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The Culture Café: 05/07/2011

05/07/2011

BBC Radio Scotland - The Culture Café, 05/07/2011

Edi Stark samples the pongs of the first 'scratch 'n' sniff' theatre experience: Mr Stink.

Edi Stark samples the pongs of the first 'scratch 'n' sniff' theatre experience, and hear how a cellist used her skills to beg, busk and barter her way from Athens to Edinburgh.

Cape Farewell, which looks at the cultural response to climate change, are taking artist and scientists on a month long sailing expedition around the Scottish Islands. Sculptor Anne Bevan and multi media artist Stephen Hurrel discuss what they are hoping to create on the back of this experience.

Artist Paul Furneaux talks about his Mokuhanga exhibition which explores the theme of landscape through Japanese woodblock printing. 

The American National Archives recently hired their first Wikipedian in residence. The British Museum pioneered the concept and still work in collaboration with the Wikipedian community. Matthew Cock from the British Library and 'e-volunteer' Ashley Van Haeften discuss how the Library and the online encyclopaedia benefit from this collaboration.

Adapted from David Walliams's children's novel, Mr Stink is the very first interactive 'scratch and sniff' theatre production. Producer Lucy Wood and Actor Peter Edbrook tell us how it works and Edi gets to sample the pongs.

As part of a Sky Arts programme The Art Of Survival, Cellist Janie Price was dropped in Greece with no money and had to use her artistic skill to beg, barter and busk her way back to the 2010 Edinburgh Festival. She's written a memoir 'A Real Journey' about her time on the road and shares the highs and lows.

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