Micro Commissions for Emerging Performance Artist based in Aberdeen.
As part of the 10 years anniversary of The Suttie Arts Space, an emerging choreographer/ performer based in Aberdeen will be commissioned to work on a project with a sound artist to respond to the current installation, ‘Water is the Heart of the City’ by set designer Claire Macdonald in The Suttie Arts Space.
They will be engaged to create a short piece of work that can be performed in The Suttie Arts Space and another City Centre venue.
In November 2014 Grampian Hospitals Art Trust (GHAT) opened The Suttie Arts Space, the only commissioning contemporary arts space to be found in an acute hospital in Britain in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. For the 10th anniversary exhibition, Claire Macdonald was invited to change the physicality of space to create a less clinical and gallery-like environment. Claire is a socially engaged artist and theatre designer based in the Highlands. Her practice is multidisciplinary, primarily taking the form of installation. She works across theatre design and production, community arts, education, and visual art.
GHAT has a track record of supporting new graduates reach their potential and is seeking an artist based in Aberdeen who are in the early stages of the career. The successful candidate will gain experience of developing a collaborative project and working in a public gallery based in a busy healthcare setting. The role of the artist will be to work with The Suttie Arts Space Curator and sound artist to create a new work which responds to the current installations, which will be performed in The Suttie Arts Space and a City Centre venue.
Experience:
GHAT is looking for someone who is an arts graduate who graduated between 2019 and 2024, and currently lives in Aberdeen.
Performance dates: Week beginning Mon 10th February 2025
For information on fee and how to apply please click on the button below to download the brief;
Exhibition photographs by Mike Davidson
This project was funded by Aberdeen City Council