ASCUS Project Space @ St James Centre
Exhibition from 20 January - 26 February 2012 (Hours will be posted at www.ascus.org.uk)
Edinburgh Beltane is excited to see ASCUS open a public exhibition space in the busy St. James Shopping Centre, the culmination of a project which is part of the Edinburgh Beltane Public Engagement Challenge 2011/2012.
ASCUS, with generous support from St. James Centre, have transformed the shop-space into a dynamic art exhibition, where works from art and science collaborations are on show. There is also an exciting events programme featureing artist and scientist lectures, creative workshops, community discussion groups, and social gatherings.
With an intellectual history and a cultural infrastructure rich in the arts and sciences, Edinburgh is a uniquely fertile ground for art and science collaborations. This is a wonderful opportunity for practitioners and researchers throughout Scotland to share ground-breaking work in an accessible and engaging public space. — Mark Eischeid, ASCUS
Read more about the exhibition on the ASCUS website
The exhibition features the following art-science collaborations:
- The Mathematician's Shirts http://themathematiciansshirts.wordpress.com/
Julia Collins (School of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh)
Madeleine Shepherd (Independent Artist; International Centre for Mathematical Sciences) - How Steep is Now: Perspectives on Climate Change in Scotland and Kenya http://www.polarcap.org.uk/ (click on "How Steep is Now" under "Current Projects")
Liz Adamson and Graeme Todd (Polarcap,Edinburgh College of Art)
Mark Huxham (Health, Life and Social Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University) - Happi Genetics
http://edincell.bio.ed.ac.uk/node/17
Mar Carmena and Alexander Kagansky (Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh)
Shaeron Averbuch (AiA Art in Architecture LLP) - A Dissimulation of Birds?
http://adissimulationofbirds.wordpress.com/
Susan Engstrand (Science, Environment and Rural Resource Management, University of the Highlands and Islands)
Gina Wall and Amanda Thomson (Moray School of Art, University of the Highlands and Islands)
Upcoming events:
- Julia Collins and Madeleine Shepherd will discuss their work 'The Mathematician's Shirts'
Thursday 02 February 2012 5.30-7.30pm
RSVP for admittance: davis@ascus.org.uk - Mark Huxham, Liz Adamson and Graeme Todd will discuss their work 'How Steep is Now: Perspectives on Climate Change in Scotland and Kenya'
Thursday 09 February 2012 5.30-7.30pm
RSVP for admittance: davis@ascus.org.uk
