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| A Historic Scotland heritage plaque commemorating Norman McLaren is unveiled at his early home on Albert Road in Stirling. |
With the starter pistols cocked, and the games just about to begin it is easy to direct all attention to the sports arenas of the next two weeks. Apart form all the work that has gone into the game's preparation, there has been a voluminous programme of cultural events that have paved the excitement over the last 6 months until now. One of which is a series of events celebrating the life and career of Norman McLaren.
I have been involved with this programme of events since the start of the year and it is unbelievable and humbling to see just how big the scale of celebration has been. To celebrate Scotland's most championed animator there has been more than just retrospectives and the dusting off of old reels. I have had the pleasure of attending and learning from specialist panels, world premiers, other animators work, workshops on traditional and contemporary animation methods, live orchestration over screenings, theatrical performances, exhibitions, unveilings and just old fashioned raising a glass. It is a marathon programme that has been a long time in its curation and it has all the hallmarks of commitment and passion that I am glad to have been able to lend my lens to.
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| An exhibition dedicated to McLaren's work at Stirling's Macrobert centre |
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| McLaren programme director, Iain Gardner, at a retrospective of McLaren's animation at Filmhouse, Edinburgh |
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| An exhibition of McLaren's work is curated at the Talbot Rice Gallery. |
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| Luigi Allemano hosts a workshop in sound on celluloid at Tolbooth Stirling |
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| Comapny Nathelie Cornille perform A Chairy Tale to open the festival at Macrobert, Stirling |
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| A selection of McLaren's animation is projected onto the 400 year old wall of Stirling Castle's Chapel Royal |
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| The Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra perform alongside McLaren's animation at the GSA |
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| Screen Bandita lead a workshop on hand painted animation for young people using celluloid leader at Stills |
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| Guests at the official reception at Stirling Castle |
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| Don McWilliams toasts the life and work of McLaren |
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| Festival masterminds Sabrina and Iain overlooking McLaren's original home from the roof of the Tolbooth, Stirling |
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