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24 June 2023

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INTRODUCTION

HELEN NISBET Hello and welcome to Art Night Dundee!

Artistic Director,
This is the first time the festival has had a full iteration
Art Night 2023
outside London, and I am so happy it is in this city.
When inviting artists to be part of the festival, I spoke
to them about the joy and tenderness of gathering
socially after a long time apart. I referenced house
parties, and the way various rooms hold different forms
of activity — dancing in the living room, a meaningful
conversation in the kitchen, meeting an old friend in
the queue for the toilets, snogging on the stairs, crying
with a pal in the garden.
So the festival is about being together — but it is also
very much about Dundee: the landscape, buildings, rich
cultural and political history, and crucially, the people.
For the 10 Art Night commissions, artists have developed
and presented work that binds their own practices and
experiences to this singular place and time. Some are
personal responses — opportunities to pause and reflect;
some are informed by or created in collaboration with
the people of Dundee; some of the projects point to
global environmental and political concerns; some speak
of love as a space for hope, and some promise to raise
your public approval ratings.
Credit: Marie Nisbet There is no one way to experience the festival. Make
your own schedule, keep plans flexible and leave space
for unexpected encounters. Make sure you don’t miss
Inwith — projects by a selection of Dundee’s art and
community-led groups, including billboards, flower
shows, trad music sessions and vending machines.
Art Night taking place here in Dundee is entirely down to
people. There are too many to mention in the small word
count I have here, but I do want to thank our partners,
supporters and friends — from galleries and museums,
to Dundee City Council and the local community groups
who made Art Night happen. Vitally, we would not be
here tonight without the talented artists who have
developed such beautiful work for the festival. I also
want to note three people who helped me plot things out
at the very beginning — Leonie, Eoin, Beth, thank you.
Finally, one of the best things about bringing Art Night
to Dundee has been working with a predominantly local
team — Lizzie, Jamie, Becca, Sarah, Jen, Emma, Nicola,
Cathy, Philippine — you are inspiring and brilliant.
Enjoy Art Night Dundee, and don’t forget to have a
fudge doughnut.
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COMMISSIONS 1 INEFFICIENT SOLUTIONS
GENERATORprojects
The Hi-Visit
7pm – 12am
ABOUT THE WORK:
The Hi-Visit is a participatory installation at Dundee’s legendary artist-run exhibition
and project space. The work, by Dundonian artist Inefficient Solutions, manifests as
GENERATOR a photo opportunity which promises to “raise your personal profile and expand your
projects portfolio of public engagement”.
Unit 25/26,
Mid Wynd Ind GENERATOR is transformed into an industrial setting that offers several potential
Est, Dundee, benefits to participation. Participants might convey a sense of working hard, by
DD1 4JG being photographed in a hard work environment; they might prove they are just
an ordinary person by wearing a fluorescent yellow bib, or show responsibility by
wearing a hard hat; they might enjoy an opportunity to associate themselves with
the working class, or to illustrate job opportunities, wealth, economic growth and
prosperity, simply by wearing some safety specs.
Audiences are invited to take part, watch and enjoy a drink while proceedings
take place.

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Inefficient Solutions is the performative identity of Dundonian artist Euan Taylor.
In his work he commits to the the guise of a sub-contractor operating out of
Dundee, never deviating from the company’s core values and aims: creating and
solving problems; being on the scrounge; building building sites, and undertaking
futile endeavours. “Inefficient Solutions consistently complies with these targets”.
A graduate of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Taylor has
participated in exhibitions, workshops and residencies in Dundee, wider Scotland,
and internationally. He is a founding member of Tin Roof Arts Collective, and a
board member for Dundee Ceramics Workshop.
ABOUT THE VENUE:
GENERATORprojects is a dynamic, vibrant exhibition and events space in the heart
of Dundee. Founded in 1996, more than 25 years later GENERATOR still operates in
the tradition of ARIs (Artist Run Initiatives): non-profit, volunteer-led, grassroots
spaces that exist to foster and sustain creativity and participation in the arts.
With an emphasis on contemporary art, GENERATOR provides a crucial platform
for early to mid-career arts practitioners, particularly those living in the Dundee
area and outwith Scotland’s central belt. By offering paid opportunities to these
ACCESSIBILITY emerging practitioners, GENERATOR provide a vital stepping stone, enabling them
The venue is fully to develop their practice and gain critical hands-on experience of exhibition-making,
accessible. networking and engagement with audiences.

inefficientsolutions.com

Credit: Inefficient Solutions, Ganghut Project Space GENERATORprojects by Ben Douglas Photography
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 2 HEATHER PHILLIPSON
Cooper Gallery, DJCAD, University of Dundee 3 MARIA FUSCO & MARGARET SALMON
Dundee Rep
Dream Land (exhibition) / Mourning Ritual (live event) History of the Present
LIVE EVENT: 7pm
24 June ABOUT THE WORK: ABOUT THE WORK:
8pm
Check online for Dream Land is a new commission by Heather Phillipson which incorporates archival History of the Present is an experimental feminist opera-film about class and
9pm
precise timing BBC wildlife footage, recast as hallucination. Opening with its bug protagonist conflict. Co-directed by Maria Fusco and Margaret Salmon, the work features new
10pm
sucked through a vacuum cleaner nozzle, the film lands us in an alternative world compositions by Annea Lockwood, libretto by Maria Fusco and improvisational vocal
11pm
EXHIBITION: which resembles our own but as if broadcast from another dimension. Remixing and work by Héloïse Werner.
16 June – revoicing remarkable scenes from innovative 1980s nature documentaries Supersense Screenings are
1 July 2023, 46 minutes long, This intersectional, intergenerational work forefronts working-class women’s voices
and Life Sense, Dream Land presents earthly life as a dream, accessed via the bizarre
Mon – Sat, beginning on to ask: who has the right to speak, and in what way? Layering sociological, cultural,
and precious lives by which we’re surrounded. Its leading characters shapeshift
12 – 5pm the hour. and political themes from the recent history of Northern Ireland, the work exercises
between species and environments, reprogrammed to form an alternative narrative.
voice, breath and field-recording composition through a range of film techniques
24 June 2023 Creatures appear as interlocutors, harbingers and guides. In parallel, it is scored with
and operatic articulations, to amplify marginalised stories.
Sat, 7pm – 12am a soundscape, composed by the artist, that samples the crackles of wildlife into a
strange new music. Made on 35mm and video in the streets of Belfast, the Ulster Museum and the Royal
Dundee Rep
Opera House in London, History of the Present observes how defensive architecture
The film is punctuated by Mourning Ritual, a one-off audio event composed by Theatre
Cooper Gallery defines movement to enforce intersectional histories and identities within daily
Phillipson to communicate with the spirits of departed animals. The event will take Tay Square,
DJCAD, University experiences in conflict and post-conflict zones on an international level.
place at Cooper Gallery on the evening of Art Night. Dundee,
of Dundee, DD1 1PB Funded by the the British Council, Creative Scotland and the Royal Opera House,
13 Perth Road Dream Land acquired with Art Fund support as part of The Wild Escape, in
with R&D funding from The Abbey Theatre, Dublin. Partnered with Belfast
DD1 4HT partnership with the The McManus: Dundee’s Art Gallery & Museum. With further
International Festival, Glasgow Women’s Library, Global Women’s Narrative Project,
support from Cooper Gallery, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design
The MAC, Belfast and Scottish Opera.
(DJCAD) at the University of Dundee and Creative Kernow.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Mourning Ritual co-commissioned with Cooper Gallery, Duncan of Jordanstone
ACCESSIBILITY Maria Fusco is an award-winning Belfast born working-class writer whose
College of Art & Design (DJCAD) at the University of Dundee, supported by the
Cooper Gallery interdisciplinary work spans critical, fiction and performance writing. She is
DJCAD Centenary Trust.
has two floors. currently Professor of Interdisciplinary Writing at the University of Dundee.
Ground floor has ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Margaret Salmon is a New York born artist filmmaker based in Glasgow. Winner of
an accessible toilet. Heather Phillipson was nominated for the Turner Prize 2022. Her recent solo
the inaugural Max Mara Prize for Women in association with The Whitechapel, recent
Access to the 2nd exhibitions include Tate Britain’s Duveen Galleries commission, London (2021–22)
exhibitions include Monument at Secession, Vienna and the British Art Show 9. Salmon
floor via 24 steps or and the Fourth Plinth commission, Trafalgar Square (2020–22). In 2024 she will
lectures in Fine Art Critical Studies and Photography at The Glasgow School of Art.
via lift and 5 steps produce a new commissions for the Imperial War Museum in partnership with
with stairclimber for Glynn Vivian Gallery, Swansea. Annea Lockwood is an acclaimed New Zealand-born American composer based in
wheelchair access. upstate New York. She was the recipient of a SEAMUS Lifetime Achievement Award,
Please email ABOUT THE VENUE and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2022.
exhibitions@ Cooper Gallery is a public art gallery at the heart of Duncan of Jordanstone
ABOUT THE VENUE:
dundee.ac.uk College of Art & Design, University of Dundee, advocating for challenging practices
Dundee Rep has been a leading force in Scottish theatre and dance for over 80
in advance for and critical discourse in contemporary art, design and culture. Cooper Gallery is a
years. Home to Dundee Rep Ensemble, the only permanent full-time company of its
stairclimber. member of Plus Tate.
kind in Scotland, and Scottish Dance Theatre, one of the few full-time companies
ACCESSIBILITY in the UK — Dundee Rep hosts a thriving community of practitioners, welcoming
heatherphillipson.co.uk @heatherphillipson
The venue is audiences to prize-winning performances, world-class tours, premieres and an array
fully accessible. of opportunities to get involved and get up on stage.
@fuscowriting @fuscowriting @margaretsalmon @margaretOsalmon

