Chris Freemantle comments on AHM Symposium 2

For Chris' comments on the AHM Symposium in Edinburgh, please visit his blog at http://chris.fremantle.org/ or see below:

Sometimes it takes a little while

or, How has Scotland changed?

AHM‘s second State of Play Symposium was a very different affair from the first. Held in Edinburgh in the Hawthornden Lecture Theatre of the National Galleries of Scotland, it was comfortable, elegant, sophisticated and at the heart of the establishment.

In November when we first met at the invitation of AHM to discuss the state of play, it was in the lecture theatre at Gilmorehill in the University of Glasgow. It felt edgy, not least because the technical staff had just been handed redundancy notices, but also because it was a week before Westminster’s “budget of cuts.” There was talk of organising. Philip Schlesinger outlined the cultural policy context for the formation of Creative Scotland, describing clearly the increasing economism that has resulted in the arts being transformed into the creative industries, with all the entailed lack of criticality. Peter McCaughey told everyone to join the Scottish Artists Union (and this still applies).

For the second event AHM had invited ex-pat Scots to speak.

Margaret Hunter Keynote Presentation

Keynote presentation by Margaret Hunter at the 2nd AHM State of Play Symposium at The Hawthornden Lecture Theatre, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh on Saturday 2nd April 2011.

Peter Hill Keynote Presentation

Keynote presentation by Peter Hill at the 2nd AHM State of Play Symposium at The Hawthornden Lecture Theatre, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh on Saturday 2nd April 2011.

Liz Ann MacGregor Video Presentation

Video presentation by Liz Ann MacGregor at the 2nd AHM State of Play Symposium at The Hawthornden Lecture Theatre, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh on Saturday 2nd April 2011.

Jim Mooney Keynote Presentation

Keynote presentation by Jim Mooney at the 2nd AHM State of Play Symposium at The Hawthornden Lecture Theatre, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh on Saturday 2nd April 2011.

Thomas Lawson Keynote Presentation

Keynote presentation by Thomas Lawson at the 2nd AHM State of Play Symposium at The Hawthornden Lecture Theatre, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh on Saturday 2nd April 2011.

Douglas Gordon Keynote Presentation

Keynote presentation by Douglas Gordon at the 2nd AHM State of Play Symposium at The Hawthornden Lecture Theatre, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh on Saturday 2nd April 2011.

AHM Symposium 2 - Introduction

Sandy Moffat, Chair, introduces AHM's 2nd State of Play - Art and Culture in Scotland Today Symposium at The Hawthorden Lecture Theatre, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh

Doug Wright - Manifesto

Documentation of Doug Wright's manifesto presentation at State of Play - Art and Culture in Scotland Today symposium at the National Galleries,Edinburgh in April 2011

Ginny Hutchison - Manifesto

Documentation of Ginny Hutchison's manifesto presentation at State of Play - Art and Culture in Scotland Today symposium at the National Galleries,Edinburgh in April 2011

Ice Cream Architecture - Manifesto

Documentation of the Ice Cream Architecture manifesto presentation at State of Play - Art and Culture in Scotland Today symposium at the National Galleries,Edinburgh in April 2011

Sarah Hardie - Manifesto

Documentation of Sarah Hardie's manifesto presentation at State of Play - Art and Culture in Scotland Today symposium at the National Galleries, Edinburgh in April 2011

Sogol Mabadi Manifesto

Documentation of Sogol Mabadi's manifesto presentation at State of Play - Art and Culture in Scotland Today symposium at the National Galleries,Edinburgh in April 2011

John Kellock Manifesto

Documentation of John Kellock's manifesto presentation at State of Play - Art and Culture in Scotland Today symposium at the National Galleries,Edinburgh in April 2011

Stephen Hurrel Manifesto

Documentation of Stephen Hurrel's manifesto presentation at State of Play - Art and Culture in Scotland Today symposium at the National Galleries,Edinburgh in April 2011

Pleasants and Levine Manifesto

Documentation of Pleasant and Levine's manifesto presentation at State of Play - Art and Culture in Scotland Today symposium at the National Galleries,Edinburgh in April 2011

BLOG UPDATES - Video Documentation from AHM Symposium 2

After hours of editing, the video files from the last AHM Symposium in Edinburgh earlier this month are ready to be uploaded to the blog. Over the next few days you will be able to view video footage from the symposium here on the AHM blog.

Please keep checking the blog and feel free to leave comments about the material - we want to extend the debate started at the symposium.

Enjoy!

AHM Manifesto

Documentation of the AHM manifesto presentation at State of Play - Art and Culture in Scotland Today symposium at the National Galleries, Edinburgh in April 2011

Video footage - coming soon...

Thanks to everyone who has emailed with their feedback and comments following the AHM symposium last weekend.

The symposium was videoed and sound recordings were taken of the full day.

Please be patient whilst the vast amount of footage is captured and edited.

Keep your comments coming!

Afternoon discussion

Discussions following the afternoon presentations at the AHM Symposium 2, National Galleries, Edinburgh