New images from the trail

Jamie Cooper's "Nae Place" (illuminated nightly from 8-10 PM):

New images from the trail

A few more shots of works along the trail:

Sam Stead's "Boat":

t s Beall's "Govan Armada" in the Glasgow Science Centre reflecting pool:

Atypical Root featured in the Glasgow Herald | 'Strange twists of artistry'

Krintin Innes of the Glasgow Herald included Atypical Root in the paper's Arts & Entreatment section this past Friday (April 23, 2010) in an article covering Glasgow International highlights. Mentioned artists include Shelton Walker, Jamie Cooper, Mhari Sharp and the Govan Graving Beacon by t s Beall, Ben Dembroski & Benjamin Rush.

"There are a number of pieces making use of Glasgow's unusual, unseen or just ignored spaces in this year's GI programme, and using these spaces to say something about or to the city itself. Atypical Root is a specially curated strand of the festival, mainly comprising public art works placed by 25 Glasgow-based artists at certain points along a walking tour of the city. On Glasgow Green's Drying Green, where disused clothes poles still poke out of the ground, you'll find Shelton Walker's muted sound collage of the noises of contemporary domestic industry - washing machines, tumble dryers and ticking clocks - which have replaced the busy female community who used to use this space.

Following the route (or Root) along the Clyde, you'll eventually come to Jamie Cooper's brilliant Nae Place, a gaggle of crazily bent and re-soldered streetlights, hanging out like a bored gang on a Broomielaw wasteland, their light reflecting only their own bodies.

On the Govan Road (and at a few unmarked points in the East End), Mhari Sharp's fly-posted print series Every Other Saturday reflects on 1980s football casual fashions, while at Govan Graving Docks an automated beacon flashes Morse coded versions of text messages sent by locals in the direction of the Glasgow Tower (follow them in English at http://twitter.com/GovanBeacon)...."

Read the compleete article via http://bnet.co.uk

Atypical Torrent | Interventions on the Broomielaw

Yesterday we gathered for a performance talk and interventions by the one and only, Anthony Schrag, under the Kingston Bridge....

Kate V Robertson and other work at The Glasgow Science Centre

Check out 'Meeting Space' by Kate V Robertson in the BBC/GSC Courtyard:




The most recent image from the beaconcam!

Also at Glasgow Science Centre, have a look for The Govan Graving Beacon, which you can text on your mobile at 07866429424, and The Govan Armada currently floating in the IMAX reflecting pool. These two works centre around the derelict Govan Graving Docks across from Science Centre's Millennium Tower.

Also don't miss the Atypical Root Finale on Sunday 2 May, from 12-5pm on Clydebrae Street G51 2AJ in front of the old Govan Graving Docks--see the events page for more information.
Check out the artist page or venues for more info on Atypical public artworks, and our Googlemap to plan your own Atypical Root!

Atypical public art = EVERYWHERE!

It's finally HAPPENING!!

Our Atypical Artists are installing public artworks across Glasgow in parks, wastelands, reflecting pools, BBC/Science Centre courtyard, AND MORE!

Check back here for news, images, event updates... there is so much happeing in Glagsow these days it's not possible to keep up.

ALSO--on Monday Natalie Lambert and t s Beall were on Sunny Govan Radio, talking about Atypical Root, our Finale party in Govan on Sunday 2 May, and The Govan Armada...

AND--the mini-SKINNY Magazine, featuring Atypical Root and Radius has landed! Get yours before those 10,000 copies run out....

LAST-be sure to come to our ATYPICAL OPENING PARTY this SUNDAY 18 April 5-8m at David Dale Gallery, featuring work by Theodoros Stamatogiannis and Risa Tsunegi.

Atypical Root featured in special MiniSkinny Magazine - out 15 April

Fantastic news!

Over the past few weeks Atypical Root has been meeting regularly with the brain trust/design gurus at Central Station, and the outcome is a very exciting partnership!

We are please to announce that Atypical Root and the arts projects of Radius will be featured in a "Mini-Skinny", a special Central Station edition published and distributed by the Skinny, one of Scotland's premier Arts & Culture Magazines. This pocket sized booklet will give you a unique slice of our events (amongst others), and should hit the stands by the opening of Glasgow International Festival - the 15th of April 2010.

With only 10,000 of these handsome copies distributed nationally - be sure to get yours!