Message from the skies 2020 - Chapter 4 - Kayus Bankole - Sugar for Your Tea
Channel: Szilárd Zsolt Sztupák
Date: 2020-01-28

Message from the skies 2020

Kayus Bankole - Sugar for your tea
City Chambers, High Street, Edinburgh, Scotland

About the creative team

Writer and Composer: Kayus Bankole is a member of the award-winning Edinburgh based musical trio, Young Fathers. The band has received critical acclaim from Scotland and beyond for their genre defying, visceral music and unforgettable live performances. Young Fathers continually invoke refreshing approaches to the music they create and visual output.

Stemming from his love of writing, Kayus crosses the world of spoken word, cultural conversations and exhibition curation, each encapsulating his uncompromising and punk ethic.

Filmmaker: Rianne White is an award-winning Scottish Film Director and Choreographer born and raised in Edinburgh. From a young age creativity was inspired through dance and movement which also built a momentum into a love of theatre, directing her first piece aged 15 at the Kings Theatre, Edinburgh. Rianne went on to study a BA in Choreography at Falmouth University, where she began to experiment and merge film within her degree. Her artistic expression within film expanded and was recognised, working within the industry across multiple departments to inform the dream and demand of not only directing, but being a female director.  Rianne has directed projects with Young Fathers, Ellie Goulding, Kate Tempest, Aurora, The Proclaimers, The Ninth Wave alongside other incredible musical talents. As a Choreographer she has worked with Outlander TV Series and critically acclaimed short film pieces by Ruth Paxton. Currently signed by globally recognised production company Partizan she is venturing into new waters, this is just the beginning.

About this location

Completed in 1761 and designed by John Adam, this building was originally intended to be the home of the Royal Exchange for local merchants. Preferring to make their transactions in neighbouring taverns, it gradually became a place for the Town Council to meet and conduct business instead who started using parts of the space by 1811. The building today acts as the central headquarters for the City Council of Edinburgh.