THE Scottish artist and film maker Rachel Maclean is to unveil her new film, Make Me Up, at the BFI London Film Festival this October.
It will receive its premiere on 12 October as the opening film for this year’s 'LFF Experimenta' strand taking place at BFI Southbank.
The film, made with Hopscotch Films and NVA, it will then be shown in venues in Scotland.
Make Me Up is part of Represent, a series of works inspired by the Representation of the Peoples Act 1918.
A statement about the film says it "takes a satirical look at the contradictory pressures faced by woman today.
"It examines how television and social media can be fun and expressive spaces to explore identity, but simultaneously a gilded prison that encourages women to conform to strict beauty ideals."
One of the key voices in the film, is an "authoritarian diva who speaks entirely with the voice of Kenneth Clark from the 1960s BBC series Civilisation."
In will be show at the GFT in Glasgow, and in October will also be aired in North Uist and Banchory, with more screenings to be announced.
www.rachelmaclean.com
THE chair of the Leith Theatre Trust has said the success of the Light on the Shore programme at the Edinburgh International Festival, has underlined the need to invest in the full revamp of the venue.
Around 16,000 people attended concerts and events at the building, recently brought back to life after many years of disuse.
It now needs the investment of several millions pounds to make the resurrection of the concert hall complete, including a power supply, toilets and other vital infrastructure.
Fergus Linehan, the director of the festival (EIF), said it would be "great" to stage more events at the venue in the future, but that it would depend on the future of the hall, and the Trust's plans for its future.
Jack Hunter, chair of the Leith Theatre Trust, said: "The Light on The Shore programme staged by the International Festival in Leith Theatre this month demonstrated that this wonderful building has the potential to be one of the best venues in the country.
"16,000 visited - they loved it, the artists loved it, the critics loved it, and it really delivered for a range of musical genres.
"I think this clearly shows that making the investment required to ensure the full regeneration of Leith Theatre to be a permanent fixture on Edinburgh’s artistic scene will bring huge benefits to the city and Leith."
www.leiththeatretrust.org
A NEW permanent gallery at the National Museum of Scotland will be dedicated to ceramics.
Opening in spring 2019, the Art of Ceramics will "celebrate the creativity found in ceramic pieces from around the world and across a broad time period."
It has been funded by the The Sir James Miller Edinburgh Trust.
It will be known as the Sir James Miller Gallery, in memory of Sir James Miller, a Scottish businessman and politician, who served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh and Lord Mayor of London.
Art of Ceramics will open alongside two new galleries devoted to ancient Egypt and East Asia, as part of the final phase of the £80m revamp of the National Museum of Scotland.
Objects on display will include an 18th century Meissen dish made for the Stadholder of Holland, Willem V Prince of Orange; highly decorative ancient Greek pottery; an earthenware figure by contemporary Dundee artist Stephen Bird; a Persian 13th century bowl in a turquoise blue glaze and the nose cone from a British Aerospace Skyflash air-to-air missile.
James Miller of the Sir James Miller Edinburgh Trust said: "We have watched the redevelopment of the National Museum of Scotland take shape over the last 15 years and seen it achieve national and international recognition.
"We were therefore delighted to have the opportunity to be involved in this visionary project."
www.nms.ac.uk
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