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Article: Inspiration of creative minds THERE'S been no looking back since Glasgow was named European City of Culture in 1990, and 15 years on, the city is bursting with creative talent. The leading lights of art, music, drama and dance featured here stand comparison with those from any city in the world.
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- Evening Times
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- January 25, 2005
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ANGUS FARQUHAR Director, NVA
GOD might have made the first decree "Let there be light", but
it's Angus Farquhar who has picked up the baton (or should that be
torch? ) and run with it around Glasgow.
As director of maverick environmental arts group NVA, he
masterminded the lighting of the winter darkness through the light
festival at Hidden Gardens.
The peace garden behind Tramway in Pollokshields is also the
brainchild of NVA, and the regeneration of this 5000sq m wasteground
site has proved as popular as it is interesting.
Glasgow residents might best remember Farquhar as the man who made
the Govan shipyard cranes dance in the 1995 site-specific work,
Stormy Waters.
And if previous ...