Rachel Mayeri, Primate Cinema: Apes as Family
 
Rachel Mayeri, PRIMATE CINEMA: APES AS FAMILY
2 August – 2 September, Edinburgh Art Festival
Sculpture Court, Edinburgh College of Art, 74 Lauriston Place, EH 3 9DF, Scotland
Join artist Rachel Mayeri and The Arts Catalyst team on Thursday 2 August for a Private View and the Edinburgh Art Festival launch party from 7pm until late.
Primate Cinema: Apes as Family is a two-screen video installation in which artist Rachel Mayeri juxtaposes a social drama enacted by humans in the guise of chimpanzees with mesmerising footage of the reactions of its ape audience at Edinburgh Zoo. As the watchers of the watching chimps, we perceive - or we imagine we see - fascination, puzzlement and flashes of anger in our near-relatives' responses to the movie.
Free events during the Festival:
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Friday 3 August, 5-6.30pm Cinema as Primatology panel discussion with artists Rachel Mayeri and Andrea Roe, chaired by curator Rob La Frenais
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Thursday 23 August, 6-10pm Art Late South, tour, talks, drinks and performances starting in Rachel Mayeri's installation
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Friday 24 August, 3.30pm Festival Detour with Gary McNair, a one-off performance responding to the installation
Throughout August The Making of Primate Cinema will be screened at 11am daily. This documentary film records Rachel Mayeri's collaboration with Dr Sarah Jane Vick, and their work with the chimps. Admission with Zoo entry ticket, Budongo Trail theatre, Edinburgh Zoo, 134 Corstorphine Road, EH12 6TS (except when the theatre is in use for conferences).
For more about this major commission see http://www.artscatalyst.org/chimps
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