Another day, another Union Terrace Gardens post… Local artists Philip Thompson and Gabrielle Reith have a nice project going on in which they (and friends) create a typeface every week. This week it’s inspired by, yup, you guessed it, the ‘City Square Project’. That’s it in action below. It’s a pretty cool resource for...
Read more →Fraser Denholm (who’s featured on the site before) has another impeccably researched post about the Union Terrace Gardens situation on his blog over here. Some more food for thought there, let’s hope the promised public consultation in January does give people the chance to air their views, as the performance by an ACSEF...
Read more →The ACSEF/Sir Ian Wood plans appear to be moving up a gear with the announcement of the catchily-named ‘City Square Project’ yesterday, alongside an accompanying website. Meanwhile, Labour Group Leader Barney Crockett has voiced his support for Peacock Visual Arts, claiming the city could ‘lose everything’ if a new arts centre isn’t part of any...
Read more →By Jim Ewen Not too long ago a shudder of positive excitement ran through the cultural community of Aberdeen when the PVA proposed new arts centre was, remarkably, given approval by the local authority in a move that took many by surprise. Understandably this quickly led to a feeling of optimism across the...
Read more →By Fraser Denholm A version of this post originally appeared on Fraser’s Blog, an excellent place to keep up with the Union Terrace Gardens debate In June this year, with the public announcement that a plan to tear out Union Terrace Gardens with what is distressingly yet calmly equated to “approximately 3,947 dump trucks of...
Read more →The PR machines looking after two huge proposed developments in the Aberdeen area are on full power today it seems, and the results have been mixed to say the least: A Trump spokesperson gets flustered over actress Tilda Swinton’s support of protest group Tripping Up Trump : Press & Journal Scotsman … and Sir Ian...
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