Glyn Thompson : Elsa In Philadelphia
Dates: 3rd of August to the 24th September Venue: Long Corridor Elsa in Philadelphia fills in the gaps in the critical period between Elsa von... Read More
Paul Robertson and David Rushton : Conceptual Art 1966-1975
The first of three exhibitions by David Rushton at the MERZ Gallery spanning the years 1966 to the present. This first exhibition focuses on work... Read More
Stuart Paterson : Margaret Wilson’s Abjuration
Stuart introduces and recites his poem at the site of Margaret Wilson’s martyrdom (d.1685) …. A young Wigtown women drowned for refusing the abjuration oath... Read More
Jim Waite interviewed by Matthew Fitt : Wigtown Festival’s Scots Language Poetry award winner
Interviewed by Matthew Fitt, Jim Waite was winner of the 2017 Wigtown Book Festival Poetry award for a poem in the Scots Language category.
Stuart Paterson interviewed by David Rushton : ‘Looking South’ at the Wigtown Book Festival
Interview at the Wigtown Book Festival introducing Stuart’s new book ‘Looking South’ and a forthcoming Gaelic-Scots collaboration.
Dave Rushton and Paul Robertson : In Conversation
This long conversation covers territory that will be further explored in three exhibitions at MERZ in Sanquhar over the winter. The first exhibition, covering Conceptual... Read More
Duncan Close : Sanquhar and the Killing Times
Cosmic Conversations 2017 Local historian Duncan Close unravels the stories of the Covenanters in the first of the Cosmic Conversations being held at A’ the... Read More
Daniel Libeskind : Cosmic Collisions, The Ogden Centre
Architect Daniel Libeskind talks at Sanquhar Town Hall on 23rd June ahead of the opening of Cosmic Collisions at nearby MERZ. Daniel’s drawings and model... Read More
Noam & Rachel Libeskind : The Laniakea Supercluster at Cosmic Collisions
MERZ Studio, Sanquhar Cosmologist Noam Libeskind and artist Rachel Libeskind worked together to represent the Liniakea Supercluster at the Cosmic Collisions exhibition at MERZ in... Read More
Tim Fitzpatrick and Charles Jencks : This Summer’s Cosmic Collisions in Sanquhar
Cosmic Collisions: art and science exhibition, land art installation, performance and music together with international scientific papers and local conversations on architecture, art and life.... Read More
Charles Jencks : The 2017 Solstice Lectures, Town Hall, Sanquhar
The Solstice Lectures run each Summer in late June in Sanquhar’s Town Hall. Featuring a panel of international scientists with an interest in the scale,... Read More
Crichton Conversation : The Crawick Multiverse Story
Filmed at the Crichton Campus in Dumfries in December 2016 Charles Jencks introduces the reasoning and shaping of the 2017 ‘Cosmic Collisions’ additions to his... Read More
WriterStories : Scrievit in Scots
Through poetry and history we explore the connections between Lowland Scots and Ulster Scots in a programme for local channel NvTv transmitting in Northern Ireland.
Nathalie Weadick : Dublin’s Buildings
Nathalie Weadick, Director of the Irish Architecture Foundation, introduces the buildings and architects that help tell the story of Dublin politics and culture, including Daniel... Read More
Flic Revell : Stars have Souls
John Boag visits Flic Revell’s pop-up exhibition at the MERZ Gallery, running from 5-7 February.
Bill Ross : Crooks and Sticks
Former miner Bill Ross made exquisite shepherd’s crooks and walking sticks in his shed in Sanquhar.
Charles Jencks and Alex Rigg : Landscape of Waves
MERZ Gallery, Sanquhar, had an exhibition of the artwork of Charles Jencks and Alex Rigg, in conjunction with the Summer Solstice Festival at the The Crawick... Read More
David Rushton : Reconstruction and Fabrication
Raj Chakraborti’s interview with David Rushton at the Reconstruction and Fabrication exhibition at the Model Art Gallery in Edinburgh in 2004.