The Magic Box

TY - ADVS

T1 - The Magic Box

A2 - Colvin, Calum

N1 - A premiere solo exhibition by the renowned Scottish artist Calum Colvin, which is an archeology of his creative practice from the last 28 years. This exhibition will focus upon his archive of image transparencies that date back to the early 1980s, and will also include new print editions commissioned and published by Edinburgh Printmakers. This ambitious project will engage with many aspects of history, creativity, performance, audience participation, and public discourse. A unique form of presentation, including a series of especially constructed light boxes displaying 10 x 8” original transparencies, that will be replaced by other work from the archive at regular intervals, allowing a wide variety of work to be viewed over the course of the exhibition. Printmaking, mirror stereoscopes, anaglyphs, phantograms and other experimental works will feature, and new work will be created in residence in the exhibition space over the Summer, including painting, construction, and photography. (Various works, Mixed Media)

PY - 2014

Y1 - 2014

N2 - I have been invited by Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop to produce an exhibition for the Edinburgh International Festival, August 2014. This exhibition will include a presentation of research materials, experimental presentation of works (ceramic works, mirror stereoscopes, anaglyphs, lightboxes) photography and printmaking. I will also be in residence to create an installation within the space allowing a further opportunity for the public to view the layering of ideas, and the gradual evolution of a work during the exhibition period. The research objectives are: •To construct and install lightboxes as sculptural objects within a gallery environment in order to display works as described above. •To also present an exhibition/installation/working studio within this gallery environment. •To make a publication/artist book which echoes this ethos of interdisciplinarity. There will be numerous opportunities for public engagement – a regular series of talks, lectures, discussions are an integral part of the exhibition. Knowledge exchange will be facilitated through this series of 4-6 talks with academics, poets and writers exploring aspects of the work, as well as the residency. A kind of archeology of my creative practice, focusing upon my archive of image transparencies that date back to the early 1980s, this project engages with aspects of history, creativity, performance, audience participation, and public discourse. This will involve the development of a unique form of presentation – a series of especially constructed light boxes displaying 10” x 8” original transparencies changing at regular intervals will allow a large amount of work to be seen over a period of time. Printmaking, ceramic works, mirror stereoscopes, anaglyphs, phantograms and other experimental works will feature. New work will be created in residence, painting, constructing, photographing. The events programme will be an integral part of the exhibition.

AB - I have been invited by Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop to produce an exhibition for the Edinburgh International Festival, August 2014. This exhibition will include a presentation of research materials, experimental presentation of works (ceramic works, mirror stereoscopes, anaglyphs, lightboxes) photography and printmaking. I will also be in residence to create an installation within the space allowing a further opportunity for the public to view the layering of ideas, and the gradual evolution of a work during the exhibition period. The research objectives are: •To construct and install lightboxes as sculptural objects within a gallery environment in order to display works as described above. •To also present an exhibition/installation/working studio within this gallery environment. •To make a publication/artist book which echoes this ethos of interdisciplinarity. There will be numerous opportunities for public engagement – a regular series of talks, lectures, discussions are an integral part of the exhibition. Knowledge exchange will be facilitated through this series of 4-6 talks with academics, poets and writers exploring aspects of the work, as well as the residency. A kind of archeology of my creative practice, focusing upon my archive of image transparencies that date back to the early 1980s, this project engages with aspects of history, creativity, performance, audience participation, and public discourse. This will involve the development of a unique form of presentation – a series of especially constructed light boxes displaying 10” x 8” original transparencies changing at regular intervals will allow a large amount of work to be seen over a period of time. Printmaking, ceramic works, mirror stereoscopes, anaglyphs, phantograms and other experimental works will feature. New work will be created in residence, painting, constructing, photographing. The events programme will be an integral part of the exhibition.

KW - Photography

KW - Installation

KW - Sculpture

KW - Painting

UR - https://www.edinburghprintmakers.co.uk/exhibition/calum-colvin-magic-box

UR - https://web.archive.org/web/20180912154205/https://www.edinburghprintmakers.co.uk/exhibition/calum-colvin-magic-box

UR - https://vimeo.com/102738193

UR - https://web.archive.org/web/20160403171315/https://vimeo.com/102738193

M3 - Exhibition

PB - Edinburgh Printmakers

CY - Edinburgh

T2 - The Magic Box

Y2 - 1 August 2014 through 6 September 2014

ER -