Highland cuture collective artists present exhibition, following a year of work in local communities

Two artists are to hold an interactive residency this month following a year long project with Highland Culture Collective.

Catriona Meighan and Hector MacInnes, will present ATTEND having worked with people including survivors of domestic violence, prisoners in HMP Inverness and people affected by mental health

issues.

The exhibition, to be held at Inverness Creative Academy will open daily from November 4 to 12.

It will feature work co-created by the artists and communities they work with, plus the artists’ own work and research.

Alongside the exhibition, there will be a series of special events, which will give attendees a chance to learn more about and join in with the artists’ work.

These events include;

• - iPads for improvisors, where participants will learn to make music using a system of networked iPads that Hector and his collaborators have co-created over the last year.
• - Artists in Conversation- Catriona & Hector will speak in depth about their work, and another artist-in-residence, Sinead Hargan, will give a creative response to the exhibition.

As a socially-engaged visual artist, Catriona Meighan has been working alongside women and children who have been impacted by domestic abuse, in collaboration with Inverness Women’s Aid,

Ross Shire Women’s Aid & CASWA (Caithness & Sutherland Women’s’ Aid).

Together, they have explored several creative mediums including print making and creative writing, bringing their work together to make posters and zines.

Catriona has also worked with young volunteers who are taking a stance against sexual violence through RASASH’s volunteering project, Stand Up!

Meanwhile, over the last year, sound artist Hector MacInnes has worked regularly with inmates at HMP Inverness to develop iPad interfaces which they use as instruments in their improvised orchestra.

He has also worked with clients of mental health organisation, Am Fasgadh in Portree to develop a ‘listening group’ and create new radio programmes of their own.

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Exhibition details:

Dates: November 4 - 12. Open daily 12-5pm (until 6pm Thursday)

Free, un-ticketed.

Venue: Wasps Inverness Creative Academy, Midmills Building, Stephen St, Inverness

Special event details:

All events are free, but tickets are limited for some events. Tickets are available via

www.highlandculturecollective.com/attend

Thu Nov 3– 6pm-8pm

Preview Evening

Join Catriona and Hector as they open the exhibition and share new co-created work. Refreshments provided. Open door- no ticket required.

Sat Nov 5– 11am-12pm

Difficult Conversations with Catriona Meighan

Open workshop using accessible creative activities to explore having conversations about difficult themes and using creative means to respond.

During this session we’ll explore themes the exhibition focuses on and look into our individual responses and those within the group and our society.

Sat Nov 5–2pm-4pm

iPads for Improvisers with Hector MacInnes

A workshop exploring sound, music and movement – tapping into iPads’ touchscreens, gyroscopes, accelerometers and compasses to turn them into tools of noisy expression.

iPads provided, limited to 6 places.

Wed Nov 9– 6pm-8pm

Artists in Conversation

An evening of performance lecture and talk with Catriona Meighan and Hector MacInnes, alongside a response to their work by Sinéad Hargan, followed by a Q&A with the artists.

Sat Nov 12– 11am-12pm

Using What You Have with Catriona Meighan

A short creative workshop to explore what we can do creatively with what we have. Everyone has the capacity for creativity. Can we find ways to be creative in our everyday lives, and what impact

might this have?

Sat Nov 12- 2pm–4pm

You Are Not Here with Hector MacInnes

An introduction to some techniques for remote collaboration and creative dislocation, using hi tech, lo tech and no tech approaches.

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