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Susan Philipsz: Timeline

9 Aug 20125 stars

Other-worldly chorale from Turner Prize winner

It only takes a few seconds, and the lunchtime Calton Hill day-trippers may not even register the three-note female vocal harmony emanating from Nelson’s monument, and which segues into the faint sound of a cannon being fired for the One O’Clock Gun. In…

Susan Philipsz, Kevin Harman and Anthony Schrag take art to the streets

28 Jul 2012

The artists are staging outdoor works as part of the Edinburgh Art Festival's Festival Promenade

'I’m checking them out / I’m checking them out / I got it figured out / I got it figured out / There’s good points and bad points / Find a city / Find myself a city to live in.’ (David Byrne / Talking Heads – ‘Cities’) If Edinburgh’s town planners…

Susan Philipsz sounds the One O'Clock Gun at 2012 Edinburgh Art Festival

11 Jul 2012

2010 Turner Prize winner on senses, songs and Sirens

2010 Turner Prize winner is using an Edinburgh institution for a specially commisioned piece of sound art. Here The List talks to the artist on senses, songs and Sirens

Twenty top shows at the 2012 Edinburgh Festivals

11 Jul 2012

Highlights from the Fringe, Book and International Festivals

Having scanned the 23.6m shows, exhibitions and events across the festival in late July, August and early September, we pluck out the ones that simply cannot be missed