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BRITISH ART SHOW 8
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NATURE MOTHER OF INVENTION
Sometimes two very different things can work together in surprising ways. Discover how the two organisms that make up lichens, algae and fungi, share their abilities to enhance their lives and ours. Take a closer look at lichens that can be found on your doorstep and see beautiful brooches by Kate Bajic inspired by lichens and their chemistry.
This exhibition focuses on how objects are being rethought: whether transformed by technology or expressing new ideas about materiality in light of the virtual world. Featuring works of art that use new technologies alongside more traditional forms of art, it offers a diverse reflection of our contemporary world and examples of how scientific ideas can be used creatively to reimagine our place within it. British Art Show 8 brings together the work of 42 artists made in the last five years and is organised by Hayward Touring.
Many of the world’s greatest inventions combine human intellect with inspiration from nature. This new exhibition shows how one tropical plant family, the Sapotaceae, has contributed to a wide variety of useful creations from golf balls and telecommunication cables connecting continents to miracle sweeteners.
6 February–15 May | 10am–5.45pm (10am–4.45pm in February) Free | Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Gateway Gallery
Saturday 13 February–Sunday 8 May Opening times vary | drop-in Free | Inverleith House, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and Talbot Rice Gallery
Saturday 19 March–Sunday 24 July 10am-5.45pm | drop-in Free | Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh John Hope Gateway
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Image: Imogen Stidworthy, A Crack in the Light [film still], 2013 © the artist. Courtesy the artist, Matt’s Gallery, London and AKINCI, Amsterdam
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