Bunker Down! is a two-day, artists-led live event in a former Cold War station, featuring experimental art, installations, and performances.

During these uncertain times, Bunker Down! invites audiences to engage the work of a dynamic group of UK based and international artists working with film and video, electronic music, sound art, performance, virtual reality, video games, photography and other experimental creative practices. We invite the audience to join us to find a temporary place to shelter, reflect, stimulate conversations and engage a diversity of live performances and artist’s installations in the various rooms, corridors and above ground within the confines of the Bervie Brow Research Station.

The events are scheduled as follows:

• Friday evening: 18:00-21:00 (live performances & installations)

• Saturday daytime: 11:00-13:00, 14:00-16:00 (installations & tours)

• Saturday evening: 18:00-21:00 (live performances & installations)

Pre-booked entries only, space is limited.

There will be a bar serving alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks during the later events.

Artists and performers featured will include: Biome Collective, Jon Blackwood, John Butler, Joseph DeLappe, Zhiyang Ding, Gair Dunlop, Christine Ellison & Jim McEwan, Victoria Evans, Beverley Hood, Etsuko Ichikawa, Ecem Ince, Laura Leuzzi, Adam Lockhart, Hadi Mehrpouya & Rhizoma, Christos Michalakos & Dimitris Papageorgiou, Jay Needham, Nic Pekonnen, Emile Shemilt, Stephen Skrynka, IRVINE & SPENCE, Sara Stroud, Louise K Wilson, Michelle Woolley, and Maja Zećo.

Highlights include Real Life - a new collaboration between Glasgow based performance artist Christine Ellison and audiovisual composer and designer Jim McEwan; the premiere of, Requiem in -6°-, a new electronic music performance by Edinburgh’s Christos Michalakos & Dimitris Papageorgiou, to sonorise the iconic blast tunnel to the bunker; and a performance of Aberdeen artist, Maja Zećo, who will present Defend and Protect as an installation and walking performance in a heavy suit filled with soil, which emits sounds of military drones. Northampton artist Michelle Woolley’s performance and installation Sound Globes was developed at a Bervie Brow residency.

Bervie Brow Research Station and Reserve is a historic 28-acre Cold War station on the north-east coast of Scotland. Harry Willis Fleming has led the effort to creatively develop the bunker as an immersive environment for research, education, art, history, and more.

The event is curated by Joseph DeLappe, Laura Leuzzi, and Gair Dunlop. Special thanks to graphic designer Paul Davies.

Description supplied by the event organiser.