MCF 2022 "INTEMPORELLE"

WHO ARE WE AND WHAT DO WE DO?

THE MERCHANT CITY FESTIVAL TEAM IS CURRENTLY DESIGNING THE CONTENT FOR THIS YEAR’S LAUNCH PARTY TAKING PLACE ON 28TH JULY 2022 AND THIS WILL CREATE PERFORMANCE PIECES, GIANT ARTWORKS AND SCULPTURES, STUNNING COSTUMES AND LOTS MORE ENGAGING AND EXCITING WORK TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC. WE ARE JOINED THIS YEAR BY GLASGOW-BASED, CONTEMPORARY STREET ARTS SPECIALISTS, THREE60.

OUR EXISTING TEAM CONSISTS OF VISUAL ARTISTS, CHOREOGRAPHERS, DANCERS, MAKE-UP ARTISTS, PERFORMERS, CIRCUS ARTISTS AND PROP-MAKERS.

YOU CAN SEE ELEMENTS OF EARLIER MERCHANT CITY FESTIVAL PROJECTS BY CLICKING ON THE PICTURE FRAME TO THE LEFT AND CLICKING NEXT ON THE "MERCHANT CITY FESTIVAL" ICON

WHO CAN TAKE PART?

THERE IS NO COST TO TAKE PART AND WE ARE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN, OR HAVE CONNECTIONS TO THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN GLASGOW

• ANDERSTON
• CALTON
• GORBALS
• BRDGETON
• SIGHTHILL
• TOWNHEAD

THE 2022 PRODUCTION THEME: “INTEMPORELLE”

QUESTION:

"HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT TIME IS... IN A REAL, LIVED SENSE?" CAN WE REPRESENT HOW TIME FEELS? DOES IT EVEN EXIST? WHERE ARE OUR TIME 'ORGANS'? WHY DO WE LOSE OUR SENSE OF TIME PASSING WHEN WE DO ENJOYABLE THINGS LIKE DANCING, PERFORMING AND CREATING?

CONTINUING THE EARLIER MCF THEMES OF "ENCRUSTATION"AND THIS REPRESENTATION OF THE ORNATE ARCHITECTURE OF THE MERCHANT CITY, 'INTEMPORELLE' WILL PRESENT ARTISTIC AND PERFORMATIVE PIECES THAT SPEAK OF THE 'TIMELESS' ASPECT OF HISTORY AND CONSIDERS WAYS IN WHICH THE MERCHANT CITY'S HISTORY AND INTRINSIC RELATIONSHIP TO THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE CARRIES THROUGH TO US TODAY, REGARDLESS OF THE MEASUREMENT AND APPARENT PASSAGE OF TIME.

THE ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME

BRIDGEMAN ARTS IS COLLABORATING WITH THREE60 TO TO DESIGN AND DELIVER AN EXCITING PROGRAMME THAT WILL OFFER PEOPLE IN GLASGOW THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTIVELY EXPLORE THE CULTURAL FORMS OF STREET ARTS - DANCE STYLES, MUSIC PRODUCTION, THE SPOKEN WORD AND OTHER FORMS OF VISUAL STREET ART. THIS WILL BE WOVEN TOGETHER INTO PERFORMANCE PIECES IN THE LAUNCH PARTY PRODUCTION ITSELF ON THE STREETS OF THE MERCHANT CITY, MAKING A REAL CONTRIBUTION TO ONE OF THE CITY’S MOST HIGH PROFILE, SUMMER EVENTS.

YOU CAN SEE ELEMENTS OF EARLIER MERCHANT CITY FESTIVAL PROJECTS BY CLICKING ON THE PICTURE FRAME ICON ON THE UPPER LEFT AND CLICKING NEXT ON THE "MERCHANT CITY FESTIVAL" ICON IN THE HOME PAGE

OTHER LAUNCH PARTY PRODUCTION PERFORMANCES

• WORKING WITH LEADING DANCE SPECIALISTS AT DANCE HQ, GLASGOW TO PRODUCE DANCE PIECES THROUGHOUT THE LIVE LAUNCH PARTY EVENT
• LIVE MUSIC ON AN AMPLIFIED MUSIC STAGE
• THE RETURN OF THE BRONDOLA - A BESPOKE PUBLIC PODIUM STAGE WHERE PEOPLE (PERFORMERS AND PUBLIC ALIKE) CAN STRUT THEIR STUFF

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