Scarecrows and Lighthouses

There will be a playful atmosphere in the Tramway when Martin Boyce, Raymond MacDonald and David Mackenzie open up their collaboration for the first time and as the first part of a project that will continue through 2012, returning to the Tramway in October. Not so much a bonfire of the vanities as a party for the senses. Part one is called Scarecrows. Think what happens when you throw a few old c

lothes on a cross of sticks. It is both you and not you, something that is both identifiably human and obviously an illusion. The birds are not frightened away but come and perch. Here is what happens when you swap artistic and professional attire, not in order to play media charades, but to see what lies underneath. There is no ego left inside, just simple constructions, logical consequences that may be followed or just as likely abandoned, improvised moments and encounters. There is ‘music’, ‘film’ and ‘sculpture’, but they don’t need those uniforms any more. Dance if you will. There’s nothing to be afraid of.