Credit: Heather Phillipson, Dream Land, film still, 2023; with Cooper Gallery, DJCAD by Sally Jubb Credit: Maria Fusco & Margaret Salmon, History of the Present, Dundee Rep
thanks to BBC Archive film still, 2023

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From Dundee Contemporary Arts to HMS Unicorn 5 EMMA HART
Greenmarket Car Park
breach of a fraying body BIG UP
7pm: DCA 7pm – 11pm ABOUT THE WORK:
9pm: Discovery ABOUT THE WORK:
Saoirse Amira Anis presents a performance as an extension of her solo presentation Emma Hart’s BIG UP is a celebration of raving — an ongoing, fundamental force
Point to V&A for good in her life. The work features a series of sculptures that have their hands
11pm: V&A to at Dundee Contemporary Arts, symphony for a fraying body, which takes inspiration
from the watery music, rituals and folklore of Anis’s Scottish and Moroccan maternal Greenmarket in the air — Hart thinks of them as artworks to dance around with the spirits of
HMS Unicorn Car Park the solstice.
and paternal cultures. In this film and installation work, Anis channels her bodily
Each performance experience of rage through a rope-laden, amphibious mythical creature as it 3 Greenmarket,
Hart usually works in ceramics — a long and involved process. The opportunity
will last 20–40 journeys to return to the sea. For Art Night, Anis embodies the creature, freeing Dundee DD1 4BX
to make a temporary public artwork for Art Night has liberated her from this
minutes. Please it from the galleries of DCA to move along Dundee’s waterfront to HMS Unicorn, permanence, and allowed her to produce sculptures made out of less precious,
feel free to follow to seek the waters of the nearby river Tay. The costume for this performance makeshift materials, like cardboard. Situated in a public multi-storey car park, the
Anis on her route, has been devised and constructed in collaboration with a community of Black work is accompanied by a live soundtrack from DJ Lucy Jam Tart and DJ Arty Harty
or ask one of our peers — including costume designer and curator Sabrina Henry and textile artist Party, who will get the choons going while audiences get themselves going amongst
festival guides for Dr Sequoia Barnes — imbuing it with the love and anger of a community. Proudly the works. BIG UP is a chance to get heads up, hands up, spirits up.
help locating her and ceremoniously it parades through the streets, leaving residues of hope and
along the way. rage in its wake. A co-commission with Hospitalfield: hospitalfield.org.uk

Find traces and remnants of Saoirse Amira Anis’s DCA exhibition aboard the ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Unicorn’s decks, which will be open to the public from 7pm until the closing Emma Hart lives and works in London. She makes exuberant sculptures,
DCA predominantly in ceramics, which actively confront the viewer, often by jutting
152 Nethergate, segment of the performance.
out from the wall or physically encroaching on the viewer’s personal space. In 2016
Dundee, DD1 4DY A co-commission with Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA). she won the Max Mara Art Prize for Women in collaboration with the Whitechapel
ABOUT THE ARTIST: Gallery, and in 2015 she was awarded a Paul Hamlyn Foundation award for Visual
Saoirse Amira Anis is a proudly Dundee-based interdisciplinary artist who graduated Art. Major solo exhibitions include Big Mouth (Barakat Contemporary, 2022); Banger
HMS Unicorn ACCESSIBILITY (Fruitmarket, 2018) and Mamma Mia! (Whitechapel Gallery, Collezione Maramotti,
S Victoria Dock from DJCAD in 2018, before serving on the committee of GENERATORprojects for
two years. Recent projects include: For no other reason than joy, Cample Line (2022) There are no toilets 2017). With Dean Kenning, she curated and participated in the group exhibition Poor
Rd, Dundee onsite. Please Things (Fruitmarket, 2023). Hart studied Fine Art at Slade School of Fine Art with an
DD1 3BP and Holding Barzakh, Platform:2022, EAF x LUXScotland (2022). She is a member of
the programming/curatorial duo, two of cups, with Laura McSorley. ask a member of MA (2004) and a PhD in Fine Art at Kingston University (2013).
staff if you require
ABOUT THE VENUE: directions to the ABOUT THE VENUE:
ACCESSIBILITY Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA) is an internationally renowned centre for nearest facilities. Greenmarket Car Park is a variable stay car park, operated by Dundee City Council.
DCA is fully contemporary art. With beautiful large-scale gallery spaces, cinema screens, a busy
accessible. print studio, an award-winning learning programme, and a packed programme of emmahart.info @emma.hart_
events, workshops, classes and activities, DCA is a vibrant cultural hub, open to all.
Some areas of
HMS Unicorn are Launched in 1824, HMS Unicorn is a wooden Navy frigate and is the most original
not accessible old ship in the world. Moored in Dundee’s waterfront, she is now the oldest ship in
for wheelchairs Scotland, as well as one of the six oldest ships afloat in the world. Unicorn is open
or prams. all-year-round as a museum and visitor attraction.

saoirse-anis.com @moroccanstylechicken @freed0mprincess

Credit: Saoirse Amira Anis, symphony for a fraying body, film still, 2023. HMS Unicorn by Rhys Boyle Credit: Emma Hart, Mamma Mia! 2017. Photo: Thierry Bal. Greenmarket Car Park
Image courtesy of the artist, Videography: Rachel McBrinn Image courtesy of the artist

