Nonagenarian portraits mark festival launch
Luminate, Scotland's October-long creative ageing festival, opens today at Stirling's macrobert with Susie Rea's Super Vivere. This is an exhibition of stunning portraits from a photographic series that explores the lives of siblings from the UK and Europe who are over age 90.
Accompanied by audiovisual narrative and text, and a book, 'Reflections on Long Life and Ageing Well,' the work is part of a collaboration with Dr Maeve Rea of Queen's University, Belfast. The exhibition is open daily at macrobert until 10 October before transferring to Platform, Easterhouse, Glasgow from 22 October.
From 1 - 31 October Luminate will host an amazing array of dance, theatre, music, visual art and community events and projects across Scotland celebrating our creative lives as we age. Now in its second year, Luminate is a festival for everyone, presenting performances, events and activities that shine a light on our creativity as we age, and reaching older people across Scotland as well as audiences and participants from across the generations. The festival is a partnership initiative of Age Scotland, Creative Scotland, and the Baring Foundation.
Anne Gallacher, Luminate Director, said: "As Luminate gets underway for a second year, I'm thrilled that the programme features such a wide range of events and activities. There are lots of opportunities to try your hand at something new, performances and exhibitions showcasing the creative work of older people, and films and events with something to say to audiences of any age about the experience of ageing. Creativity has no age, and the communities and artists who are taking part in Luminate this year are evidence of that!"
For full programme listings or to download a copy of the Luminate brochure visit www.luminatescotland.org.
More highlights from Luminate 2013
A Luminate commission with UK-wide charity Live Music Now, creating and performing The Luminate Suite, a new song cycle based on the music, poems and songs remembered and shared by older people in the Western Isles
Recount, a site-specific installation by artists Roxane Permar and Susan Timmins at the Royal Observer Corps' most northerly bunkers on Shetland, exploring islanders' recollections of its role in the Cold War conflict.
A touring production of Translunar Paradise, Theatre Adfinitum's award-winning mask and movement theatre piece that tells the story of William as he retreats to his memories following the death of his wife but must ultimately let her go.
