Academicians’ Showcase: Part Two

In The Lion and the Unicorn, Rachel Maclean RSA (Elect) shines an irreverent light on Scottish-English relations, with the English lion and the Scottish unicorn debating the future of the United Kingdom. Found audio is lip-synced by the artist playing the wonderfully costumed range of characters.  

In Auld Lang Syne c/w The Slave’s Lament, Graham Fagen RSA explores the complex relationship between Scottish and Caribbean history by juxtaposing two of Burns' works, connecting the past with the present through musical reinterpretations, and performed as reggae. 

In Stone Circle, Ken Currie RSA asserts that he had nothing in mind other than to simply shoot film, and insists that the images are random, fragmentary and entirely improvised. Instead, we the audience are creating a shifting reality. 

In The Little Bridges of Perthshire, Kate Downie RSA explores the subject of the title by simply panning and tracking through a richly atmospheric series of pen and ink sketches.  

In Guitar Ellipses, Jo Ganter RSA creates an engaging abstract geometric musical vision of a guitar theme that is as disciplined and succinct as a haiku. 

Ronald Forbes RSA, in Hello and Goodbye, pays homage to Shakespeare’s seven ages of man, as animated disembodied men’s suits adopt the colours of the rainbow as they dance throughout their journey. The whole of life distilled into five minutes.