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BLANK CANVAS: THE MAKING OF COMPOSTRAVE 🪱🎶
Join us for a series of workshops, talks and events with artist Andrew Gryf Paterson, exploring food, art, compost, ecology and digital culture as part of his Blank Canvas residency at Narture. The programme culminates in CompostRave, celebrating the work created throughout the residency through live visuals, music and dancing.
Please Note VJ CLEW: This is a 3-part weekly series taking place on Thursday evenings in November (12th, 19th, & 26th November) from 5-7pm.
VJ Clew is a workshop over 3 sessions to learn:
How to visualise the composting materials for a live event
Learning about VJ-culture
Learning together about open and free VJ-ing software
Our activity:
Make video loops from the composting materials & other related materials
Using different cameras and making 3d scans from composting materials
Practice mixing live videos using open and free VJ-ing software
Dates: Thursdays, Nov 12th, Nov 19th, and Nov 26th
Time: 5-7pm each week
Note: Attendance at all 3 sessions is highly encouraged, but please let us know if you'd like to come but can't make all sessions!
The workshops will lead up to Compost Rave, a closing event with live visuals & local DJ's by Andrew Gryf Paterson, celebrating the culmination of Blank Canvas, our six-month food and arts residency programme.
The programme brought together six artists – two local, two national and two international – each spending a month exploring the connections between food and art.
Book your tickets here: Compost Rave – Humanitix
Check out the rest of Andrew's event/workshops here:
1. Artist Talk: Dirt under fingernails that use keyboards & screens
📅 Wednesday 4th November
🕡 6:30–7:30pm
A talk exploring hands-on practices with soil, compost and gardens, and the connections between art, digital culture and ecology.
2. Wormy Disco
📅 Saturday 7th November
🕙 10am–12pm
A playful introduction to composting for children and young people aged 6–14, with their guardians. Explore compost materials, drawing, coloured lighting and the fascinating world of compost worms.
3. CompostRave – Residency Celebration
📅 Friday 27 November
🕕 6–8pm
Celebrate the culmination of Andrew's residency with live visual art from VJ Clew, sets from local DJs, music, light and dancing, bringing together soil, sound and sensory discovery.
Everyone is welcome. Come along, get involved and celebrate creativity in Ayr!
About Andrew and his Blank Canvas Residency
An artist-organiser, curator, educator, and researcher, Andrew Gryf Paterson explores how art, digital culture, ecology, and community activism connect. Originally from Scotland and based in Finland for over 25 years, Andrew’s international practice centers on collaborative, commons-oriented projects. They have also been vermi-composting alongside earthworms (Eisenia fetida) for a decade, and debut as VJ Clew. Explore their archived work at http://agryfp.info or follow @agryfp.
During the Blank Canvas residency at the MAKE studio in Ayr, Andrew will build a local vermi-composting site in partnership with local residents and Eisenia fetida worms. Starting with gathered bedding materials and organic waste from the SHAPE café, they will build a growing compost bin system alongside public workshops on worm composting, circular bio-waste systems, and VJing culture. The residency will culminate in CompostRave, a live celebration featuring VJs, a DJ, and dancing to mark the end of the month long residency.
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