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Hot 100 2024 - 14. Carla J Easton & Blair Young / 17. Sett Studios / 31. Flannery O'kaka / 46. Robert Softley Gale

14. Carla J Easton & Blair Young

First time feature filmmakers Easton and Young garnered huge acclaim for Since Yesterday, their film about Scotland’s lost girl bands, which premiered at Edinburgh International Film Festival. Eight Years in the making and inspired by Easton’s own experience in all woman band TeenCanteen, the duo have created a vital document of hidden history.

17. Sett Studios

The artist run Leith Walk gallery and studio space has produced a huge turnover of exhibitions and events over the last year. Founded by a core group of Abi Lewis and Rehan Yousuf, with support from Steve Robb at Settlement Projects, there are currently seventeen artists on board in a vital non-hierarchical space.

 

 31. Flannery O'kafka

Flannery O’kafka’s exhibition, For Willy Love and Booker T: Blue babies do whatever they want, made full use of the Sierra Metro gallery’s space during its Edinburgh Art Festival run. The show’s mix of photography, film and a cosily carpeted environment saw Glasgow based O’kafka win a List Festival Award.

 

 46. Robert Softley Gale

As artistic director of Birds of Paradise Theatre Company, Softley Gale celebrated the company’s thirtieth anniversary year with a tour of Rob Drummond’s comic play, Don’t. Make. Tea. After more than a decade in post, Softly Gale has helped take the pioneering disabled artist led company into the theatrical mainstream.


The List, December 2024

 

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