Bioverse |The Rooted Sea: Halophytic Futures | EXHIBITION
The Rooted Sea: Halophytic Futures by Sonia Mehra Chawla, in collaboration with ASCUS Art & Science and Ray Interactive, is an interdisciplinary inquiry into the fragile and endangered coastal ecosystems and wetland habitats of India and Scotland, and their vital role in building resilience to climate change. By linking the changing global landscapes of our planet, the project builds a stronger understanding of the role halophytic plants, micro-organisms and carbon sinks play, as part of the climate change story. Summerhall and ASCUS Art & Science are proud to present The Rooted Sea as part of Bioverse, a series of three contemporary art exhibitions.
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The project stems from two incongruent yet interwoven futuristic imageries of anthropogenic impact on the planet: the desiccated planet and the submerged world. By mapping these two contrasting scenarios (droughts and floods), this project brings into focus the organisms and technologies that inhabit these spaces, while exploring the intertwined ecologies of human and nonhuman lives through entanglements of nature, culture, politics, industry, and economics.
Exhibition Launch: Friday 8th April 2022 | 18:00 - 21:00 | Summerhall Gallery Bar | Drop in
Opening times: Saturday 9th April 2022 - Thursday 9 June 2022 | Wed - Sun | 12:00 - 18:00
Where: Summerhall | War Memorial and Sciennes Galleries
Tickets: Drop in | FREE, donations welcome
Audience: Ages 14+Presented by Summerhall and ASCUS Art & Science