July 2008

1stNo Time to Lose film night: Tues 8 July

As part of the show No Time to Lose we're screening four short videos around the theme (over)work. Work [Kika Thorne, 1999] / The Measure of Success [Coleen Finlayson & Cherie Moses, 1987] / A Cure for Being Ordinary [Emily Vey Duke & Cooper Battersby, 6 min, 2005] / Dreams of the Night Cleaners [Leila Sujir, 43 min, 1996]. Total running time: just over one hour. Starts 7pm. Entry free! All welcome.

June 2008

12thNo Time to Lose. A search for work / life balance

Startled by what seems to be an ever increasing problem world-wide, curator Milena Placentile (Canada) produced the show No Time to Lose for Peacock Visual Arts as a response to the systemic decline of personal time experienced due to increased hours spent working. Featuring work by international artists Amy Alexander, Cathy Busby, Anja Hertenberger & Anja Steidinger, Saki Satom, Abigail Schoneboom and Tobaron Waxman. Opening night Thursday 12 June, 6- 8pm. Runs 13 June - 26 July. Lunchtime discussion (free entry) 13 June, 12.30-1.30pm.

12thCalum MacKenzie / 13 June - 26 July

In his exhibition Calum MacKenzie, former director of Glasgow Print Studio, shows how Digital Imaging has influenced his work as an artist / printmaker. He says: "Image processing by digitally manipulating and modifying a picture doesn’t necessarily replace old ways of working, rather, it encourages innovation." Open night Thursday 12 June, 6 - 8pm.

4thRGU students produce 3D view of new art centre

Two students have provided a glimpse of Aberdeen's future with a 3-D movie of Union Terrace Gardens' new arts centre. The visuals were created by Robin Hall and Robert Paul, both third year students on the Design for Digital Media course at Gray's School of Art, The Robert Gordon University (RGU). See the results here...

April 2008

15thBilingual pupils featured in new animated short

Peacock's Digital Department has completed an animated short which highlights the benefits of having bilingual pupils in the classroom. A young Polish girl and her Scottish classmates were interviewed about the highs and lows of moving through the school system when English is not your first language. See the result here!

8thBeginners Darkroom Classes

We are holding Basic Black and White Darkroom classes in April and May here at Peacock Visual Arts! Guided by our technician and professional photographer Nicole Plumb, you will be introduced to the beautiful qualities that can be achieved by developing your own black and white photographs.

March 2008

27thArts Council Millions for Cultural Centre for the North

The Scottish Arts Council announced on Thursday 27 March they will be providing £4 million of capital funding for Aberdeen's new Centre for the Contemporary Arts. The new centre has secured the largest single grant from this round of capital lottery applications.

24thBy-catch...have a taste!

Kathryn and Bjarte are two artists who are holding and exhibition at Peacock in August this year. As part of their research they have teamed up with a local trawlerman who has been catching 'unfashionable fish' known as by-catch. You are invited to a cookery demonstration by a professional chef on 12 April, with the opportunity to taste some exciting by-catch dishes.... Phone Angela on 01224-639539 to book your place.

14thOver a Barrel. Talks + Discussion 27 March

As part of the exhibition 'Over a Barrel' Benjamin Diss, Tim Fairs and James Marriott (Platform London) portray the passage of three families through the Oil & Gas Age, by retelling intimate stories as an artist, a petroleum geologist and a radical geographer. Photographer Owen Logan speaks about the relationship of the oil economy to financial globalisation. Thursday 27 March, 7pm. Admission free.

10thPeacock at the Glasgow Art Fair 2008

Peacock will be making a highly anticipated return to the Glasgow Art Fair this year which runs from Thursday 27th March to Sunday 30th March. The fair will provide a great opportunity for us to showcase the great work of our printmakers to the press and prospective buyers. Of course it also gives us the chance to present the plans for the new centre for contemporary arts to a national audience. We will have the model on display at our stand.