Sketchy Beats
Sketchy Beats is an arts concept combining live music, improvised dancing and life drawing.[1]
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 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.
Following a crowdfunder event in late 2015[2], the concept removed to a new premises at 208 Great Junction Street in Leith and was specifically rebranded as Sketchy Beats Cafe. The non-profit cafe also houses other activities such as poetry slams and music jam sessions.[3] With a strongly international flavour, notable models include the Italian, Eve Casini, the French jazz performance artist, Ariane Mamon, and the Lucrezia Paterno Castello from Sicily.
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