Ten artists, ten cardboard boxes, ten new art works.
Artist-run collective place + platform host ‘P+P’ – a group exhibition of national and international artists in the basement of Pack and Send, a courier company based on Leith Walk.
Each artist has been sent a 30 x 30 x 30 cardboard box and asked to use it as the basis for creating or sending a new art work. Expect a mix of installation, animation, painting and object-making by artists exploring ideas around the figure, the fantastical and spontaneity.
OPENING NIGHT:
FRI 19th AUG, 7pm – 9:30pm @ Pack and Send
Featuring tunes by MR CHOON,
Spoken Word by KRISH KRUSH.
Plus hotdogs, lemonade & homebrew cider!!
AFTER PARTY:
FRI 19TH AUG, 9:30pm ’til Late @ Leith Depot
Featuring tunes by DEEJAY YOURSELF & APHID TWIN
Music by A HALF PINT OF GUINNESS
Visuals by Julia Barbour
EXHIBITION OPEN:
20th – 26th AUG 11am – 4pm
(not Sunday 21st)
INVITED ARTISTS:
Fintan Ryan
Ortonandon
Seamus Killick
Cameron Orr
Hannah Harkes
Elisabeth Schmirl
Kadie Salmon
Jessie Makinson
Michael Kay Terence
ACCESS INFO: The exhibition is in the basement of Pack & Send. Please enter via the shop front on Leith Walk at 53 Elm Row. The exhibition is down a flight of 15 stairs (with corner steps and handrail), accessed at the back of the shop. There will be signage & a member of staff will happily point you in the right direction. The exhibiton is open during shop hours, please be mindful that Pack & Send staff might be busy with customers.
SUPPORTED BY:
Pack and Send, Edinburgh Art Festival, Brewstore, Scotmid, Settlement Projects
WITH THANKS TO:
LeithLate and the Basement Art Club