A Brexit inspired art installation which plays Auld Lang Syne in 28 languages is being installed in Scotland’s capital.
A choir of recorded voices, which represent the different member states of the European Union, feature in the constantly changing Sound Of The Union arrangement – which is described as being an “artwork about friendship”
The sound installation is the work of Nigerian-born artist Emeka Ogboh, and it is being set up at the foot of Calton Hill as part of the Edinburgh Art Festival, which opens on Thursday.
Artist Emeka Ogboh created the Sound Of The Union piece (University of Edinburgh/PA)
Brexit-inspired Auld Lang Syne artwork to open in Scotland s capital
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Emeka Ogboh s Hymn to a New Europe
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Created by celebrated British artist Isaac Julien, the film portrait is informed by some of the abolitionist’s most important speeches FREED slave Frederick Douglass, who campaigned in 19th-century Scotland for abolition, will be celebrated as part of this year’s Edinburgh Art Festival. Lessons Of The Hour, which will receive its European premiere, was filmed in Edinburgh and elsewhere in Scotland, as well as London and Douglass’s home in Washington DC. Created by celebrated British artist Isaac Julien, the film portrait is informed by some of the abolitionist’s most important speeches, weaving historical scenes with footage from recent times to highlight the continued relevance and urgency of Douglass’s words.
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