Peacock Visual Arts is the main contemporary visual arts organisation in Aberdeen and the North-east of Scotland and is supported by Aberdeen City Council and the Scottish Arts Council.
April 2008
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.
23rdRecoded. Landscapes and Politics of New Media
Digital technologies have become an integral part of how we work and communicate, understand ourselves and the world. 'Recoded' aims to raise questions about the effects and meanings produced by contemporary digital landscapes. Featuring international artists including Alexander Egger, skúta, Anna Jermolaewa, Caleb Larsen, Manu Luksch and many others. Opening night Thursday 24 April, 6 - 8pm.
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!
16thStanley Brinks / Freschard live at the Tunnels 21 April
Peacock Visual Arts and So Quiet It Kame present: Stanley Brinks (André Herman Düne), Freschard, Kathryn Sawers and The Welfare Mothers. Location: The Tunnels, Carnegies Brae, Aberdeen. Doors open 8pm, entry £3
18thNext Director's Cut features Nicholas Roeg
You are all invited to the next Director's Cut featuring the director Nicolas Roeg in conversation with Allan Shiach. Nicolas Roeg is one of the UK's most celebrated post-war directors, whose credits include Performance (1970), The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) and his latest film Puffball (2007) starring Donald Sutherland and Miranda Richardson. Tuesday 29 April, 6pm at King's College Conference Centre, University of Aberdeen. Find out more...
29thTues 6 May: Double film screening
On Tuesday 6 May the films Faceless (Manu Luksch, 50 min 2007) and How Little We Know of Our Neighbours (50 min, Rebecca Baron, 2005) will be screened at Peacock. Both films are part of 'Recoded. Landscapes and Politics of New Media' and center around contemporary issues regarding surveillance, public self-disclosure, and privacy. Starts at 7pm, entry free.