AniMotion takes the art of video mapping on to buildings to a whole new level. […] This imaginative collaboration between Russian painter Maria Rud, the internationally acclaimed percussionist Evelyn Glennie and projection artist Ross Ashton transforms the walls of the former hospital into a canvas for real-time animation.

The spacious quad allows the audience to stroll around and observe the performers from different perspectives, especially the mesmerising interplay between Rud and Glennie as they constantly watch and cue each other throughout. […] The windows and surface of the turreted façade add texture to the tableaus which reach up into the night.

While Rud removes the paint from the screen between pieces, a prerecorded animation of her work provides the backdrop to improvisations from Glennie on a range of exotic percussion instruments: from blocks of wood to an aluphone, a waterphone and what looks like a box of twigs but is fact a barimbulum which Glennie had made after she was inspired by the sounds from a piece of farm machinery.

The acoustics in the quad were perfect for James Tenney’s Having Never Written a Note for Percussion […], the sound mysteriously appearing and then disappearing again into the silence. Meanwhile mysterious figures are dramatically waving sabres conjured out of trees and landscapes on the school wall.

This sensational blending of art, music and architecture is a magical experience, so wrap up warmly, sit back and enjoy the spectacle.

Edinburgh Festival Fringe
George Heriot’s School
20 August 2015