The Edinburgh Annuale, now in its sixth
year, is co-ordinated by the Embassy
gallery, currently housed within
the Roxy Art House.
The Annuale creates a loose association between artist-run activities
extant in the city all year round. It was initially conceived of as a
challenge to the multitude of high budget, high profile international
biennials which fill the art calendar. However unlike these biennials—which
pay lip service to site specificity and inclusiveness while promoting
broadly the same band of well-travelled artist—the Annuale swaps
the role of international host by creating an alliance between the city’s
artists who temporarily form a pact to raise their visibility. The agglomerative
nature of the Annuale is a clarion call to unite Edinburgh’s artist-run
initiatives and champion grass-roots operations.
For 2009 the Annuale has been moved outside the clamour of the busy festival
period in order to clarify its core position as a yearly snap–shot
of Edinburgh’s low-budget, self-managed artistic activity. Other
changes include a shortened duration, a wider ranging call for submissions
representing the scene’s extended networks and a tighter selection
process ensuring that an accurate cross-section of activity is represented.
The ANNUALE is supported by
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