September NewsRound 2009
Bonnie’s Tale
Over the last few months, Selina Wagner has been working on a short film for the charity, Advocates for Animals. The film was created to raise awareness about the shooting of seals off Scotland’s coast by fishermen. The film aimed to have the same atmosphere as the classic ‘Watership Down’ and Richard Briers even agreed to narrate the film – the voice of Fiver in the original. The piece was launched last week with an article in the Scotsman on Sunday and has caused a bit of a stir. Read the article here
The film is displayed on the Advocates for Animals website where you can also sign a pledge to urge the Scottish Government to provide more protection for the seals in Scottish waters. www.lookoutforseals.org
Research in Focus at RSA
Iain Gardner is exhibiting work completed with a Bursary from the Friends of the Royal Scottish Academy in Research 2009: RSA Awards in Focus, which runs until the 18th of October 2009.
Iain used the bursary to travel to the Highland Wildlife Park in Kinross, where he observed a pack of 4 wolves, 3 of which now reside at Edinburgh Zoo. He was particularly interested in the debate around the reintroduction of wolves into the Scottish Countryside. The resulting animation will eventually constitute part of a live theatrical performance of contemporary music by Stephen Davismoon in collaboration with the writer Johnny Rodger.
Research 2009: RSA Awards in Focus
RSA Lower Galleries
The Royal Scottish Academy
The Mound, Edinburgh EH2 2EL
Mon to Sat 10 – 5
Sundays 12 – 5
Iain will also be encouraging the public to animate animals as part of the Big Draw on the 10th of October with the Friends of the Royal Scottish Academy, from 1pm till 4pm. The event will be hosted in the Library of the Royal Scottish Academy.
In other news, the Institute of Contemporary Art in London recently screened two of Iain’s short films as part of their ‘Little Pencil’ workshop. 
‘Akbar’s Cheetah’ and ‘Clyde Calders’ shared the limelight with Michael Dudok DeWit’s ‘Monk and the Fish’.
New Wagner Websites
And finally the Waste Aware campaign has won a Communication Award from the International Solid Waste Association. The Bridge hired Jason Wagner to produce the flash interactive game that promotes recycling to the public. You can read more on the drum website.