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RRS Discovery & Arctic Bar 7 LUCY MCKENZIE
V&A Dundee
SONIC VOYAGES Náhrdelník (Necklace)
7pm – 10pm ABOUT THE WORK: 7pm – 12am
RRS Discovery ABOUT THE WORK:
Nabihah Iqbal presents a musical take-over of two iconic and polar venues in the Náhrdelník (Necklace) is a new film by Lucy McKenzie consisting of found footage,
11pm – 2am city — RRS Discovery and the Arctic Bar. EXHIBITION:
24 June – 9 July sourced from YouTube, of the 1992 Czech television drama of the same name.
Arctic Bar Showcasing the complex lives and dramas of characters in 19th and 20th century
From 7pm–10pm performances will redefine Discovery’s decks through sound. The
programme features a hybrid traditional/experimental bagpipe performance by Prague society, McKenzie’s edit focuses on the famous Villa Mueller, and its
Scottish musician and electronic music producer CAIN; Fiscal Harm — one of the modernist architecture and interior details where some of the show was filmed.
RRS Discovery V&A Dundee
many musical projects of Aldous RH — undertakes an experimental saxophone By adding English language and subtitles, McKenzie’s workwith the recovered
Riverside Dr, Scottish Design
set; avant garde string duo Balladeste features Tara Franks on cello and Preetha footage creates a new story from a contemporary perspective, and her
Dundee DD1 4DY Galleries
Narayanan on violin, and Nick Hann combines experimental music with Scottish folk. interpretation contrasts the familiar nature of this nostalgic period television drama,
and Juniper
From 11pm the event moves to the Arctic Bar for a full-on dance party, where Iqbal is Auditorium, with its darker and more sinister undertones.
Arctic Bar joined on the decks by Ursula Holliday — one half of punk band Skinny Girl Diet and 1 Riverside Echoing the modernist architecture and interior in the film, Náhrdelník (Necklace)
5 New Inn Entry, co-presenter of the Holliday Show on NTS Radio — and Richard and Spencer — the Esplanade, is screened inside Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Oak Room, an iconic example of
Dundee DD1 1SB living legends of Scotland’s electronic music scene behind the Numbers record label Dundee, DD1 4EZ Scottish modernist design, on loan to V&A Dundee from Glasgow Life (Glasgow
and Glasgow’s iconic Rubabdub music and record shop. Museums) on behalf of Glasgow City Council. During Art Night the film can also be
Iqbal is honoured to be collaborating with Messenger Sound System for the Arctic viewed as a large projection in the Juniper Auditorium at V&A Dundee where visitors
Please note that can enjoy a more relaxed, informal and accessible environment.
Bar party — one of the oldest dub sound systems in Scotland, established in 1987
the Arctic Bar is a
and still going strong. A co-commission with V&A Dundee.
late night venue,
for over 18’s only. ABOUT THE ARTIST: ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Nabihah Iqbal is a musician, broadcaster and DJ working in an extensive range of Lucy McKenzie is a British artist based in Brussels. She graduated with a BA from
artistic and professional contexts. She has hosted radio shows on NTS since 2013, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in 1999. Her Work combines
frequently appearing across BBC networks since 2018, and has toured the world as traditional oil painting, alongside collaborations in fashion and furniture, design,
ACCESSIBILITY both a live act and DJ. Iqbal is a practising artist-in-residence at Somerset House,
You can enjoy the curation, writing and publishing. Together with Beca Lipscombe, McKenzie
and is guest director for Brighton Festival 2023. Her second album, Dreamer was collaborates on the fashion-label Atelier E.B. Her work has been exhibited at
performances at released on Ninja Tune on 28 April 2023.
RRS Discovery Cabinet Gallery (London, 2022), Tate Liverpool (Liverpool, 2022), Serpentine
from deck or ABOUT THE VENUE: (London, 2019) and Lafayette Anticipations (Paris, 2019).
land, but please Discovery Point is home to RRS Discovery. This award-winning visitor attraction tells ABOUT THE VENUE:
note that as it is the story of the iconic ship ‘Discovery’ from her beginnings in Dundee, her amazing V&A Dundee is Scotland’s design museum. Designed by Kengo Kuma, the
a historic ship, Antarctic expedition with Captain Scott and her voyages and uses thereafter. RRS ACCESSIBILITY museum is at the centre of Dundee’s reimagined waterfront and is part of the
full wheelchair Discovery is listed on the UK Core Collections of important vessels drawn up by the The venue is V&A family of museums that celebrate creativity in all its forms from across
or pram access National Historic Ships Committee, the only scientific vessel on the list. fully accessible. centuries, for everyone.
on deck is not Taking us from the Antarctic to the Arctic, the Arctic Bar is a cosy and atmospheric
possible. pub located ‘up the pend’, near Dundee’s City Square. One of the oldest pubs in lucymckenzie.com @kultura1990
Arctic Bar is the city, the bar displays an array of documents and relics that highlight Dundee’s
fully accessible. connection to Arctic exploration.

nabihahiqbal.com @nabihahiqbal @nabihahiqbal

Credit: Nabihah Iqbal portrait, Joseph Hayes RRS Discovery, Discovery Point by John Pow Credit: Lucy McKenzie, Náhrdelník (Necklace) film still, 2023 V&A Dundee by ©Hufton+Crow.

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Arthurstone Library & Keiller Centre 9 TAI SHANI
The Little Theatre
THE LACK: I knew your voice before you spoke My Bodily Remains, Your Bodily Remains, And All The
7pm – 1am 6.30pm Bodily Remains That Ever Were, And Ever Will Be
Both venues ABOUT THE WORK: 7.45pm
With this ambitious new commission, Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley alerts us to ABOUT THE WORK:
9.00pm
meteoric gulfs in the world as we know it. The earth has changed and the choices My Bodily Remains, Your Bodily Remains, And All The Bodily Remains That Ever Were,
10.15pm
we make now will reconstruct how we navigate it. Within the historic Arthurstone And Ever Will Be is a fantastical series of filmic tableaux drawing from various genres
Arthurstone Library in Stobswell, Brathwaite-Shirley presents an art video game that allows Set screenings ranging from horror to technicolour cinematic dreams.
Library audiences to interact and perform with the work. Guided by sounds and questions of the film will
5 Arthurstone take place every The work features four protagonists: two characters called ‘Them who Love’, whose
crafted by Dundonians in community-led workshops, the decisions taken by relationship is unclear, and who speak of love in a profound, epic, almost spiritual
Terrace, Dundee, participants will influence every element of the world being created throughout the 75 minutes, with
DD4 6RT a more informal way; ‘The Ghost for Revolution’, who recounts somatic histories of fascism, and ‘The
course of the evening. Reader of The Book of Love’ who reads historical quotes from individuals or groups
small-screen
At Keiller Centre audiences are invited to imagine their own “mid-apocalyptic” version viewable in that were involved in “non non-violent” action.
resetting of the world, through zine making and poster printing. Audiences can the Little Theatre’s The film is a poetic meditation on various historical resistance movements and
Keiller Centre
choose their own story, make their own game, and consider what they would bar throughout groups, the spiritual dimensions of anti-supremacism, intersectional queer feminism,
3 Chapel Street,
do, what they would be, and even reconsider the very particles of their being, in the night. communism and revolutionary thinking to recognise the emancipatory power of
Dundee, DD1 1DQ
Brathwaite-Shirley’s proposed new world. In collectively creating this new sphere, love and pleasure as a catalyst for radical change. My Bodily Remains… features an
prints, zines and ideas will fill the space throughout the night. original score composed by Maxwell Sterling and Richard Fearless (Death in Vegas)
Please note, A co-commission with NEoN Digital Arts and Serpentine The Little Theatre alongside digital animations by Adam Sinclair.
this work 58 Victoria Rd,
ABOUT THE ARTIST: A Co-Commission for Art Night, CAC Cincinnati, KM21 and POR:TA. With additional
contains mature Dundee DD1 2NU
Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley is a Berlin/London-based artist. They received a BA support from Luminous Foundation. Developed in collaboration with The Southbank
themes and
from the Slade School of Fine Art in 2019. Brathwaite-Shirley works predominantly Centre, London. Supported using public funding by Creative Scotland, the Henry
strong language.
in animation, sound, performance, and video game development. Their practice Moore Foundation, and Museum of London with support from Arts Council England.
Please note,
focuses on intertwining lived experience with fiction to imaginatively retell the stories ABOUT THE ARTIST:
this work
of Black Trans people. Tai Shani’s artistic practice, comprising performance, film, photography, and
contains mature
ABOUT THE VENUE: themes and installation, uses experimental writing as a guiding method. Oscillating between
Arthurstone Library is one of five Carnegie Public Libraries to be opened in Dundee, strong language. theoretical concepts and visceral details, Shani’s texts attempt to create poetic
and one of three to continue serving their intended purpose. The library is home to coordinates in order to cultivate fragmentary cosmologies of marginalised
Stobswell Forum, a place for residents to get involved in their community. nonsovereignty. Taking cues from both mournful and undead histories of
reproductive labour, illness and solidarity, her work is invested in recovering
ACCESSIBILITY Situated in the heart of Dundee’s city centre, Keiller Centre, which opened as a
feminised aesthetic modes. Tai Shani is the joint 2019 Turner Prize winner together
Both venues are shopping centre in 1979, has recently come under new management, working with
with Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Helen Cammock and Oscar Murillo. Her work has
fully accessible. communities to become a creative hub.
been shown extensively in Britain and internationally. Shani has upcoming solo
presentations at KM21, The Hague, and CAC, Cincinnati.
daniellebrathwaiteshirley.com @Ladydangfau
ABOUT THE VENUE:
The Little Theatre is the home of Dundee Dramatic Society — the longest running
ACCESSIBILITY dramatic society in Dundee, formed in 1924. In 1936 they converted this former jute
The venue is warehouse at the foot of the Hilltown into the Little Theatre. The Society still owns,
fully accessible. runs and maintains the building, performing four shows a year.

taishani.com @taishani @Tai_Shani

Credit: Danielle Braithwaite Shirley, THE LACK: I knew your voice before you spoke, Arthurstone Library by Alistair Wilson. Credit: Tai Shani, My Bodily Remains, Your Bodily Remains and All the Bodily The Little Theatre
video game still, 2023 Remains that Ever Were and Ever Will Be, 2023.

