Open Close

The Open Close Collective is a group of artists, architects, academics & designers united by an interest in making creative use of our city's small spaces.

[Open Close @OpenCloseArt]

Thanks to everyone who came along to Candlemaker Row today. We wanted to make a space in which to re-imagine the street & discover new ways to use it traffic-free. To see the place filled with children playing, people stopping to sit and talk & bask in the sun was such a joy!

[Open Close @OpenCloseArt]

@edinspotlight @CllrCMiller @sustrans @Edinburgh_CC @ArchiFringe Thanks @edinspotlight !!!

[Open Close @OpenCloseArt]

TOMORROW !!!!! Enlightening Candlemaker Row: a one day event transforming the street into a place for people. Art, music, street performance, place-making and car-free! The event by @sustrans and @Edinburgh_CC (and part of this year’s amazing @archifringe ) runs from 10am-4pm

[Open Close @OpenCloseArt]

Our contribution is an invitation to look afresh at the wonderful qualities of Candlemaker Row and use the interactive installation we’ve created to imagine the street not asa thoroughfare but as a place to linger, gather and play.

[Open Close @OpenCloseArt]

Looking forward to exhibiting our first project in Edinburgh's Closes in 2017 with an amazing group of talented creatives at @The_Lighthouse #Glasgow https://t.co/HpKtsG5fNt https://t.co/wd2rbuaQeU

[Architecture Fringe @ArchiFringe]

IN PROGRESS

A retrospective exhibition charting the history of the Architecture Fringe. Featured projects include: @ArchiSchools, Aspect Cinema, @CrumbleMag , @OpenCloseArt, @AgileCity_ and an ‘Anatomy of an ArchiFringe’. \o/

DETAILS > https://t.co/dAjZWtsKVp

#ArchiFringe

[Open Close @OpenCloseArt]

So excited about working on this event and the ideas that @sustrans and @Edinburgh_CC are exploring around improving our street experiences.

[Architecture Fringe @ArchiFringe]

ENLIGHTENING CANDLEMAKER ROW

A rediscovery of Candlemaker Row. Through imaginative, intimate and interactive artistic installations the street will be reinvigorated as a place for people. \o/

7 – 23 June at Candlemaker Row

DETAILS > https://t.co/KvGiKxzG5P

#ArchiFringe

[Open Close @OpenCloseArt]

We are so delighted to be taking part again in the wonderful @ArchiFringe this year with Enlightening Candlemaker Row: A rediscovery of the human scale and public life of Candlemaker Row - 9th June in collaboration with @sustrans and @Edinburgh_CC Keep tuned for more info!

[Architecture Fringe @ArchiFringe]

PROGRAMME LAUNCH!! \o/

Welcome to the Architecture Fringe 2019, taking place across Scotland 7 - 23 June \o/

The full programme for the Architecture Fringe 2019 is now online!! > https://t.co/Y2YwYA6fSu

#ArchiFringe #ArchiFringe2019

[Open Close @OpenCloseArt]

@TheMILLDundee Hi there! Think you’re meaning @openclosedundee !

[Al Thomson @altamson]

Thank you @scotsman_arts @thelatedave for 4**** review of the inaugural @burnsandbeyond and huge thanks to @NeuReekie @kathrynjoseph_ @obanfiddle @Martin_Green__ @PictishTrail @rickyaross @Gildedballoon @nevisensemble @RoddyWoomble @RachelSermanni @OpenCloseArt #BurnsandBeyond

[Burns&Beyond Festival @burnsandbeyond]

Final day of @burnsandbeyond and last chance to see #museumofthemoon @StGilesHighKirk (closes 5pm), the beautiful ‘Kindness Lane’ by @OpenCloseArt at @ARedinburgh and take the Rabbie Ramble along Red,Red Rose Street. All for FREE! https://t.co/9qPyx4NjWX

[Tayos @Tayos_Org]

Huge congratulations to our Tayos expedition member @Jon_Hopkins_ for his Grammy nomination!! We can’t wait to hear the music that Jon will be producing from his expedition experience 💛

[Tayos @Tayos_Org]

Tayos is a place of timelessness. No sunlight to mark the day’s passage. In the dark the cares of urban life slip away, leaving space to dream and envision. Just one of the many reasons why natural spaces like Tayos are so valuable and deserve our reverence. 📷 by @eoin_carey

[Tayos @Tayos_Org]

For the Shuar the cave is a place to meet the spirits & in the silence & dark, listen for their guidance. It is a belief on caves found the world over. What makes caves such powerful sites for human understanding? And what do we take with us when we emerge into the light?
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[Tayos @Tayos_Org]

We‘ll be writing some longer notes on our memories & strands of the project. We want to give each thread the space it deserves. You can follow the unfolding story by signing up to our newsletter at https://t.co/DA1A9SgZh3. We hope you will join us on the journey.

[Tayos @Tayos_Org]

Experiencing a world apart has rendered all the details of our familiar surroundings new. We are all still carrying the sounds and light of the rainforest with us but how to describe the beauty of this place and the subtle ways in which it has shifted our perspectives?

[Tayos @Tayos_Org]

The return from Tayos https://t.co/EhdqS1Dh8E

[Tayos @Tayos_Org]

We say goodbye to our amazing team & find ourselves on the brink of an exciting & rewarding journey sifting through the mass of field recordings, neuroscience data, music, photography and film footage that the cave has given us. 📷 by @eoin_carey

[Open Close @OpenCloseArt]

Today is the day our latest project begins in earnest! We leave urban life behind and venture deep into the Ecuadorian rainforest to Cueva de los Tayos. Follow the project combining art, music, neuroscience, exploration and conservation at @Tayos_Art

[Tayos @Tayos_Org]

5 days till we embark on our journey to Tayos! What will our experience of the rich, biodiverse landscape of the rainforest be after 4 days without natural daylight & contact with the outside world? For expedition news sign up for our newsletter at https://t.co/DA1A9SgZh3

[Open Close @OpenCloseArt]

Our latest project is about to start in earnest! For more on how we are combining art, music, photography, film and neuroscience for conservation head over to @Tayos_Art where you can follow our journey deep into the Ecuadorian rainforest.

[Tayos @Tayos_Org]

In exactly 2 weeks time we will be entering the Tayos Cave! Descent is via a 65m abseil & from the point our feet touch the floor of the chamber we will be 4 days in the darkness; exploring, camping and cooking in the cave alongside the many species which call Tayos their home.