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Take Me Somewhere 2021: Innovation Online
The programme for Take Me Somewhere this year is just as eclectic online as it usually is off. Festival Director LJ Findlay-Walsh and participating artists Cade & MacAskill and Cindy Islam explain how they're pushing boundaries beyond the computer screen
Feature
by Eliza Gearty
| 17 May 2021
Take Me Somewhere, Glasgow's annual festival of contemporary, international performance, has a reputation for committing to the cutting edge. This year's programme is no different, despite the fact the majority of the works will be online. Scheduled performances include an exercise class that doubles as a critical whiteness lecture, a meditation session with an artist and her dog and a piece that involves talking to a stranger on the phone from New York's 600 Highwaymen. We may all be thoroughly screen-fatigued by this point, but the team behind Take Me Somewhere have worked hard to curate a digital line-up that is anything but boring.