Article Source: Take Me Somewhere
Last Updated: 12 December 2016 15:03
A trashstep-dubpunk morality play based on the New Testament, an ecstatic exploration of the erotic fear associated with the black male body, a blonde bombshell mother-son re-enactment of a Sia video, an invitation to ‘Shoot the Sissy’, and an epic participatory rave in a dystopian fantasy future world are some of the performances in the first Take Me Somewhere festival, which takes place in venues across Glasgow in early 2017.
Founded by former Arches Artistic Director Jackie Wylie, with support from Creative Scotland and Glasgow Life, the festival will build on and celebrate the risk-taking, leftfield legacy of the venue, which was famous for giving a platform to innovative homegrown talent, alongside inspiring international performance. Take Me Somewhere will extend this vital platform across the city, showcasing some of today’s most vital work from beyond Scotland, whilst providing a crucial support structure to Scotland’s innovative and exciting community of artists and makers.
Jackie Wylie said of the festival: “It's fantastic to launch the first Take Me Somewhere festival, which I hope will carry forward The Arches' unique spirit. There was a remarkable sense of loss and grief last year when The Arches closed, because of the incredible community that had built up around it over its 25-year life span. As a result, there has been an overwhelmingly positive response to carrying on this legacy. We are delighted to be working with venue partners all across the city, who have opened up new creative possibilities beyond The Arches building. The range and scope of the work in the festival would not have been possible without the generosity and support of our funders and collaborators from across Scotland and further afield. The festival is about journeying together – to somewhere new and somewhere extraordinary.”
Lorna Duguid, Creative Scotland Multi Artform Manager commented: “Take Me Somewhere presents a major addition to the festival and contemporary performance provision in Scotland. Under the expert stewardship of Jackie Wylie, it is heartening to see the way not only the community of artists have responded to the opportunity to make something new arise from the legacy of the Arches but also the civic institutions, Glasgow Life, academia, trusts and foundations. All of whom recognised the value and the resource that the artists who have emerged over those Arches years had given to their own development and to the artistic achievements and recognition of Glasgow and Scotland.”
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