Moving Out Symposium Live Blog 12: Some artists pitch their ideas

Eight artists
five minutes each
five images

John Wallace is first up... he's not on the delegate list, he says. But he is in the right place. 
He makes documentary films and video art. Started off as a lighting guy in clubs around Edinburgh, and noticed how clubs made it work for the audience.
Went on to make films about rural landscapes - but film is always about people. His films gather information, an engaged process from start to finish.
In his video art, he asks how audiences might receive it in a place.
Worked with a soil expert to learn about eco-systems. This 2013 environmental art festival had a work formed by ecosystems' modelling, hanging screens over a river. 
He expanded the work in 2014, over the Tweed on THE BORDER. The live sounds and smells merged with the video even having triggers so that the film could respond to change in environmental context.
This other thing was thermal imaging business... thinking about the public's response and reaction.
Public engagement means getting the public to be part of the work, and encourage their thoughts on their relationship to the place.

It's Angie Dight from Mischief. Set up in 1992, Mischief is still going strong. Did a special Festival of Ian Smith (22 November at the CCA sees a repeat... go and see it!). The cabaret of death they did as part of this is going to tour.
Walkabout Street Theatre, both commercially and a CS funded RFO. Fan Families are going to be at Galoshan, Elvis Cleaning Company overseas.
Now they have The Magnificent Organ: musical and physical, a big old organ going about the nation... did the summer, now off on a winter tour. Offered free to towns with poor art provision.
They do all sorts of sized work... it is about access to all (free at point of performance). Art not for the elite.
Being an RFO lets them develop a repertoire. 
Put a couple of runners Des and Liz 'Take the Black Dog Out For a Walk' into the SMHAFF.
Increasing interested in mental health issues.

BEING SILLY DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T ADDRESS SERIOUS ISSUES.

They are going to do something with Nursery Rhymes in the future...

ETHICS NIGHT COMING SOON 3 DECEMBER... PART OF THE ONLY WAY IS ETHICS FESTIVAL.