Adrift by artist Alastair Cook
Adrift is a film of a poem by Juliet Wilson, from her debut Unthinkable Skies. Juliet is published by Colin Will's Dunbar based Calder Wood Press
Adrift is the first of a series of films with Juliet, which will be premiered at my upcoming solo show at the Drill Hall in Leith on 29th July this year.
Emily Melting by artist Alastair Cook.
Emily Melting is film collaboration with poet Gérard Rudolf, developing a set of ideas recently conceived in my films Scene and La Plage, both collaborative films, with Morgan Downie and Jane McKie respectively.
The poem Emily Melting is from Gérard's incredible new poetry collection, Orphaned Latitudes, of which Anthony Joseph is quoted as saying "the poems move with muscle in the air... mesmerising and masterful."
La Plage by artist Alastair Cook.
The poem La Plage is by exceptional poet Jane McKie and is steeped in bright sunshine and knee-deep in children. La Plage was shown at the McEwan Hall on the 25th and 26th March 2010 as part of This Collection.
Scene by artist Alastair Cook.
Scene is by poet and short story writer Morgan Downie, whose first collection, Sea and Stone, has just been published. Of 'The Wave, Janice Gallow says: "a perfect showcase of sustenance from sculpture". Scene was shown at the McEwan Hall in Edinburgh on the 25th and 26th March 2010 as part of This Collection.
Portobello by artist Alastair Cook.
The poem Portobello is written and read by poet and short story writer Morgan Downie and is a dark drag, a rake through the ghost of Edinburgh's seaside.
Niddrie by artist Alastair Cook.
The poem Niddrie is by poet and This Collection co-ordinator Claire Askew and is read by Alastair Cook.