebecca Wober on Womersley and Klein, describing High Sunderland and the Studio.
Pecha Kucha Edinburgh volume 35 is entirely devoted to the appreciation of architect Peter Womersley. 7pm, 30th September 2016, Epworth Halls, Nicolson Square, Edinburgh. 8 speakers from diverse places including the National Museums, the Portrait Gallery, Heriot Watt and Historic Scotland will give their own viewpoint on the architect and his work
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Talk coming up at the National Gallery of Scotland, 1st October 2016. Photograph of St George’s Building, Hong Kong Island, Marmorek Womersley & Associates, completed 1969, courtesy the Hong Kong Heritage Project
To coincide with the Scottish National Portrait Gallery exhibition “Out of their Heads”, architect Rebecca Wober will be giving a talk on Peter Womersley on Wednesday 10th August, 12.45- 1.30pm at the Hawthornden lecture theatre, National Gallery of Scotland, The Mound, Edinburgh. Photo credit: Allan Garland.
We met with the artist Felicity Bristow who has expressed a desire to work with the boiler house space for a site specific artwork. This was felicitous as I had already been impressed by the strength and delicacy of Bristow’s work at Edinburgh’s Hidden Doors festival in May 2015, and at Whitespace, Gayfield Sqaure.
The RIBA Journal have selected a photograph of Farnley Hey, for the inside back page “Culture: Parting Shot” slot in the December 2015 issue of the magazine. It was taken by R H de Burgh Galway, in the heyday of the house, before the first floor terrace was glazed in by subsequent owners.
Assemble have won the Turner prize, which turns the focus of the art world onto grassroots community projects. How about other projects which reach across the traditional boundaries to breathe life into remarkable buildings? I can think of a few, starting with the boiler house project in Melrose. And do you know what, in two years time, the Turner Prize will be presented in Hull, a city which is home to another ambitious Peter Womersely concrete building, the University Sports Centre!
