Sketchy Beats
Sketchy Beats is an arts concept combining live music, improvised dancing and life drawing.[1] The concept has received considerable praise and coverage in the Scottish press and in Scottish art circles.[2]Scottish Television News (STV): 30 September 2015</ref>[3][4]
Sketchy Beats was conceived by Cosima Canneti an Anglo-Italian philosophy student in March 2015 and initially appeared as a monthly pop-up event in the basement of the Yellow Bench concept cafe on Leith Walk[5] in Edinburgh, with the support of Polish-born Monika Lisicka . The original format was split into three sections: live drawing of a live musician; live drawing of a dancer; and finally live drawing of a posed model. The latter sections were supported by a live DJ, who would often to continue to provide music for those who remained.
Following a crowdfunder event in late 2015[6], the concept removed to a new premises at 208 Great Junction Street in Leith and was specifically rebranded as Sketchy Beats Cafe.[7] The arts events then moved to a weekly rather than monthly cycle.[8] The specifically non-profit cafe also houses other activities such as poetry slams and music jam sessions.[9]
With a strongly international flavour, notable models include the Italian, Eve Casini, the French jazz performance artist, Ariane Mamon, Slovakian Theresa van Wald, and the Lucrezia Paterno Castello from Sicily.
References
- ^ https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sketchy-beats-life-drawing-tickets-30671397977#
- ^ Timeout (magazine): 6 October 2015
- ^ The Skinny (arts magazine): September 2015
- ^ The Culture Trip (arts magazine): 16 December 2016
- ^ http://www.theskinny.co.uk/whats-on/edinburgh/restaurants/sketchy-beats-cafe
- ^ http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/sketchy-beats/
- ^ http://edinburgh.stv.tv/articles/1329748-sketchy-beats-founder-to-launch-arts-cafe-on-great-junction-street/
- ^ https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/articles/interview-with-sketchy-beats-edinburghs-cool-new-arts-cafe/
- ^ http://www.channel7a.com/venue/sketchy-beats/
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