DUNDEE.- Dundee Contemporary Arts presents new and recent works by Ruth Ewan in her first major solo show in the United Kingdom. For Brank & Heckle, Ruth Ewan explores notions of enforced silence and vocal protest by combining her ongoing interest in creative forms of agitation with new work responding to Dundees social heritage. Ewan is interested in viewing history as alive, relevant and capable of configuring the future. Conceptually led but socially realised, her work takes specific historical images and sounds and renders them active through use. The exhibition title combines two conflicting ideas: Brank refers to the Scottish word for the Scolds Bridle, used to silence and torture women, while Heckle refers to an act of spontaneous vocal engagement, said to have originated in Dundees jute mills. Born in Aberdeen, Ruth Ewan grew up in Fife and studied at Edinburgh Col