thePROJECT:2, ‘In The Flesh’, Saturday 20th June, Edinburgh.

The first section of thePROJECT:2 runs 12.00 – 7.00pm @ The Lot, 4-6 Grassmarket, and St Columba By the Castle, 14 Johnston Terrace

12.00 – 7.00pm @ St Columba-By-the-Castle, 14 Johnston Terrace

11.30 – 12.00:

Registrations & Gathering, free tea & coffee available in Columba Hall (all day). And hinging-oot on the Terrace.

12.15 – 12.45:

Welcome & Introduction

1.00 – 2.15:

‘Alternative Futures – How Art Can Capture The Imagination‘: with BEKI BATESON. Columba Hall. A workshop on the intersections of art & justice.

1.00 – 2.15:

‘Copenhagen 2009: Crucifixion of Mother Earth or resurrection of the Cosmic Christ?‘: with ROSS LOVERIDGE. Columba Sanctuary. A workshop looking at the urgent issues we face in the light of the forthcoming global conference on climate change.

1.00 – 2.30:

‘The Scratch Mary Poppins – The Rehearsal’: with PHIL WHITE. Columba meeting room. Join Phil in recreating what has become an incisive parable for our credit-crunch times… supercalifragilistication assured!

2.30 – 3.45:

‘A Seed… Or A Weed?‘: with STEWART CUTLER & JULIE WILSON. Columba Hall. a workshop on things Emerging Church in Scotland.

2.30 – 3.45:

‘Happy Birthday, Calvin? 500 Years Young’: with DOUG GAY & others. Columba Sanctuary.

4.00-4.15:

The Scratch Mary Poppins – The Performance: PHIL WHITE and thePROJECT SCRATCH COMPANY (that’s all of youz!) perform the perfect parable! Columba Hall.

4.15 – 5.15:

‘1o Things They Never Told Me About Jesus’: with JOHN L. BELL. Columba Hall. A workshop on the bits of Jesus some people like to cover up!

5.15 – 7.00:

Eating Together: bring your own food, OR buy one of the cheapest, classic curries around from the world-famous MOSQUE KITCHEN (providers of the hundreds of curries daily to legions of hungry Edinburgh students), who’ll be providing the curry catering for your delectation! £5 per portion, half-prortions too!

5.15 – 7.00:

thePROJECT Network Pergola. Columba Terrace. Announce you’d like to meet fellow PROJECTiles from a specific area, or who’re interested in a particular artform, and do some spontaneous networking. Talk to one of the steering group to set this up.

6.00 – 7.00:

‘Between Silence & Light’: an experiental time and space for worship & reflection, with STEVE BUTLER & friends. More info…

12.30 – 4.30pm @ The Lot, 4-6 Grassmarket

12.30:

Creative activities for the young and young-at-heart, to dip in and out of (continuing from 12-4)

• The Big Knit: Bone combs, and personal possession of nits unnecessary… bring yer fingers to add yer own knit, purl and stitch action to the burgeoning tea cosy/ balaclava/ windcheater/ jersey/ sock (delete as appropriate)… a big woolie thing we’ll make together with SANDRA RORISON! (continuous activity)

• Gentle City Walking: Experience the urban curiosities of Embro; hear sounds you’ve never heard; see things you’d not have noticed; explore your sensations, feelings and thoughts on a magically mundane mystery tour… AILEEN CAMPBELL will set you off. (continuous activity)

• Body Partying: a collaborative, additive artwork, where we’ll add pictures of bits of bodies together to create a huge picture (eventually) of thePROJECT Body! (continuous activity)

• Videovoxpopping: Smile, scowl, pull a face, crack a joke, what you feel on film. Let yer soul be captured and your opinions be articulated in cinematic style… (continuous activity)

• Kissing Booth: a chance to kiss SCOTT PAGET and selected members of thePROJECT steering group – ok, that’ll be optional – and to bend their ears with your ideas, hear what they’ve got to say. An opportunity to chat about what thePROJECT is, wasn’t and mibbe could be. (continuous activity)

12.45 – 1.45:

CoMusika with JANE BENTLEY: A corporately created, improvisational, invitational musical event where there is no audience, only players on a journey of increasing mutuality, communication, and communion, creating ‘music in the moment’. Jane will be harnessing your creative talents to make this happen.

2.00 – 2.30:

Non-Cabbage & Ambulances? with ROB MACKENZIE and ANDREW PHILIP: two of Scotland’s finest poets share their insightful, powerful and witty words.

2.45-3.45:

Fischy Goings-On with, oh yes… FISCHY MUSIC: join SUZANNE ADAM and SANDY BUTLER for a musical bonanza, chock-full of fun, emotions, sprituality and craziness!

7.00pm – 1.00am @ The Pleasance Cabaret Bar, 60 The Pleasance

7.30:

ROB MACKENZIE & ANDREW PHILIP: more worsmithery from the masters.

8.15:

JAKE TATTON: beauteous punky banshee ballistics.

9.00:

WE SEE LIGHTS: quirky indie pop perfection.

10.00:

IAIN ARCHER: Norn Irelan’s finest, Ivor Novello winning songer-singwriter.

12.00:

Solstice marking: a short celebration of midsummer with STEVE BUTLER. More info…