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Talk|Post-Industrial Ecologies
Artist Dawn Felicia Knox will discuss her exhibition, Post-industrial Ecologies, grown from a decade of research moving through geology, industrial archaeology and ecology across one plot of land.
Talk|Artist Talk: Mythic Instruments
Emma Hislop will give an illustrated presentation on her work that comprises the exhibiton Mythic Instruments.
Event |Morality Calculus Tasting Event
The experience will involve eating food fermented by fictional hybrid organisms analogous to the ones involved in the bread making experiments. Through ordering, tasting and thinking through food with fellow participants, the audience is invited to calculate the incalculable – the morality of genetic parts from different living beings, and to reflect on the choices they’ve made during the process.
Talk |We Pretended It Wasn't Green
James Stephen Wright will discuss his work We Pretended It Wasn't Green, a generative animation showcasing a frog and enchanting mushrooms intricately woven into a constantly changing narrative influenced by real-time earth data from satellites spinning above us.
Workshop|Microscopy Workshop with Dawn Felicia Knox
Investigate the intricate microscopic worlds found just below the ground in the rhizomes of ferns. Learn to use various microscopes and polychromatic stains to identify different cellular structures. Join artist Dawn Felicia Knox in her intercellular search to learn how plants navigate the pollution humans have left in the soil.
Exhibition |Post-Industrial Ecologies
Interlinking, multimedia installations by Dawn Felicia Knox exploring the way plants and fungi work together to undo the toxic residue of industrialisation.
Exhibition |Geometry, Art & Mind
Since ancient times, humans have been fascinated by shapes and structures, but looks can be deceiving! The Maths Outreach and College Engagement teams at the University of Edinburgh have joined forces so that you can explore the difference between how things really look, and how you might perceive them.
Exhibition |Mythic Instruments
Mythic Instruments explores the past and future of science and craft through mysticism and material. A return to and evolution of folklore, myth and ritual appears to have opened a portal for a greater type of knowledge.
Exhibition |A topography of micro planets
Photographic artist Imogen Hero uses her expertise in analogue photographic techniques combined with scientific processes to examine the interconnectedness of life in the Universe. The work in this exhibition was created by collaborating with microbial cultures on the surface of photographic film to create new ‘Micro Planets’ . The images reflect what life may look like on other planets, and across vastly different scales
Exhibition |Morality Calculus
Created by interdisciplinary artist Agatha Smith, EARTH, SOIL + FILTH is an inquiry into our collective and shared experience of the frequencies of the earth. Relating the health and wellness of soil to our own existence, Smith looks to encourage the viewer to perceive the environmental crisis in alternative literacies.
Exhibition|We Pretended It Wasn't Green
We Pretended It Wasn't Green is a generative animation by James Stephen Wright using satellite data. Showcasing a frog and enchanting mushrooms intricately woven into a constantly changing narrative influenced by earth data, the project highlights a disorienting contrast: a world where the vibrant green hues of nature are distorted and manipulated, representing our tendency to ignore the consequences of our actions.
Exhibition | DARKROOM ECOLOGY
Fusing photography, sculpture, and installation, environmental artist Scott Hunter explores the co-existence of ecological and industrial materials by crafting alternative representations of cultural landscapes.
Exhibition | LOST
Climate Action Exhibition featuring a collection of 18 #LitterCUBES made from thousands of pieces of beach litter plastic, collected by artist, Julia Barton and hundreds of project volunteers in the coastal communities
Exhibition |EARTH, SOIL + FILTH
Created by interdisciplinary artist Agatha Smith, EARTH, SOIL + FILTH is an inquiry into our collective and shared experience of the frequencies of the earth. Relating the health and wellness of soil to our own existence, Smith looks to encourage the viewer to perceive the environmental crisis in alternative literacies.
Saliva Sessions: Public Hands-on Workshop
Have you or someone you love been affected by head and neck cancer? You are invited to ASCUS Lab for a morning of exploring the cutting edge science of salivary gland regeneration through creativity.