aethAERIALarts, Spinning Jenny and the Auchencairn community of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland have been awarded £2500 to support the development of a community circus accessible to all.
The Auchencairn Community Council in partnership with Cate and Jenny won the award from DG Unlimited as part of their Regional Arts Fund 2016/17, this is a small fixed term commission supported by Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Strategic Arts budget to encourage grassroots creativity, professional arts development and to increase the volume and impact of high quality arts projects for the public and economic benefit of Dumfries and Galloway.
For more information see our current projects page.
Vision Mechanics (Edinburgh) collaborated with aethAERIALarts in partnership with the Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival's new youth arts programme 'Fringe4'. aethAERIALarts produced and created the Dark Wood promenade performance using physical theatre and circus arts to tell tall tales about The Giants in the Forest. Other partners included The Year of Natural Scotland fund, The National Trust for Scotland and Scottish National Heritage. Collaboration also included much valued close to home involvement from the performance artists David Giblin, Tony Bonning, Graham Moffat, Jenny Stephenson and Jo Jackson-Bonning alongside the Kirkcudbright Academy drama department. Watch out for more outdoor theate enchantments on the horizon. For more pics of this work see our performances page.
Oceanallover and Mark Zygadlo have created The Tide Machine in collaboration with many artists, performers and makers. It is an amazing floating stage and platform for performances with hydro powered sound and 12v lighting built in to the structure.
The Tide Machine is a spectacular live art experience with fantastical costumes designed by Alex Rigg. aethAERIALarts were part of creating the costumes for the inaugural season of this work.
The Tide Machine is a spectacular live art experience with fantastical costumes designed by Alex Rigg. aethAERIALarts were part of creating the costumes for the inaugural season of this work.
tePOOKa arts education charity created 'Secrets of the Forest' which was a physical theatre performance in woodlands across Scotland funded by the Forestry Commission. It was designed to encourage people into their local landscape and to learn about ecology through the arts.
aethAERIALarts were involved in designing and making the costumes, story devising workshops, trapeze training and rigging expertise as well as taking a part in the performances.
tePOOKa RIP 1995-2008
aethAERIALarts were involved in designing and making the costumes, story devising workshops, trapeze training and rigging expertise as well as taking a part in the performances.
tePOOKa RIP 1995-2008
Collective Nonsense are an autonomous collective of artists who regularly design and host events that operate on a renewable energy basis, they specialise in 12v powered parties and happy activism! Their aim is to help bring communities together through sustainable fun, celebration and a dirty low down lack of shame.
aethAERIALarts are frequently involved in costume design and making, cabaret performances and in supporting the development of the Collective Nonsense network.
aethAERIALarts are frequently involved in costume design and making, cabaret performances and in supporting the development of the Collective Nonsense network.
ropemonkey provides specialist rigging for circus and other performance events. They also offer free standing aerial rig hire, aethAERIALarts collaborates regularly to facilitate hire and rigging .
Roofless was created by UZ Arts with support from Creative Scotland, LEADER and many other partners. aethAERIALarts worked on the project in Ecclefechan.
UZ arts provided an arena for us to collaborate with the projection artist John Wallace, cellist Alex McQuiston and the community of Annandale. The project also linked up with other communities in Dumfries and Galloway and across Scotland.
UZ arts provided an arena for us to collaborate with the projection artist John Wallace, cellist Alex McQuiston and the community of Annandale. The project also linked up with other communities in Dumfries and Galloway and across Scotland.
