OURS AND TIMESPAN INVITE YOU TO THE DOUBLE SITED PREVIEW OF

STUDIO 1824
ICE HOUSE ARTIST. NETLABEL. LIVE SHOW. EXHIBIT

FRIDAY 10 APRIL 2009
SCALES : LIVE : ELECTRONIC MUSIC SHOW
LOCATION : HELMSDALE ICE HOUSE
6.30PM (SHARP) TO JUST AFTER 7PM (FLAT!)
ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY

STUDIO 1824: SOUND : PHOTOGRAPHY : VIDEO
LOCATION : TIMESPAN GALLERY
7PM - 9PM

SATURDAY 11 APRIL
ARTIST’S TALK 2-3PM

NEXT IN THE SERIES
RUTH MACDOUGALL 23 MAY - 28 JUNE 2009 | PREVIEW 22 MAY

The Ice House, Helmsdale’s monumental deep freeze. Once a store for salmon catch, later a coal fired fish and chip shop. Now the vaulted chamber plays host to a series of three double sited exhibitions, marking the end of two years as Timespan’s artist in residence and youth arts curator for Ruth Macdougall. The first Ice House artist, Chris Dooks, is commissioned and curated by Timespan’s youth arts group, OURS, led by Ruth.

‘’A linguistic survey sound recording from 1964 featured Helmsdale fisherman Neil MacKay and wife Mary (née Sutherland). A story is told and in the background, bells chime. A knitting group helped me track down the next of kin who had never heard the recording. Using the acoustics in Helmsdale’s ice house, I shaped music from these recordings, adding fresh elements to create a mini-album of “folktronica” with accompanying photographic cover-art. The project became a “netlabel" (www.studio1824.com), a live electronic concert, community workshops and a gallery exhibition featuring an enormous salmon of knowledge, patrolling the ice house and nearby Gartymore…’’
Chris Dooks

Exhibition Runs
Saturday 11 April - Sunday 17 May 2009
Mon - Sat 10-5pm | Sun 12-5pm
Free entry