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RICHY CAREY
Baxter Park Pavilion
{stereo – type – music}
7pm – 12am
ABOUT THE WORK:
Performances: {stereo – type – music} is a performance, installation and newsprint publication
7.30pm & 9.30pm drawing together Richy Carey’s work with choirs, community groups and other
at Baxter Park collaborators across Dundee.
Pavilion
Inspired by the city’s rich printing history, the project considers how publishing
practices can shape the ways we listen to each other. Recording DC Thomson’s
factory floor, collecting stories of newspaper callers, considering the poetics of
Baxter Park accents and place with Prof. Maria Fusco, and with guidance from choirmaster Alice
Pavilion Marra, Carey has crafted a soundtrack to emanate from Baxter Park Pavilion.
15–16 Baxter Park
Terrace, Dundee, Inviting us to open our ears and our minds to “the sonics in-between”, Carey
DD4 7BF explores music that comes from collectively composed scores and reframed printing
terminology such as ‘stereotype’ and ‘cliché’. {stereo – type – music} sends a
Please enter cacophony of sound, loud and quiet, out into Baxter Park with two live performances
Baxter Park via during the evening, in Dundee’s historic Baxter Park, from a super group of singers
the entrances from across Dundee, including Dundee-based Loadsaweeminsingin’, Lochee Linties,
on Baxter Park and Duende Voices.
Terrace, Arbroath A co-commission with The Tetley, Leeds with support from Creative Kernow and The
Road and Elephant Trust.
Dalkeith Road
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Richy Carey is a sound artist and composer who lives in the Isle of Skye. He works
collaboratively with artists and communities to create soundtracks and soundscapes
– making communal sounds that explore ecologies of authorship, agency and
empathy through listening and sounding together.
ABOUT THE VENUE:
Baxter Park was gifted to the people of Dundee, rather than to the city itself, by
ACCESSIBILITY
prominent flax mill owners the Baxter family in 1863. One of the few remaining
The installation
commons in Dundee, the sprawling park sits at the heart of the Stobswell
at Baxter Park
community.
Pavilion is fully
accessible but The historic, glass fronted Baxter Park Pavilion was also part of the original 1863
has limited gift and has variously been used as a meeting point and site of communing and
available seating. celebration for local people.

richycarey.com @eist_sound

Credit: Yalla Riso Baxter Park Pavillion

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 11 THE SPEEDWELL BAR
165 – 167 Perth Road 14 WOOOSH GALLERY
Miller’s Wynd Car Park
11am – 12am Lindabee Draws Dundee & University of Dundee Traditional Music Society 7pm – 12am WOOOSH FLOWER SHOW
Performances
Over the course of Art Night, The Speedwell Bar will host a live traditional music To celebrate Dundee City Council’s recent rebranding of Miller’s Wynd “Car Park‘’
from 7pm Exhibition Dates:
session with the University of Dundee’s Traditional Music Society (TradSoc). TradSoc to Miller’s Wynd “Park”, Wooosh are proud to present the world’s first WOOOSH
welcomes all student musicians to join and play with the group, whether this is a 24 June – 8 July FLOWER SHOW!
Exhibition Dates: (or until eaten
Until July 2023 style of music participants are familiar with or not, holding rehearsals weekly on the As the exciting centrepiece of this already very exciting event, Wooosh have brought
university campus. by slugs)
(Lindabee only) together Dundee’s fierce array of community gardens to battle it out, head-to-head,
Alongside the music, local artist Lindabee Draws Dundee will showcase a selection of in the WOOOSH FLOWER SHOWDOWN! Catch the competing entries being paraded
her works on the walls of the bar. Lindabee is a local artist working in collage and ink in barrows from community gardens near and far, coming together in Wooosh’s car
to depict Dundee’s majestic cityscape. park home to face the judgement of the rigorous and discerning Wooosh Gallery team.
The Speedwell Bar Wooosh Gallery
165 – 167 Perth The Speedwell Bar is a traditional grade A listed Edwardian institution with an Miller’s Wynd Car Woooshing will also be taking place intermittently throughout the night (the ceremonial
Road, Dundee, abundance of character and an extensive collection of over 100 whiskies. Park, Perth Road, pasting of a bit of paper to the gallery wall). Judgement commences at 7.30pm.
DD2 1AS Works by Lindabee Draws Dundee will remain on display until July 2023. DD1 4JS Woooshes will remain on display until eaten by slugs.

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Artist(s): Lindabee Draws Dundee, Dundee University Traditional Music Society

NOMAS* PROJECTS

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Various Locations
THE BINNN
Various Locations 7pm – 1am For Some the Clouds Become Solid Ground
Performances
For Some the Clouds Become Solid Ground is a collaboration between Sarah
at 8.30pm &
ALL NIGHT GET IN THE BINNN White and tyroneisaacstuart. Both artists utilise improvisation, creating spaces
10.30pm
of contemplation and participation. The pair will present an exhibition at Nomas*
The Binnn is a small Dundee based gallery, hosted in multiple wheelie bins. This Exhibition Dates: Projects, a five window gallery space providing a platform for contemporary art in
allows the galleries to be portable, becoming an interesting space for emerging until July 2023 a broad range of media. Two performances at Slessor Gardens will invite audience
Le Freak Records artists to think outside the box (or inside The Binnn).
159 Perth Road, members to make their own mark on the slabbed walkways, using chalk.
DD2 1AR For Art Night, three wheelie bins will be placed along the festival’s route, exhibiting In the event of bad weather, the performances will be moved to Platform Arts,
artwork by recent Dundee arts graduates. Le Freak Records hosts video work by Performance: Riverside Drive, DD1 4DB.
Nola Jade Smith, blending art, technology and Smith’s painting practice. Outside Nola Slessor Gardens,
39 Union Street, is Connor Leslie’s interactive drawing machine and in Stobswell Anna Brodie shows In addition, poster work by the artists will also be on display on South Union Street
DD1 3DP
DD1 4BS plaster-based sculptural pieces informed by everyday simple processes. with a film piece projected onto buildings on Yeaman Shore, once dusk has fallen.
Exhibition:
Princes Street/ Artist(s): Jade Smith, Anna Brodie, Connor Leslie Artist(s): tyroneisaacstuart, Sarah White
Ferguson Street
Nomas* Projects,
DD4 6DL
9a Ward Road,
DD1 1LP

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EH9 Espresso
X EH9 ESPRESSO
16 HOT CHOCOLATE TRUST
The Steeple, Nethergate
ALL NIGHT Billboard Gallery 8pm – 11pm LTD Edition
Exhibition Dates: Working in conjunction with independent coffee bar EH9 Espresso, Open/Close LTD Edition is an interactive installation showcasing young people’s art and culture.
Until December Dundee have developed a rotating outdoor mural space on the coffee shop’s exterior The project explores the concept of young people as works of art, invoking themes
2023 entitled Billboard Gallery. Hot Chocolate of perception, objectification, and societal gaze. The evening promises to offer a rare
The first gallery instalment is designed by Dundee based artist Matt Gow, who Trust glimpse into the wonderful world of Hot Chocolate.
specialises in creating abstract, narrative based illustrations. Matt holds a passion The Steeple,
Nethergate, “We are all, I would say, limited edition. There’s not another person like us. There
for publications and printmaking, as well as editorial illustration and animation. may be someone that looks like us but there’ll never be another one of us… so if it’s
EH9 Espresso Dundee, DD1 4DG
248 Perth Road, Billboard Gallery aims to create a self-perpetuating, outdoor gallery space, possible for me to be myself then I can create something different. And unique.”
DD1 4LL displaying works for a minimum of 6 months. An exclusive, limited edition print — HCT Young Person
series will be sold in EH9 Espresso of the piece, the profits of which will go towards Hot Chocolate Trust (HCT) works to grow community with young people in Dundee,
commissioning the next artist. using innovative approaches to support them on their own terms and to do
Artist(s): Matt Gow extraordinary things together.
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Keiller Centre 20
10am – 4pm
GROW DUNDEE
Various Locations
7pm – 1am A Generalising Community Gardens Open Day
Performance
With work including drawing, video, and sculpture, David Sherry presents a Communities across the city have creatively transformed abandoned bowling
at 8pm
retrospective of his performative practice at Volk Gallery. Each Volk artist is given greens, backyards and small spaces in public parks into over 20 thriving community
a size limit and budget then left to their own devices. With this brief, Sherry Please see gardens. On this Open Day visitors are invited to follow the network’s Wheelbarrow
Exhibition Dates: growdundee.blog
has produced 100 editions pairing drawings with text as documentation of past Trail to explore these safe, diverse and joyful places to connect with themselves,
June 2nd – July for a list of all the
performances. Sherry will perform 3–4 actions involving margarine and soup, others and nature.
7th [performance locations
commencing at 8pm on Art Night. Join the communities to celebrate locally grown food and friendship. They will sow
on 24 June]
David Sherry is a Glasgow based artist working with live performance, comedy and seeds and share delicious food as part of the Big Lunch event. There will be many
sculpture. creative activities across these spaces, from gigs in the garden to exhibitions, bug
Housed within Dundee’s Keiller Centre, Volk Gallery takes the form of a re-purposed hunts to sun printing, from yoga to edible flower tasting.
Keiller Centre
3 Chapel Street, vending machine. A rotation of products are dispensed at a set price of £3 each with Dundee Community Gardens Network / Grow Dundee is a volunteer body connecting
Dundee, DD1 1DQ works completed by commissioned artists changing monthly. people in Dundee who grow fruit, vegetables and herbs and forage in and around
Artist: David Sherry the city. The full programme with garden activities, timings and access information
is available from www.growdundee.blog

