SARAH WOOD
PROJECT PARADISE
Fruitmarket Warehouse
09.12.23–21.01.23.
11am–6pm dailyTHIS WINTER from 9
December to 21 January, the
Fruitmarket Warehouse plays
host to Sarah Wood’s film
Project Paradise inspired by the
Black and White Oil Conference
organised by Richard Demarco,
CBE, in Edinburgh in 1974 at
which Joseph Beuys and
Buckminster Fuller both spoke.The conference took place in
the context of the imminent
exploitation of oil and natural
gas in the North Sea. It posed a
number of questions and made
observations frighteningly
relevant now as we try to find
ways to combat climate
change, mitigate its ravages
and keep any fossil fuels
underground.
In a letter preparing for the
event, Demarco asked Beuys:
“Can the experience of art
help? Can the artist play a role?
Can the artist make sacred theland and the waters around the
Scottish coasts so that they will
not be exploited? Have we a
visionary artist who can do for
Scotland what Constable did
for England and make sacred
what is called landscape
country, and no doubt safe, for
the moment anyway, from the
hands of developers?”
Some 50 years on, Wood’s
film examines the idea of
Paradise as a way of talking
about how we relate to nature
now as often something simply
to commodify. She argues thatour current panic about
resources is about the end of
an era rather than the end of
the planet. Instead, the film
invites viewers to open up
thought and imagine how we
might want to live in the future.
Projected as a portal into the
floor of the warehouse, Project
Paradise invites midwinter
audiences to gather round the
light of the image and come
together as participants in the
reimagining of a new way of
living in the world.
http://www.fruitmarket.co.uk18 WHAT’S ON
CULTURE • LITERATURE • ART • EVENTS • MUSIC • MUSEUMS...
Film at Fruitmarket - A Project Paradise
Music - Princes
Street Gardens
By PHYLLIS STEPHEN
SCOTLAND’S ‘Hotel of the Year’
has unveiled a mouth-watering
new ‘Festive Afternoon Tea’ that
will be served daily from 1 until
23 December.
Luxury floating hotel Fingal was
crowned ‘AA Hotel of the Year
Scotland 2023-24’ by the
internationally recognised
Automobile Association (AA)
earlier this year.
Permanently berthed on the
Leith waterfront, Fingal provides a
classic setting for diners to enjoy
afternoon tea, with all the glamour
and style of a superyacht, but with
an air of old-world Art Deco luxury
ocean liner elegance inspired by the
ship’s rich maritime heritage.
Available daily from 12.30pm
until 3.30pm in the ship’s
Lighthouse Restaurant and Bar,
Fingal’s galley team have created the
new ‘Festive Afternoon Tea’ to offer
guests and non-residents one of the
most decadent and dainty of British
traditions in a world-class culinary
destination with a nautical twist.
Savoury highlights of the new
‘Festive Afternoon Tea’ menu
include Fingal’s hot smoked salmon
quiche, brie, sage and onionarancini and marinated crayfish
cocktail, Bloody Mary.
Anyone with a sweet tooth can
indulge in a Drambuie macaron,
Pain d’épice with cardamom
frosting, dark chocolate and orange
confit tart, as well as praline and
coconut snowballs.Open to non-residents for
Afternoon Tea, dinner and
cocktails, Fingal’s Lighthouse
Restaurant & Bar offers a choice
of eight self-contained private
dining booths for small
pre-booked groups.
Fingal’s 22 luxury cabins are each
named after Stevenson lighthouses,
inspired by the ship’s past.
The Lighthouse Restaurant & Bar
has a relaxed feel and huge floor to
ceiling windows to enjoy the views.
Re-launched as a luxury hotel in
2019, the former Northern
Lighthouse Board (NLB) tender is
owned and operated by the
award-winning team at The Royal
Yacht Britannia, which is located
just a short walk away.
Fingal’s new ‘Festive Afternoon
Tea’ menu is priced at £55 per
person and £70 per person for the
extra special Champagne
Afternoon Tea.
http://www.fingal.co.uk2 DECEMBER - Sing-a-long Saturday
Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without
music. From carols and hymns to the race
to number one, Edinburgh’s Christmas
has a weekend of singing. Feel festive and
sing along with some of Edinburgh’s best
contemporary choirs to everyone’s
favourite Christmas hits.
3 DECEMBER - Nativity Carol Concert
with Edinburgh Churches Together. Enter
into the Christmas spirit with the Nativity
Carol Concert from Edinburgh Churches
Together. Join voices with a number of
church choirs and sing along with
traditional Christmas carols and hymns,
backed by music from the Salvation Army
Band. Ministers from Edinburgh’s
churches will lead prayers and religious
messages before gathering to bless the
Nativity scene on the top path of West
Princes Street Gardens.
9 DECEMBER - Santa Paws. Bring the
whole family together this Christmas with
Edinburgh’s Christmas Santa Paws day.
Dress up your four-legged little helpers in
their sparkly best with a pet-parade and
fun and games throughout the day.
10 DECEMBER - 2.5k Santa Fun Run
raising cash for children’s charity When
you Wish Upon a Star. Stockbridge
Pipeband will help walkers and runners
on their way.
http://www.edinburgh-christmas.comFestive Afternoon Tea
‘Hotel of the Year’ unveils a new mouth-watering offering for the Christmas period