A NEW contemporary arts programme has been announced for the much anticipated Outwith Festival. 

Organisers of the Dunfermline festival are delighted to announce the new programme, which will feature work from the likes of Claire Barclay, Sekai Machache, Oana Stanciu, Alaisdair Gray, Robbie Hamilton, Alan Grieve, Steven Dick and Craig McIntosh in sites across the city centre. 

Katie Strachan, volunteer visual arts programmer for Outwith, said: "I am thrilled to have volunteered to bring contemporary visual art to my hometown of Dunfermline as part of this year’s Outwith festival.

"While programming, I was keen to use spaces I have long admired to show amazing Scotland-based artists' work here in Fife. I hope to welcome you this September.”

(Image: Sekai Machache)

Artist Sekai Machache’s film Hypnagogia Glossolalia will be presented in Dunfermline’s historic Abbey, the first time this dramatic location will house contemporary art.

This immersive film presents a dance performance around the image of a Bateleur Eagle by dancer and choreographer Divine Tasinda with spoken word and poetry narrated in Gaelic and Shona (zezuru dialect).

Whilst in Pittencrieff House, you will find sculpture and installation of new and reimagined works by artist Claire Barclay, alongside a film by Romanian artist Oana Stanciu.

(Image: Oana Stanciu)

Barclay’s installation will combine steel and concrete with textile, ceramic and ephemeral substances to create a series of tactile provocations within the space. 

Connected by their exploration of concepts of the domestics, this installation will be presented in an exhibition with a moving image work created by Edinburgh-based Romanian artist Oana Stanciu, who merges her body with different objects and environments to improvise scenes and transforms herself into surreal characters or creatures. 

Also in Dunfermline’s Heritage Quarter, Abbot House, will be opening its doors to exhibit its very own Alasdair Gray Mural, alongside a talk from the Alasdair Gray Archive.

Plus, local artist Robbie Hamilton, who works in painting and sculpture, will be exhibiting and selling work in the Abbot House Workshop Space. 

(Image: Craig McIntosh)

Finally, the independent bike shop Crush Cycles will welcome visitors to view an exhibition by a second local artist, Craig McIntosh, who will exhibit a series of new photographs following a recent campaign with the international brand Uniqlo. 

Outwith will run from September 4 to 8 this year, for more information, visit the festival's website.