The Turner Prize nominated artist Ciara Phillips is to "dazzle" a ship berthed in the port of Leith as part of the arts programme to mark the centenary of the First World War.
Phillips, an artist based in Glasgow, is taking part in 14-18 Now, the series of commissions taking place across the UK to mark the Battle of Jutland and the Battle of the Somme.
Other events will be David Lang, composer, premiering a choral piece, Memorial Ground, with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra chorus at the East Neuk Festival, and the opening of the Poppies: Weeping Window sculpture, to be installed in Kirkwall in Orkney and the Black Watch Museum in Perth.
As has already been announced, the National Theatre of Scotland (NTS) will also stage the first of a trilogy of plays about three soldiers shot for cowardice, to be presented at a barn in the Perthshire countryside.
Phillips will “dazzle” the vessel MV Fingal, berthed in Leith.
The ship at Leith will be unveiled in May and will form part of the Edinburgh Art Festival 2016.
Dazzle camouflage was used extensively in the First World War, usually consisting of complex patterns of geometric shapes in contrasting colours.
The intention of the design is not to conceal but to confuse and mislead observers.
Rear Admiral Neil Rankin CB CBE, Chairman, The Royal Yacht Britannia Trust, said: "We are delighted that our new acquisition MV Fingal has been chosen to be dazzle painted, because of the significant role the Historic Port of Leith played in WWI, and 1916 being a particularly noteworthy year: with events including the German Zeppelin air raid bombing of the docks that April, followed by the departure in May of the ships in the Grand Fleet, heading for the Battle of Jutland."
The Poppies: Weeping Window sculpture will go on display at St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney, from 22 April to 12 June to commemorate one hundred years since the Battle of Jutland.Poppies: Weeping Window is from the installation Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red – poppies and original concept by artist Paul Cummins and installation designed by Tom Piper – which was originally at the Tower of London in 2014 where 888,246 poppies were displayed, one to honour every death in the British and Colonial forces of the First World War.
After Orkney, the sculpture will go on show at the Black Watch Museum in Perth from 29 June to 25 September.
The 306: Dawn play has been written by Oliver Emanuel and composer Gareth Williams.
Jenny Waldman, the director of 14-18 NOW, said: "One hundred years ago this year, the First World War was entering its darkest days.
"As the conflict entered its third year it must have felt as though the war would last forever, a sensation heightened by the intense brutality of the Battle of the Somme.
"We are delighted to be working with world-class artists and cultural organisations in Scotland to create extraordinary arts events that connect people with how the lives of Scottish people were affected by the First World War as well as its lasting impact on the world today."
Fiona Hyslop, culture secretary, said: "We must never forget the impact the First World War had on our families, Scottish communities and across the rest of the UK and Europe.
"The conflict claimed more than 100, 000 Scottish lives and left many more people injured and disabled.
"The 14-18 NOW arts programme will give people across Scotland the opportunity to learn more about how the First World War changed Scotland and the world forever."
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