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Keiller Centre 21 DHT’S CREATIVE COMMUNITIES NETWORK
Sharing Not Hoarding
9pm – 1am Keiller Nights ALL NIGHT Aurora Australis
Federation Gallery invites Art Night audiences to join them for an evening of glam Aurora Australis is an installation of images created by Dundee Heritage Trust’s
Exhibition
rock, flamboyance, glitter balls, flairs, big hair, soul, funk and disco in the Keiller Centre! Creative Communities Network project; a year-long programme of workshops that
Dates:
Keiller Centre explore RRS Discovery’s polar collection and the array of local and global issues
Join Connor Liam Byrne and their electric band The Bad Kisses, the torch holders of until July 2023
3 Chapel Street, raised by climate change.
all things glam rock, massive choruses and bombastic guitar solos, from 9–11pm.
Dundee, DD1 1DQ From 11pm–1am, see the return of the ‘Pink Flamingo’: DJ RHL. Dance into the wee Working with Dundee Contemporary Arts’ Print Studio and local designer Kate
hours with the best of soul, funk and disco! Scarlett Harvey, climate-responsible processes were used to create prints in
Sharing Not response to Aurora Australis, the first book to be created, printed and published in
Federation Gallery is a contemporary art gallery based in the Keiller Centre. They are Hoarding the Antarctic on a mission led by Ernest Shackleton from 1908–1909. Exploring the
passionate about exploring important work by new talent, working with emerging Slessor Gardens, well-known traditions of creativity aboard RRS Discovery whilst on long historic
artists and dedicating space for artists to explore, develop their practice and DD1 3DP missions, the group reflect on creativity and how it can help them cope through
showcase creativity.
times of political, economic and climate unrest.
Artist(s): Connor Liam Byrne, The Bad Kissers, DJ RHL
The project is supported by the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, Dundee Heritage Trust
and Sharing Not Hoarding.

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7pm – 12am
YOUNG PEOPLE’S COLLECTIVE
V&A Dundee
When is a Jug not a Jug?
22 DUNDEE WOMEN’S AID
Dura Street /Harriet Street, DD4 6SU
Young People’s Collective (YPC) have posed the question “What is the relationship ALL NIGHT Journey to Connection
between Art and Design?” Co-designed by Connecting Women Project participants at Dundee Women’s Aid
V&A Dundee Exhibition
Delving into archives, exploring comic book design, zine making and asking a (DWA), Journey to Connection showcases a collaged reflection of each contributor’s
1 Riverside Dates:
plethora of creatives working in art, design and beyond. YPC has commissioned personal journey. Presented on a prominent city billboard, contributions have been
Esplanade, 19 June – 3 July
Dundee-based Yalla Riso to co-design a series of Poster Zines which are peppered received from DWA’s Walking, Craft, Book and Writing Groups.
Dundee, D1 4EZ
with their findings. The Connecting Women Project at Dundee Women’s Aid works to bring women
Audiences are invited to pop into V&A Dundee’s Weston Studio to see the various together who have utilised DWA’s services after experiencing domestic abuse, giving
responses, take part in a mini zine making workshop and answer this burning Dura Street/ them a safe space to reconnect; to build up self confidence and remove them from
question themselves. Harriet Street, isolation.
DD4 6SU
YPC is a voluntary group who meet weekly to co-design opportunities for 14–24- Dundee Women’s Aid would like to thank all our women who helped out in so many
year-olds, develop new design-related skills and represent young people’s voices ways! Art Night and Dundee Women’s Aid would like to thank University of Dundee
throughout the museum. Archives for their support with this project.
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WHAT ELSE IS ON ACTIVITY SHEET
WHAT CAN YOU SPY AROUND DUNDEE?
REMEMBER TO TICK OFF EACH ITEM YOU SPOT!

POLAR BEARS

GIGANTIC WINDOWS MARMALADE

Some of Dundee’s smallest buildings

have the biggest windows! Janet & John Keiller
invented marmalade
Have you met Bruin the polar in the 1700s
bear on Castle Street?
MOSAIC TILES
MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS
FLOWER BEDS

“I’ll show ye the road and

Mosaics can be made of stone, the miles to Dundee”
tile or glass in every colour
Dundee has 30 community
gardens and over 10 parks!
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lco me
“We
HELPFUL
GUIDES
Illustrations by Lizzie Day

PENGUINS

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Dundee has more than 10

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FAMILY ACTIVITIES

Mini McManus
THE MCMANUS:
DUNDEE’S ART Join the Creative Learning Team to celebrate Art Night in Dundee. Families
GALLERY & MUSEUM can explore the museum’s fantastic collections of artworks, get creative
together to create large-scale, nature-inspired collages and try digital
drawing in the Learning Studio.
1pm – 3pm Free, drop in event, no booking required. For more information, please visit
Saturday 24 June mcmanus.co.uk

Create Space
DUNDEE
CONTEMPORARY Create Space will be open late especially for Art Night, offering a comfortable
ARTS and imaginative space where people of all ages can see, think, make and do
together. Workshops at V&A Dundee
Drop-in and try some fun DIY art-making activities inspired by Zineb Sedira’s
and Saoirse Amira Anis’s exhibitions in DCA’s galleries. Designed to get you
thinking about ocean journeys, lighthouse life and sea monsters, have a go at Coorie Creative In Residence
V&A DUNDEE
making maps, creating lighthouses, and fashioning your own rope sculptures. Explore the design process from raw yarn to completed outfit with
Wee ones can explore sea stories in our art library and enjoy spending time in Coorie Creative.
our Play Box. Join local weaving studio Coorie Creative in V&A’s residency studio as they push
11am – 2am the boundaries of tartan design by repurposing waste material into new cloth,
Saturday 24 June Baby changing facilities and our breastfeeding room are located close by on
the ground floor. using a fusion of Japanese and traditional Scottish techniques.
11am – 6pm Free, drop in event, no booking required. For more information, please visit The full handweaving design process will be on show, with the space set up as a
Sunday 25 June dca.org.uk working handweaving design studio. Drop-in and try your hand at some of the
techniques and learn more about Coorie Creative’s approach to sustainable
and socially responsible weaving.
Create Space at DCA 10am – 5pm Coorie Creative is a social enterprise fashion and textile studio in Stirling that
Saturday 24 June supports survivors of trauma or loss and those at risk of social isolation in
their community.
10am – 5pm Free, drop in event, no booking required. For more information, please visit
Sunday 25 June vam.ac.uk/dundee

Drop In + Design: Engineering

V&A DUNDEE
Drop in to the V&A’s learning studios for an afternoon of family-friendly,
play-based design challenges.
Our friendly designers are on hand to help you explore how design connects
with STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics learning), in
collaboration with the teams from the University of Dundee’s School of Science
and Engineering, the STEM Learning Ambassador Hub and the Association for
BME Engineers Scotland.
Prototype, play and solve design challenges with the aid of a whole range of
fun resources, from giant building blocks to geodesic domes!
Budding designers, scientists and engineers will also have the chance to meet
the experts and find out more about STEM careers and learning opportunities.
1pm – 4pm Free, drop in event, no booking required. For more information, please visit
Sunday 25 June vam.ac.uk/dundee
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LATE NIGHT
Begin your evening on the waterfront where Heather Street Food’s food truck
V&A DUNDEE
welcomes Art Night guests with drinks,doughnuts, and more on offer with live
music provided by Dundee’s very own milhouse collective from 5pm!

