Edinburgh Festival Guide

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Artist Talk: Ângela Ferreira

Ângela Ferreira discusses her exhibition Political Cameras with curator Filipa Oliveria.

Stills, Edinburgh

Fri 2 Aug

Free / 0131 622 6200

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

  • 11:00 – 12:00

Beckett on Film

Producer of the Beckett on Film project, Michael Colgan discusses the challenges in creating this extraordinary film collection.

The Hub, Edinburgh

Fri 30 Aug

£6 / 0131 473 2000

Part of Beckett at the Festival.

Conversations: Andreas Scholl

Countertenor Andreas Scholl talks to Richard Morrison, chief music critic of The Times.

The Hub, Edinburgh

Wed 28 Aug

£6 / 0131 473 2000

Part of Conversations with Artists.

Conversations: Ensemble musicFabrik

Members of Ensemble musikFabrik talk to composer John Harris about their unique artistic vision.

The Hub, Edinburgh

Thu 29 Aug

£6 / 0131 473 2000

Part of Conversations with Artists.

Conversations: Grid Iron

Members of Grid Iron talk about Leaving Planet Earth in the company of journalist and critic Robert Dawson Scott.

The Hub, Edinburgh

Wed 14 Aug

£6 / 0131 473 2000

Part of Conversations with Artists.

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Conversations: Nicola Boud and Kristian Bezuidenhout

Australian clarinettist Nicola Boud and fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout discuss their Queen’s Hall recital with Richard Morrison, chief music critic of The Times.

The Hub, Edinburgh

Thu 15 Aug

£6 / 0131 473 2000

Part of Conversations with Artists.

Conversations: Philip Glass and Patti Smith

Philip Glass is joined by Patti Smith to discuss their cross-art form collaboration The Poet Speaks with writer and broadcaster Richard Coles.

The Hub, Edinburgh

Tue 13 Aug

£6 / 0131 473 2000

Part of Conversations with Artists.

Curators Talk

Curators from the Nam June Paik Art Center, Tate and Talbot Rice Gallery discuss the work and legacy of Nam June Paik.

Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh

Sat 10 Aug

Free / 0131 473 2000

Glitch'd: Purposeful Mistakes

Simon Biggs, Professor of Interdisciplinary Arts, joins artists and researchers to present interactive media art projects that explore how the ‘glitch’ can be beautiful.

Edinburgh College of Art

Wed 28 Aug

£6 / 0131 473 2000

Shaping Things: Artefacts and the 3D Printer

In this workshop led by Chris Speed, you can play at 3D Chinese whispers, adapting objects and artefacts using time-lapse technology until they no longer resemble their original form.

Edinburgh College of Art

Fri 30 Aug

£6 / 0131 473 2000

Synthetic Biology: Where Organic Meets Digital

In this lecture demonstration Alan Murray, Head of the School of Design at ECA, shows us how synthetic biologists, designers, artists, engineers and computer scientists can work together.

Edinburgh College of Art

Thu 29 Aug

£6 / 0131 473 2000