I'm moving to Uganda...

32° East | Ugandan Arts Trust is a supportive network for contemporary visual arts in Uganda.

32° East recognises there is remarkable untapped and unfostered potential in the Uganda arts scene. Based in the capital Kampala, the Trust will provide artists with studio space and exhibition space, local and international workshops, residencies and artist-led outreach projects.

Through the encouragement of peer-to-peer dialogue and the formation of critical networks we aim to nurture, develop and raise the profile of Ugandan visual art to a national and international level.

For more info contact: rocca@ugandanartstrust.org

This weekend...

DSC_0239, a photo by Rocca Gutteridge on Flickr.

The Mobile Picture Salon will be at the Huntly Hairst in Aberdeenshire- come on over for spooky movies in the snuggly wee machine.

The Goodman's Croft

The Goodman's Croft, a set on Flickr.

Images of the brand new radio station and launch day (and night) here!

Launch Party

Goodman's Croft Radio Lumsden

 In 17th century, and particularly in the northeast of Scotland, there was the widespread belief that a part of every field should be left untilled. This was based on a myth that if all the land was tilled by the farmer, the devil or the fairies would come back and take part of the crop or the precious cattle.  This area left to the spirits was known as the Goodman’s Croft.

If you walk around Aberdeenshire 300 years later, you can still notice the parts of fields that remain untouched, some possibly being the legitimate descendants of the Goodman’s Croft. The superstition associated to this practice might have disappeared, but the metaphorical question can still remain: What are the areas that nowadays remain untouched in small rural communities?

Politics, social agendas and individual voices are one such area. Many of the critical decisions that impact upon rural communities have been deferred to the urban centres and institutions, while issues such as the decline of skill, poverty, climate change and anti-social behaviour remain untouched at a local level.

Goodman’s Croft: Radio Lumsden aims to dig up, lay bare and celebrate untilled voices of the Aberdeenshire community. Through the construction of a unique mobile radio station, artist Rocca Gutteridge and radio consultant Craig Priestley will explore how community radio can offer an important media voice for an otherwise disempowered conversation.

Follow us online with SSW's new blog!

For more information or to join in please call 01464 861372 or email intern@ssw.org.uk.

This project is supported by Awards For All Scotland.

Without Borders

Without Borders by Rocca Gutteridge "Without Borders" A brand new podcast by Artachat and Clare Carswell from the UK Border Walk On 6th August 2011 an Artachat discussion www.artachat.co.uk was held in the Romany town of Kirk Yetholm to discuss the effects of the recently implemented Points Based System on arts and cultural activities across our communities in the UK. This podcast, produced by Clare Carswell, documents the event. The track you can hear is by Canadian singer, Allison Crowe - Allison was deported from the UK and it is this track, "Immersed" that was uploaded to her website during the experience. www.allisoncrowe.com

Mobile Picture Salon

Mobile Picture Salon, a set on Flickr.

The Mobile Picture Salon is back in action!

The Mobile Picture Salon is a small portable cinema housed in a disused caravan. Originally founded by Ewan Sinclair and Joanne Smithers the salon is currently facilitated by Rocca Gutteridge and aims to provide an opportunity for artists, curators and other people who love film, to programme and screen their own events.

The Mobile Picture Salon is currently accepting Proposals for programming and events. If you think you can use the Mobile Picture Salon for an existing event or you wish to set up a new event using the caravan please contact us to discuss it. We are open to all sorts of ideas and welcome innovative ways in which you can use our facilities.

roccagutteridge@yahoo.co.uk