We're Back!

by Ruth Barker, 22 Apr 2010

Hello Hello Hello,

it seems like an age since I saw you last. For those who’ve been trying to access the site over the past couple of weeks I can only apologise. We were forced to take PAR+RS offline while we sorted out some vital maintainance and admin issues that simply couldn’t wait. But I’m now very happy (you don’t know how happy – really) to say that everything PAR+RS-side is now shipshape again, and we’re back with a bang right into Gi!

We will of course be covering a lot of the Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art, but we’re also about to launch a new Spring / Summer Season on Temporary Public Projects so there’ll be lots of new articles to browse – do get in touch if there’s something you think we should know about. Gi is important though, as it’s a time during which a lot of international – and national – visitors come to Scotland to see what it is we’re doing here. Of course, not everything in the Festival has a relationship to contemporary public art, but it’s inarguable that much of it does – not least in the structure of the Festival itself, and the DIY ethos that still permeates it.

We’ll be picking out some of the best projects for your perusal in a public art themed Most Wanted; and we’ll have plenty of coverage of Jodi Rose’s Welcome to Bridgeland project, which is launching with an event tomorrow (Friday) at the South Portland Street Suspension Bridge in Glasgow (that’s the old red foot bridge on the River Clyde, next to Jamaica St Bridge). Please come down for the 8 o’clock start – hope to see you there!

We’re also looking forward to Jacqueline Donachie’s Speedwork Symposium, which PAR+RS has sponsored – save the date now and come down for a fantastic event at House for an Art Lover on April 29th.

For now though, I’ll have to leave you. I’ve got plenty to do getting ready for the new Season…

More later, and thanks for bearing with us through the temporary interruption.

R.