Matt Stokes's practice is marked by anthropological enquiry and interest in events and informal movements that bind people together. Pills to Purge Melancholy combined recent and on-going works, alongside a newly commissioned film, Cypher. This work involved the creation of an experimental piece of music composed for the pipe organ in Edinburgh's Usher Hall, and collaboration between an organist and group Fimbulvetr who run a dark ambient music club.

Also shown at Collect was Real Arcadia and Long After Tonight. Real Arcadia was an on-going investigation into the history of 'Out House Promotions', a defunct acid-house organisation from Windermere, which archives and interprets the clandestine experience of those who attended or were affected by a series of cave raves staged by the group. Long After Tongit was a super 16mm film to documenting the re-staging of a Northern Soul session in a Scottish Gothic Revivalist church.

Events

Sacred Selections, St. Giles Cathedral, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, 24 August 2006, 7.30—9pm
A pipe organ recital featuring experimental transcriptions of Northern Soul, Happy Hardcore, and Black Metal produced in collaboration with the Royal College of Organists.

Film Launch, 24 August 2006, Usher Hall, Lothian Road, Edinburgh 9—10.30pm
A special screening of Cypher, the new film commissioned by Collective.

Artist Talk, 25 August 2006, 2pm
Matt Stokes in conversation with Sarah Munro, Collective's Director.

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Archive, Off-site, Events: Matt Stokes, Sacred Selections, 24 August 2006

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