The Gi Festival is a showcase of work from a city that has nurtured Turner Prize, Hugo Boss and Becks Futures winners. It includes new commissions and rare chances to see work by world, renowned artists such as Jim Lambie, Simon Starling and Jonathan Monk as well as new, emerging talent. Complementing pieces by Glasgow's own artists are exhibitions and installations by artists from across the globe.
Like Barcelona, Paris and Vienna Glasgow is celebrated as one of
Europe’s great cultural centres, and among the highlights of the 2008
calendar is the third Gi Festival. Celebrating Glasgow’s acclaimed
visual arts, The Gi Festival is a showcase of work from a city that
has nurtured Turner Prize, Hugo Boss and Becks Futures winners. It
includes new commissions and rare chances to see work by world-
renowned artists such as Jim Lambie, Simon Starling and Jonathan Monk
as well as new, emerging talent. Complementing pieces by Glasgow’s
own artists are exhibitions and installations by artists from across
the globe.
The work on show in the 2008 Gi Festival not only provides an
unrivalled opportunity to see exhilarating exhibitions, but also to
experience the city in a new and exciting way. From shows in
established spaces such as The Gallery of Modern Art, CCA, Tramway
and The Modern Institute to installations in found spaces, public
sites and even an artist’s living room The 2008 Gi Festival is a
veritable cultural safari for visitors.
The 2008 Gi Festival runs from 11 – 27 April 2008 and features free
events, installations and exhibitions in over 30 different sites
across the city. Highlights include;-
*A major new show by Turner Prize nominated Jim Lambie in the Gallery
of Modern Art, a centre piece of which will be a breathtaking new
work on the floor of the main gallery.
*High Wire a joint Gi Festival-Artangel film-based commission from
Catherine Yass, which features celebrated tight-rope walker Didier
Pasquette walking the high wire between Glasgow’s Red Road Flats,
once the highest residential tower blocks in Europe.
*Interventions by Vancouver-based Rodney Graham.
*New work by New York based Kalup Linzy and by Poland’s Wilhelm Sasnal.
*A long-awaited exhibition by Jonathan Monk, whose new show will
highlight the history of Tramway (a former Tram shed) by accentuating
one of its celebrated features – the tram lines that cross-cross the
cavernous space.
*A journey of discovery is offered by young artists Low Salt. Join a
very special coach tour to visit site-specific artworks,
interventions, performances and happenings around Glasgow city.
The Gi Festival is Glasgow’s International Festival of Contemporary
Visual Arts, a biennial celebration of one of the most vibrant arts
communities in the world today and showcase for the best in new work
from across the globe. The 2008 Gi Festival is curated by Francis
McKee and produced by Jean Cameron.
For further information on the Festival visit
http://www.glasgowinternational.org. or make a direct enquiry to the email
or telephone contacts below.
Alan Miller
t - + 44 (0) 560 137 8893
m - + 44 (0) 7970 931537
e - abnormals@mac.com
Glasgow International
125-129 High Street , Glasgow