Edinburgh Art Festival announce exhibition showing early career artists

Edinburgh Art Festival has announced details of its annual Platform exhibition showcasing the work of four up-and-coming artists.

The exhibition will run from October 31.

Platform: 2020 will be at the City Art Centre from October 31 to November 29.

It will feature the work of four Scottish-based artists, Rabindranath A Bhose, Mark Bleakley, Rhona Jack and Susannah Stark, chosen by artist Ruth Ewan and curator Sophia Hao.

The exhibition brings together four new bodies of work that include sound installations, textile and sculptural works, print-making, film, performance, and text-based works.

Rabindranath A Bhose draws on queer modes of living and relating as expansive strategies for survival, and will create a new large-scale vinyl drawing for the exhibition space.

Artist and choreographer Mark Bleakley is developing a new work using movement, print and video to develop a playful exploration of the poetics of weight and gravity.

Rhona Jack is developing a series of large-scale textile based sculptural works, taking the form of stitched hangings, woven rugs and elements of soft sculpture.

Susannah Stark’s work consists of an audio soundscape featuring field recordings and song fragments sung by the artist that draw on histories of habitation in Scotland, interwoven with several 'moving collages' made from postcards and property adverts.

Sorcha Carey, Director, Edinburgh Art Festival said: “During what has been an exceptionally challenging time for cultural organisations across the country, and for individual artists and freelance workers in particular, we are so pleased to be able to support four artists based in Scotland to make and present new work.”