20 Years of Real Life: Free Instruments for Teenagers
Sinclair, Ross (2016) 20 Years of Real Life: Free Instruments for Teenagers. Collective Gallery, Calton Hill, Edinburgh, 2014 - 2015 [Show/Exhibition]
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Creators/Authors: | Sinclair, Ross |
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Abstract: | This is a project three years in development and implementation that incorporated a solo ‘retrospective ‘ exhibition at the City Dome, Collective Gallery in Edinburgh in 2014, as part of Generation, 25 Years of Contemporary Art in Scotland, with a subsequent 18 month project, initiated at the exhibition and funded by Creative Scotland, City of Edinburgh Council and the Generation Engagement Project, working with young people and the Gallery that resulted in the release of a collaborative ‘publication’ of a Vinyl Album with Risograph booklet and poster launched at an live music event at Collective in December 2015 Celebrating twenty years of my Real Life Project that I had begun in 1994 when I had the words tattooed on my back I developed a collaborative project re-imagining the idea of the retrospective exhibition. For eighteen months preceding the exhibition I developed and produced a site-specific exhibition initiating a longer project at Collective’s City Dome space that incorporates a series of placards naming 20 years of Real Life artworks, structures supporting multiple musical instruments, a public rehearsal space and an interactive painting area. The exhibition component of the project was active over the Summer 2014, during the time of the Edinburgh Festival and was visited by over 17,000 people, many of whom were interested tourists rather than art aficionados. Spreading the information widely with postcards and posters and in the exhibition, at the end of the show we gave away most of the exhibition to any young person born since I had the REAL LIFE tattoo made in 1994, 20 sets of musical instruments, one for each year of my project. This was followed by 18-months of working with the teenagers who had received the free instruments including song writing workshops, tuition, design, industry input, rehearsal and discussion that culminated in a recording session and the production of the publication/record. Articulating this publication I describe the development of the project in a quote on the record sleeve: “2014 was the 20th Anniversary of my Real Life Project. I wanted to look back and celebrate this journey, but at the same time look towards the next 20 years with a renewed sense of optimism. What had been promised? What had been achieved? Hundreds of exhibitions and artworks, local, national, international, books and essays to document them all, records, cd’s, posters, postcards, beermats, billboards, and any other forms I could think of to use. But what really remained when the show was over and the people went home? I wanted to explore a way to translate the energy and ambition and hope of these works I had made (many of which had only been ‘live’ for a few weeks or months during an exhibition) into other forms - planting new seeds that could take on a Real Life of their own. Collective asked me to make an exhibition in the City Dome on Calton Hill. This was the perfect opportunity to reach out to another audience.” |
Official URL: | http://www.collectivegallery.net/archive/2014-ross-sinclair |
Output Type: | Show/Exhibition |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Real Life, Collective, Generation, Teenagers, Collaboration, Music, Vinyl, Records, Engagement |
Schools and Departments: | School of Fine Art School of Fine Art > Sculpture & Environmental Art |
Dates: | Date Date Type 2016 UNSPECIFIED |
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Event Title: | 20 Years of Real Life: Free Instruments for Teenagers |
Event Location: | Collective Gallery, Calton Hill, Edinburgh |
Event Dates: | 2014 - 2015 |
Output ID: | 4129 |
Deposited By: | Ross Sinclair |
Deposited On: | 24 Mar 2016 12:59 |
Last Modified: | 15 Apr 2019 14:08 |