OPENING & OFFERS

10am – 12am Fancy a space to relax? Head to Tatha Bar & Kitchen at V&A Dundee, open for
V&A Dundee open food and drinks to fuel your late-night city exploration. As Art Night kicks off
at 7pm, DJs will take up residence to soundtrack your night with chill tunes and
10am – 10pm drinks, served till late.
[Last entry 9pm]
Tartan exhibition open Explore the latest exhibition, Tartan, taking a radical new look at one of
the world’s best-known textiles with 50% off tickets during Art Night from
10am – 9:30pm 7pm – 10pm.
Heather Street Food For more information, please visit vam.ac.uk/dundee

The McManus is delighted to provide late access for visitors to Art Night
THE MCMANUS:
until 7pm. Through 8 galleries over 2 floors, visitors can explore how a
DUNDEE’S ART
small settlement developed into the vibrant city Dundee is today. Art
GALLERY & MUSEUM
features throughout, with Dundee’s art collection recognised as being of
national significance.
The stunning Victoria Gallery recreates a red walled dense Victorian hang.
Hidden Histories explores equality, diversity and inclusion and considers
whose lives our art collections reflect. It features FCB Cadell, Laura Knight,
Scottie Wilson and Wolfgang Tilmans. What’s New displays recent additions
to the art collection and includes work by Alberta Whittle, Katie Paterson,
10am – 7pm Jonny Lyons and a major sculpture installation by Doug Cocker.
Saturday 24 June For more information, please visit mcmanus.co.uk

HMS UNICORN Launched in 1824, HMS Unicorn is a wooden Navy

frigate and is the most original old ship in the world.
Moored in Dundee’s waterfront, she is now the oldest
ship left in Scotland, as well as one of the six oldest
ships afloat in the world. Unicorn is open all-year- View from the Dundee Dome by Emma Halford-Forbes
round as a museum and visitor attraction. You can
find traces and remnants of Saoirse Amira Anis’s
Dundee Contemporary Arts exhibition aboard the Drinks in the Dome
Unicorn’s decks throughout the evening. DISCOVERY POINT
10am – 11.30pm The Dundee Dome provides a rare chance to admire a 360 view of the city
& RRS DISCOVERY
Saturday 24 June For more information, please visit frigateunicorn.org — and Art Night provides a unique opportunity to take in this epic vista at
night when you can watch the sun set and the city lights begin to twinkle. The
Dundee Dome is also home to GAIA by British artist Luke Jerram, giving visitors
a unique perspective on our precious planet.
Dundee Cycle Hub will be offering a free guided tour of the festival using Admission is free with a drink purchased from the bar before ascending to the
DUNDEE CYCLE HUB
their own city bike fleet. Dome. Booking essential for all (except babes in arms under a year). Places are
6:30 – 10pm A great way to experience the event and Dundee! 7pm – 10pm limited to 12 people per 30 minute interval.
Saturday 24 June To book your free space please visit artnight.org.uk/news Saturday 24 June For more information, please visit rrsdiscovery.co.uk

Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA) is an internationally renowned centre for

DUNDEE
contemporary art. With beautiful large-scale gallery spaces, cinema screens, FANCY A BOOGIE?
CONTEMPORARY
a busy print studio, an award-winning learning programme, and a packed
ARTS KING’S CHURCH POUT
programme of events, workshops, classes and activities, DCA is a vibrant
cultural hub, open to all. Address: 25 Cowgate, Address: 15 Ward Road, Address: St Andrew’s Street,
Saoirse Amira Anis: symphony for a fraying body Dundee, DD1 2HS Dundee, DD1 1ND Dundee, DD1 2HS
Time: 11pm–3am Time: 10pm–2:30am Time: 10pm–3am
Zineb Sedira: Can’t You See the Sea Changing?
Social: @kingsdundee Social: @churchdundee Social: @poutnightclub
10am – 2am For more information about exhibitions, please visit Web: thesmalltownclub.com Web: churchdundee.co.uk
Saturday 24 June dca.org/whats-on/exhibitions
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LOCAL RESTAURANTS, OTHER VENUES LOVED BY ART NIGHT’S TEAM

BARS AND CAFES This is just a selection of the Food & Drink on offer in Dundee. You will find lots of other places along the
Art Night route. Be sure tell us about your favourite haunts by tagging #ArtNightDundee on social media.

OFFERS & LATE OPENINGS WEST END

Agacan (5pm–9pm) Turkish restaurant
Tahini (12pm–10pm) Lebanese restaurant
11 Bank Street, DD1 1RL

113 Perth Road, DD1 4JB Tailend (12pm–9pm) Fish & chip restaurant
CHEZ MAL BRASSERIE & BAR THE SELKIE & EDNA MAE 81 Nethergate, DD1 4DH
Art Bar (4pm–12am) Pub
ART NIGHT OFFER: 20% off ART NIGHT OFFER: Free cocktail 140 Perth Road, DD1 4JW West House (8am–1am) Bar & restaurant
drinks to customers who show for diners who book a table on the 2 West Port, DD1 5EP
their Art Night booklet evening of Art Night Clark’s Bakery (Open 24 Hours) Local bakery
3 Annfield Street, DD1 5JH The Wine Press (2pm–12am) Wine bar
Type: Cocktail & craft beer bar Type: Tapas restaurant and bakery serving 16 Shore Terrace, DD1 3DN
Address: Malmaison, breakfast, lunch and dinner Gallery 48
44 Whitehall Crescent, DD1 4AY Address: 27 Exchange Street, DD1 3DJ (12pm–12am) Tapas restaurant
STOBSWELL / EAST END
Time: 12pm – 12am Time: 9am – 9pm 48 West Port, DD1 5ER
Web: malmaison.com/locations/ Social: @theselkiedundee George Orwell (4pm–1am) Pub Balmore Bar (11am–2am) Pub
dundee/chez-mal-brasserie/ Web: theselkie.scot 168 Perth Road, DD1 4JS 47 Dura Street, DD4 6SW

Loco Rita’s (4pm-9.30pm) Jim’s Delhi Club (12–4pm) Indian street food
EH9 ESPRESSO TATHA BAR & KITCHEN 72 Albert Street, DD4 6QH
Vegan mexican cantina & bar
ART NIGHT OFFER: Extended ART NIGHT OFFER: Extended opening
Old Hawkhill, DD1 5EU Park Fish and Chicken Bar (4.30pm–9pm) Fish & chip
opening hours until 10pm with hours until 12am with drinks, light bites
Más (5 pm–10.30pm) takeaway, 87A Arbroath Rd, Dundee DD4 6HJ
complimentary drinks available and a DJ playing until late
Type: Speciality coffee shop Type: Bar & restaurant Mexican tapas restaurant Victoria Bar (11am–12am) Pub
Address: 248 Perth Road, DD1 4LL Address: V&A Dundee, 304 Perth Road, DD2 1AU 136 Victoria Road, DD1 2QW
Time: 10am – 10pm 1 Riverside Esplanade, DD1 4EZ Piccolo (5.30pm–9pm) Italian restaurant
Social: @eh9.espresso Time: 10am – 12am [Last orders at 11.30pm] 210 Perth Road, DD1 4JY
Web: eh9espresso.com Social: @vadundee @cafesbyheritageportfolio
The Speedwell Bar (11am–12am) Pub SUNDAY BRUNCH/BREAKFAST
Web: vam.ac.uk/dundee/info/tatha-bar-and-
165-167 Perth Road, DD2 1AS
HEATHER STREET FOOD kitchen
The Bach (9am–4.30pm)
ART NIGHT OFFER: Extended
CITY CENTRE 31 Meadowside, DD1 1DJ
opening hours until 9:30pm DUNDEE WEST END COMMUNITY FRIDGE
Type: Takeaway, speciality coffee ART NIGHT OFFER: Extended opening Andreou’s (12pm–12am) Greek restaurant Dundee Espresso Lab (9.30am–4.30pm)
and doughnuts hours until 9pm. Don’t forget to bring a bag! 118 Nethergate, DD1 4EH 31 Commercial Street, DD1 3DA
Address: V&A Dundee, Type: Community fridge The Barrelman (11am–1am) Bar & restaurant The Flame Tree Cafe (11am-4pm)
1 Riverside Esplanade, DD1 4EZ Address: Miller’s Wynd Car Park, 100-108 Commercial Street, DD1 2AJ 20 Exchange Street, DD1 3D–
Time: 10am – 9.30pm Perth Road, DD1 4HY
Ciao Sorrento (5pm–10pm) Italian restaurant Forte Cafe (9am–4pm)
Social: @heatherstreetfood Time: 7 – 9pm
19 Union Street, DD1 4BN 98 Dura Street, DD4 6TE
Web: heatherstreetfood.co.uk Social: @transitiondundee
Web: transitiondundee.com/communityfridge Fisher & Donaldson (9am–5pm) Local bakery Henry’s Coffee House (10am–7pm)
JUTE CAFÉ BAR 12 Whitehall Street, DD1 4A 22-26 Seagate, DD1 2EQ
ART NIGHT OFFER: Extended BLEND Gidi Grill (12–10.30pm) West African & Vandal & Co. (9am–4.30pm)
opening hours until 2am ART NIGHT OFFER: Extended opening Caribbean restaurant, 6-7 City Square, DD1 3BA 22-26 Exchange Street, DD1 3DL
Type: Cafe, bar & restaurant hours until 10pm Manchurian (5pm–11pm) Chinese restaurant
Address: DCA, 152 Nethergate, DD1 4DY Type: Speciality coffee shop 15A Gellatly Street, DD1 3DY RETAIL
Time: 10am – 2am Address: Baxter Park, 15-16 Baxter Park Terrace,
Social: @dcadundee @jutecafebar DD4 7BF Nola (5pm–2.30am) Bar, 39 Union Street, Kist (10am–5pm)
Web: dca.org.uk/visit/jute-cafe-bar Time: 9am – 10pm DD1 4BS Independent retailer: @kistdundee
Social: @blend_baxterpark The Phoenix (11am–12am) Pub 151 Perth Road, DD2 1AE
LE FREAK RECORDS Web: blendcoffee.co.uk 103 Nethergate, DD1 4DH The Little Green Larder (10am–5pm)
ART NIGHT OFFER: Extended opening Rad Apples (12pm–12am) Vegan restaurant & Sustainable shop/deli: @thelittlegreenlarder
hours until 10pm with DJ playing in-store bar, 51-53 Meadowside, DD1 1EQ 272 Perth Road, DD2 1AE
Type: Record store
Address: 159 Perth Road, DD2 1AR Rama Thai (5pm–10pm) Thai restaurant Dock Street Studios (10am–4pm)
Time: 10am – 10pm 32-34 Dock Street, DD1 3DR Independent retailer: @dockstreetstudios
Social: @le_freak_records St Andrews Brewing Co. (12pm–12am) Dock Street, DD1 4BT
Web: lefreakrecords.co.uk Bar & restaurant, 2-3 Shore Terrace, DD1 3AH

