Here’s an exciting start to 2008 with plans for a community garden in Leith (see Green Fingers for details of the Greener Leith meeting on Monday January 28 ). Plus news of other intercultural activities involving both Polish communities (see Home from Home and Breaking Bread) and Chinese communities (see China Now). Leith Open Space will be reporting progress on all this and more during the coming year so keep in touch with our blog. And don’t hesitate to add your own news and views.
January 25th, 2008
Kimho Ip is used to making music in unlikely places (that’s him on the right directing the FEAST in Castle Street last August). Now he’s preparing a different kind of musical feast in the Botanics this summer as one of Edinburgh’s main events for the intercultural programme of China Now in Scotland.
Regular users of Out of the Blue arts cafe in Dalmeny Street may well have spotted an interesting group meeting together for the first time as Kimho, a composer and musician brought together an extraordinary mixture of talent from east and west.
Dialogues of Wind and Bamboo is the name of a multi-media event which will happen on midsummer night in the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh with the help of artists, musicians, singers and dancers: from Edinburgh’s electronic band Found to traditional Thai angkalung (bamboo chime) percussionists.
Bamboo is the living link between all the performances inspiring dance as well as providing the raw material for sculpture and musical instruments. “Bamboo is such a fundamental part of life in Asian cultures – it is almost the symbol of China� says Kimho.
Dialogues of Wind and Bamboo (sponsored by the Scottish Arts Council) is one of the main events in the Botanics’ programme of events for China Now in Scotland. More details to come.
January 25th, 2008