Day 24

Enter the Map

LeithLate

Virtual Tours

Explore Murals and Art Studios in Leith through videos, audio and high-res images or put on your walking shoes and take the tour in person while listening to insightful commentary from LeithLate tour guide and the artists themselves.

Enter the map by clicking on it anywhere.

Over the summer months of 2020 LeithLate, in collaboration with the Culture & Community Mapping Project, designed a Virtual Tour of murals and artist studios in Leith. This project was funded from Data Driven Innovation and Edinburgh Futures Institute at the University of Edinburgh, and set out to create an open source code that could be replicated by other organisations interested in creating virtual tours of cultural space. (Map Credit Page)

Wronger Rites by Kirsty Whiten 2015, photo by Kat Gollock

Leith Aquatic Mural by Blameless Collective 2013, photo by Chris Scott

Out Of The Blue Drill Hall

Untitled Mural by Artists’ Collective / Tim Chalk 1984, photo by Chris Scott

Leith Dockers Club Mural by Tom Ewing 2013, photo by Chris Scott

The Seven Deadly Sins by Guido van Helten

Coburg House

Rhubaba

Eduardo Paolozzi Mural by Russell Ian Dempster 2014, photo by Eoin Carey

Swanfield Mill Mural by David Wilkinson 1986, photo by Peter Stubbs

OOTB Abbeymount

Edinburgh Palette, St. Margaret’s House

In the map you will see a selection of Leith’s murals through beautiful high-res images with audio from the LeithLate Mural Tour Guide, Cameron Foster, and audio from several original artists describing the inspiration and installation of the artwork. Each audio file has a transcript available to download.

Also get a look into multiple Art Studios and see what it’s like to create there through self-guided tours of the artists in residence. Each video includes subtitles made by Matchbox Cineclub for accessibility.