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BEFORE & AFTER THE FESTIVAL FREE WORKSHOPS & EVENTS
Artist-led spaces in Dundee have been critical to the development of the city’s
TAKING SPACE
cultural identity — from icons like GENERATORprojects to new radicals such as
Monday 12 June Wooosh Gallery. In spite of this, space remains the biggest challenge for artists
7pm – 8.30pm to base, make and show their practice in the city.
The Steps Theatre, As Dundee prepares to welcome Art Night to its cultural venues and
Central Library public spaces, Creative Dundee is partnering with Art Night, leading two
conversations with local collectives and organisations which explore how artists
and communities creatively use and reimagine space in and around the city.
MAKING SPACE
The first event will take place in the lead up to Art Night, bringing together
Tuesday 11 July artists, collectives and grass roots organisations in Dundee that are part of
7pm – 8.30pm the festival programme, alongside Art Night’s Artistic Director Helen Nisbet.
The Steps Theatre, The conversation will focus on the use and occupation of temporary spaces,
Central Library through to more permanent cultural uses. What opportunities to make, share
and collaborate do these spaces bring?
Following the festival, the second event on 11 July will discuss Art Night’s
ambition of making spaces and culture more accessible, exploring its legacy
and discussing how together we can utilise this momentum with conversations
led by artist-led and community groups who took part in Art Night’s
Inwith programming.
These events will link into Creative Dundee’s wider work addressing the lack of
space in the city and advocating for better access to creative spaces and tools
for both creative practitioners and communities across Dundee.
This event has been curated by Creative Dundee in partnership with Art Night.
To book your free space please visit artnight.org.uk/news

Led by Crisp Canteen

PLAYFUL PROTEST!
Work collaboratively to explore ways in which you can action social change,
Saturday 17 June through discussion and play. This fun and engaging workshop will consider
2 – 4pm and respond to the performative work of Inefficient Solutions!
Menzieshill, Suitable for ages 12–18 years.
Community Centre
Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
Saturday 1 July To book your free space, please visit artnight.org.uk/news
2 – 4pm
ScrapAntics Community,
Space, Wellgate
Shopping Centre

Led by Claire Gorman

PLANT-SOUNDS
An interactive and engaging workshop that explores plants, through sound-
Tuesday 20 June making. Using the textures, smells, colours, shapes and the folklore and myths
4pm – 6pm surrounding local plants to create a sound piece, within a group setting. True
Craigie High School, grassroots music-making inspired by musician and broadcaster, Nabihah Iqbal!
(Closed Session) Suitable for ages 12-18 years.
& Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult at all times. To book your
Friday 7 July free space, please visit artnight.org.uk/news
2 – 4pm June 20th is a closed session for Craigie High School students. If you’re
Lochee Library interested in learning more, please don’t hesitate to email us on
[email protected]
These free events have been developed by ScrapAntics in partnership with Art
Night, with artist collaborators CrispCanteen and Claire Gorman. All materials
and resources included.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
EMMA HART – BIG TIME
HOSPITALFIELD
Dedicated to contemporary art and ideas, Hospitalfield has an international
reputation in the visual arts for our residency and commissioning programmes.
Founded as an art school in 1902, Hospitalfield was the vision of 19th century
artist Patrick Allan Fraser who left a legacy for the support of artists and
education in the arts. Over the last ten years we have given time and space
to artists to develop new work at a pivotal time in the development of
their careers.
You are invited to spend the day at Hospitalfield – visiting the exhibition in
the garden, touring the house, walled gardens or chapel and enjoying lunch in
our Café.
Emma Hart BIG TIME, a series of radiant ceramic sundials is presented in the
Gardens at Hospitalfield in Arbroath from 13 May until 29 October 2023. Free entry.
Verdant Works
Thursday-Sunday For more information on the forthcoming programme please visit
10am – 4pm hospitalfield.org.uk
ROBERT LEISHMAN — THE POET’S DREAMS
LAMB GALLERY
Hospitalfield
Robert Leishman SSA RSW (1916–1989) was highly acclaimed for his dream-like
paintings featuring floating figures, birds, flowers and other symbolic imagery.
Born in Inverkeithing and trained in Edinburgh, Leishman taught art in various
schools in Fife before coming to Dundee in the 1960s to teach at Kirkton High
School. He exhibited widely and was nationally renowned, yet this is the first
Monday-Friday significant exhibition of his work in over 30 years. It features a range of oils,
9.30am – 7pm watercolours and drawings from throughout his career including works never
Saturday before seen in public.
11am – 4pm For more information, please visit dundee.ac.uk/museum

TOWER FOYER
GOT THE MESSAGE?
GALLERY This exhibition explores the power of graphic design to change your life!
Featuring posters, book covers, product packaging, public health promotions
and other material from the University of Dundee Museum Collections, we
explore how text and images combine to influence the way you think or feel.
Monday-Friday The exhibition also celebrates Dundee’s notable contributions to graphic design
9.30am – 7pm, and advertising and the history of Graphic Design teaching at Duncan of
Saturday Jordanstone College of Art & Design.
11am – 4pm For more information, please visit dundee.ac.uk/museum

Verdant Works is a world class visitor attraction which tells the story of
VERDANT WORKS
Dundee’s industrial textile heritage in the atmospheric setting of a beautifully
refurbished Mill building. Hear the tales of the mill workers, see how they lived
and worked in an industry which enveloped Dundee. Explore this amazing
building, see (and hear) the machines at work, and step back to a time where
Monday-Sunday the Mills were the heart of Dundee.
10am – 6pm For more information, please visit verdantworks.co.uk
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 LifeSpace is Scotland’s first dedicated art-science research gallery. DUNDEE CLIMATE FUND LEGACY SCULPTURE UNVEILING
LIFESPACE UNIVERSITY OF
Our mission is to engage artists and scientists in exciting new collaborations. DUNDEE BOTANIC Launch event for the inspiring new sculpture from Ailsa Magnus MRSS,
We aim to foster cross-disciplinary activity, breaking down boundaries. We GARDEN commissioned by ScrapAntics and Dundee City Council as part of the
believe that science and art are both creative endeavours, which should be Dundee Climate Fund. All welcome!
open to everyone. Free garden access plus refreshments on arrival.
Saturday 24 June
We opened our doors in 2014 and have since presented over 20 exhibitions. 11am – 1pm For more information, please visit scrapantics.co.uk
We’ve explored the works of D’Arcy Thomson, paired scientists with Dundee
Print Collective, and gone on a Para-site-seeing trip. Recently, we hosted an
occupation by artists Emily Fong and Alan Fairlamb, and became a site for
making music, poetry, and parasite soup. We also have a sister green space,
the WeeCAIR Medicinal Garden, outside our doors.
Free, booking required. For more information, please contact
Open by Appointment [email protected]

