Spring Fling Looking In - Looking Out #1 Memory Stina Wirfelt

Following on from the popular 2011 lecture series 'Art of Place' for 2012, The University of Glasgow's new Solway Centre for Environment and Culture, in Dumfries, in association with Spring Fling are delighted to present 'Looking In -- Looking Out' - a three part lecture series focusing on the themes of 'Memory', 'Land' and 'Sustainability'.
Each evening - four artists who have participated in Spring Fling over the past ten years will speak about their work and practice; a series of art professionals from outwith the region will speak about their work and experience and Dr Valentina Bold from The University of Glasgow representing The Solway Centre for Environment and Culture will lead a Q&A with the participating artists.
The evenings will take the format of Pecha Kucha 20x20 - each speaker will show 20 slides for exactly 20 seconds per slide.
Lecture # 1
Wednesday 18 April 6 - 7.30pm
Rutherford McCowan Building, The Univerity of Glasgow, Crichton University Campus Bankend Road, Dumfries, DG1 4ZL.
MEMORY
Artists have long been drawn to Dumfries and Galloway. With a focus on Dumfries and Galloway's artistic legacy and its continual appeal for living artists, these speakers will talk about living and working in the region, their journey towards feeling part of an artistic community, and being inspired or influenced by memory, artwork or artists from the past.
Stina Wirfelt - Stina has worked with moving image as her primary medium since 2004. Having been an exchange student at Glasgow school of Art while studying, she graduated with an MFA from Malmö Art Academy in 2007 and subsequently relocated to Glasgow. The city has been both the backdrop and the subject in several of her videos. Both Shelter from the Storm (2009) and Tame Time (2010) draws subjective links between observations from the streets, online imagery, romantic novels and many other sources. Tame Time was commissioned by Centre for Contemporary Art, the video was recently screened at Rotterdam International Film Festival, FilmFest DC and IndieLisboa. Other recent exhibitions by Wirfelt include a solo show at +44141, SWG3 and group shows at Embassy, Intermedia and Transmission. During 2008-2009 she took part in LUX Associate Artist Program in London and in 2010 she spent two months as artist in residence at Headlands Centre for the Arts in California.