Archive Trails
In January 2011, three bold stravaigers – Alasdair Roberts, Aileen Campbell, and Drew Wright – set forth upon a twelve-week commissioning residency in The School of Scottish Studies Archives at The University of Edinburgh.
This site tracks their progress as they listen to tapes, sift through photos, conduct their own fieldwork and begin to develop new performances from their findings.
On tour October 2011!
Oct 13 : Peebles, Eastgate Arts Centre
Oct 14 : Perth Concert Hall
Oct 15 : Cupar Arts Festival
Oct 16 : Edinburgh, Scottish Storytelling Centre
Oct 17 : Aviemore, Old Bridge Inn
Oct 18 : Tobermory, An Tobar
Oct 19 : Rosehall, The Achness Hotel
Oct 23 : London, Cafe OTO
Oct 28 : Glasgow, CCA
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We held our second group meeting yesterday. It was hard to get a word out of any of the artists, so absorbed were they in reading Tocher, the journal of the SSS Archives. David Grinly took this photograph.
We’re working on creating a map of the tapes the artists listen to in the Archive. Here are some of the tapes Alasdair’s been listening to so far. For more detail, click on the pins.
Stravaigers on the airwaves, in the news
Yesterday afternoon Drew and Emily took a trip to Pacific Quay for to speak on BBC Radio Scotland’s Music Cafe. We chatted about Archive Trails and listened to a couple of tunes. Also on the programme were Alan Lomax biographer John Szwed, and Julie Fowlis.
You can listen online, for a few more days at least (starts c.17’30).
Also this week: A great feature about the project appeared in The Herald.
First meeting of the Archival stravaigers, School of Scottish Studies, 26/11/2010: Drew, Aileen, Alasdair
