American born visual artist, Michele Marcoux is from Cleveland, Ohio but is now based in Edinburgh. Here she tells us more about her upcoming exhibition at The Old Ambulance Depot.

The impossibility of memory – It’s all about telling stories…

In the late 1980s at a time when more than 2000 people a year were murdered in New York City, Southside Williamsburg, Brooklyn was an extremely hot and heavy neighbourhood. But it was also a place where I lived…

In April 2012 I went back there with my camera to capture the past, but where was it…?

The video shows me in the studio working on drawings for the upcoming blood/MarcyAV exhibition and talking about the inspiration for the show.

blood/MarcyAV includes myself, visual artist Michele Marcoux, sound artist Lynne Thermann and poet Sheila Black and explores the nostalgia but also the pain of youth, and the implicit as well as explicit violence of life in the city, especially for women. The show features painting/drawing, moving image, sound and text.

Lynne Thermann says “We cast back to our collective past. Traditionally, we honour our ancestors; however in modernity, we commit nostalgia. The show presents what survives from a shared city of dreams, which now exists only in artefacts of terror and love. We give life to the lost, re-animating the missing: young girls in the city, alive inside it.”

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blood/MarcyAV is on display at The Old Ambulance Depot, 77 Brunswick Street, Edinburgh EH7 5HS. There will be a private view at 7 – 9.30pm on 31 October and the exhibition continues until Sunday 3 November 10 – 5pm.

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Hidden away in a courtyard behind a renovated print works, The Old Ambulance Depot is a unique art space whose mission is to make fresh art visible.

The well-proportioned space is the perfect venue for expression across all mediums from painting to film to installations and performance art.

The Old Ambulance Depot’s boundaries are wide and their willingness to experiment is vast. It’s a playground for art and they love looking at things with fresh eyes. Perhaps it’s something to do with the children’s playground that’s just through the wall.

What’s on:
The Old Ambulance Depot have a year round art program which can be viewed online here.

The next few shows are-
A Place of Alchemy
New work presented by award winning Edinburgh based sculptor Louise Gibson.
Preview 27 July 6-9pm | open thereafter 10 – 5pm from 28 July – 1 August.
Through the Looking Glass, Dimly
As part of Edinburgh Art Festival 2012 we are presenting a photography exhibition by blind photographers Rosita McKenzie (Edinburgh) & Andrew Follows (Melbourne), in conjunction with Contemporary Art Exchange.
Preview 4 August 6-8pm
Open thereafter 5 – 18 August Sat 10 – 5pm Sun 11 – 5

The Old Ambulance Depot is located at 77 Brunswick Street, Edinburgh, EH7 5HS.

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