A Cultural Evening in the Auchrannie carpark
As part of Arran’s attempt to overtake Edinburgh as the cultural capital of Scotland, early last month the Auchrannie carpark was graced by not just one but two mobile cultural venues. The Art-in-a-Bus travelling gallery brought a display of contemporary art on the theme of ‘Eat, Sleep, Work, Repeat’, showcasing the work of four very different artists.
Alongside it, the Screen Machine offered a varied programme of films, including a multi-sensory showing of The Illusionist. This 2010 French-Scottish animated film directed by Sylvain Chomet is based on an unproduced script written by French mime, director and actor Jacques Tati in 1956. Controversy surrounds Tati’s motivation for the script, which was written as a personal letter to his estranged eldest daughter, Helga Marie-Jeanne Schiel.