PUBLIC ART & DESIGN WALKING TOUR - CITY CENTRE NORTH

UNIVERSITY
OF DUNDEE Dundee has an exceptional collection of over 600 sculptures, murals,
MUSEUMS mosaics and other forms of public art. As part of the Public Art Dundee
initiative, university museum curator Matthew Jarron will lead an informal
walking tour around the north side of the city centre, visiting sculptures,
murals, mosaics and more.
Please meet by the Oor Wullie statue near the front entrance of The
McManus at Albert Square. Participants take part in these walks at their
own risk. Please wear appropriate footwear. There may be uneven surfaces
and occasional steps.
Saturday 24 June Free, booking required. For more information, please contact
11am – 12.30pm [email protected]

A IS FOR AFTERIMAGE
FEDERATION
GALLERY Set within the Keiller Centre — a 1970s brutalist shopping centre, A Is For
Afterimage explores the Keiller Centre as a temporal site. Anne Colvin,
a Scottish American artist, will create a series of interventions through
moving image, poetry and painting installations. The works will be situated
in functioning shops, empty spaces, corridors, an entrance and the tannoy
Monday-Friday system — activating neglected spaces in new and exciting ways.
10am – 5pm OTHER IDEAS GET OUT AND ABOUT
This exhibition is presented by Keiller Centre with Federation Gallery, supported
As Scotland’s Sunniest City, Dundee is home to and close to many scenic,
Saturday by NEoN Digital Arts.
nature filled attractions. Why not consider some of the following during your
12pm – 4pm For more information, please visit instagram.com/federation_gallery_ time in Dundee.
CYCLE ROUTES
Love a bike ride? Why not try out The Green Circular, a 26-mile walking
and cycling route that circumnavigates Dundee. It passes through areas of
parkland, alongside the scenic Firth of Tay riverfront, next to the Dighty Burn
and past many of Dundee’s visitor attractions including V&A Dundee and
Discovery Point. Be sure to stop by Dundee Cycle Hub on Waterfront Place for
more information.
WILD SWIMMING
Just a short hop from Dundee City, Broughty Ferry’s sandy beach is a firm
favourite for local wild swimmers. Check out thebeachguide.co.uk for more
local recommendations.
TENTSMUIR
On the Fife side of the Tay lies Tentsmuir, a magical combination of forest
trails that dip and weave between tall trees and open sand dunes. There’s rich
wildlife, from coastal grassland dotted with wildflowers in spring and summer
to great flocks of seabirds. Be sure to check out the infamous crepe van in the
nearby carpark!
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GENERAL INFO GETTING HERE
With journeys from Glasgow and Edinburgh
taking around 1 hour and 20 minutes, arriving by
train is one of the best ways to travel to Dundee
ASSISTANCE DOGS
You are welcome to bring guide dogs, hearing
dogs and other recognised assistance dogs into
all of our venues, however, we unfortunately
whilst appreciating the city’s picturesque setting cannot permit the entry of other pets.
on the Tay estuary. Dundee is also a 90 minute
drive from 90% of Scotland’s population so NOISE
there’s no excuse not to join us! A majority of our projects are taking place
in residential areas, so please do respect our
neighbours by arriving and leaving our venues
GETTING AROUND
quietly, and please don’t drop litter.
The programme is presented in a variety of
indoor and outdoor spaces. We encourage
visitors, where they can, to walk between our FOOD & DRINK
sites as activities are clustered and within Along the route, you’ll be able to stop off at a
walking distance of each other. However, number of bars, restaurants and cafes for much
there are direct routes from Dundee’s West needed refreshments. Check out our “offers and
End to Stobswell via the numbers 5, 17 and 73 late openings” section for more information
buses. Taxis are also available from a number about some Art Night exclusive deals.
of taxi ranks throughout the city centre.
ART NIGHT GUIDES
Any questions? Our team of Art Night Guides
THE ROUTE will be located throughout the city, on-hand to
Art Night 2023 will take place across multiple help if you have any queries or need help finding
locations in and around Dundee City Centre. your way to your next location and will be easy
Please refer to the map in the book for exact to spot in their neon t-shirts!
locations of all our sites, or see our website to
map your route. FILMING
Most of our projects will be filmed during the
evening. By participating, you consent to your
INFORMATION HUBS likeness being used in any video, photography
Have any questions? Need a map? Pop into one or audio materials.
of our information hubs that are located across
the city during the day / evening of Art Night. BAGS
West End Bag searches will take place across all venues.
EH9 Espresso There are a limited number of cloakrooms and
248 Perth Road, DD1 4LL locker facilities along the route so we suggest
Time: 10am–10pm that you travel light.
City Centre
Dundee Contemporary Arts BABIES AND YOUNG PEOPLE
DCA, 152 Nethergate, DD1 4EA Babies and Young People are very welcome to
Time: 10am–2am attend Art Night, but we ask that under 14’s are
Stobswell supervised by an adult at all times. Some of the
Stobswell Connect projects or venues have age restrictions and these
170 Albert Street, DD4 6QW are highlighted in each individual project listing.
Time: 7pm–10pm
QUEUING
The Art Night team have done everything we
ACCESSIBILITY can to ensure venues have decent capacity,
Please see individual venues for accessibility but we do expect there to be queues at some
information. Where it has not been possible to venues. Please bear this in mind as you plan your
provide captioning on film works, transcripts evening and try to enjoy the ‘journey’ as much
will be available. as the ‘destination’!

WEATHER ENTRY
Some of our projects are taking place outdoors Access to all Art Night projects are free and
so please make sure you wear comfortable unticketed, just turn up! Art Night Guides will be
shoes, weatherproof clothing and remember, on hand to support you and you can look at our
Dundee is Scotland’s sunniest city, so don’t social media (Instagram stories/Twitter) for live
forget your sunglasses! queue update.
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ABOUT ART NIGHT

2023 TEAM Art Night is a biennial contemporary art festival presenting ambitious
new work by artists at pivotal moments in their career. The festival
HELEN NISBET takes place in public spaces and civic buildings and is free — everyone
Artistic Director is welcome.

PHILIPPINE NGUYEN The first four festivals took place in London in partnership with major
Executive Director & Co-Founder cultural partners — the ICA; Whitechapel Gallery; Hayward Gallery,
Southbank Centre and Waltham Forest Borough of Culture. During the
ELIZABETH ANN DAY pandemic, Art Night piloted a national festival ­— a hybrid of online
Civic Curator and physical projects — across the country over one month. Locations
included Derry, Abergavenny, Skye and Birmingham. Art Night Dundee
BECCA CLARK is the first traditional ‘one night’ festival outside London.
Assistant Curator & Producer Art Night champions the possibilities of decentralisation, working
with local groups and artist run spaces to write their own narratives.
JAMIE DONALD We partner with local organisations and practitioners to ensure our
Assistant Curator & Producer programme is embedded in place. We appoint local teams to work
with us on the delivery of the festival. We present critically excellent
JEN GLASS and experimental work by artists to bring meaningful experiences to a
Head of Operations wide range of audiences.
EMMA JONES Art Night is an intersectional organisation: we are committed to
Technical Manager diversity in all areas of our work including who runs the organisation,
our artists, board, stakeholders and communities.
NICOLA JEFFS Art Night is brought to Dundee via a collaborative creative partnership
Head of Communications & PR with Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA). Art Night Dundee partners
also include V&A Dundee; Creative Dundee; NEoN Digital Arts; Cooper
SARAH GILLESPIE
Gallery, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design (DJCAD) at
Social Media &
the University of Dundee; GENERATORprojects; Dundee City Council;
Marketing Coordinator
Leisure & Culture Dundee and Hospitalfield, Arbroath.
CATHY BUCKMASTER National partners include The Art Fund; The Tetley, Leeds; Creative
Head of Design Kernow; Museum of London and Serpentine, London.
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LEAD PARTNER

CREATIVE PARTNERS

FUNDERS

MEDIA PARTNER HOTEL PARTNER INWITH SUPPORTER OUTDOOR DISTRIBUTION

Further thanks to Edinburgh Art Festival, the Mathew Trust and the William S Phillips Trust.

SUPPORT US
Art Night is a free festival and we rely on your support.
Please consider donating via our website.

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