Weekend Invitation and Symposium Announcement
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Please join us for the fourth and last weekend of Stills’ Specials as
part of our winter season New Europe and the Balkans
Saturday | 13th March 2004 | 3 – 4pm | Admission Free |
Stills | 23 Cockburn Street | Edinburgh | 0131 622 6200 |
http://www.stills.org
Bulgarian wine courtesy Boyar Estates
Hear Shane Danielsen, Director of Edinburgh International Film Festival
(EIFF) talk about New Europe strand of EIFF 2003 and reflect on Stills
winter season of exhibitions and screenings.
This weekend is your last chance to:
_see the exhibition presenting the Scottish premiere of seven
contemporary artists from Bulgaria, Croatia and Serbia
_watch See You in the Next War by Doug Aubrey – one of best
documentaries about the Balkans conflict showing at Stills’ ScreenLab
at 11am, 12.45pm 2.30pm and 4.15 pm
_ view and purchase a copy of Friendly Frontier Patterns – a limited
edition artists' multiple by Stills’ Resident Zoë Walker in
collaboration with Neil Bromwich showing at Residents Focus Space.
Stills is open daily 11am - 6pm | Admission Free
In advance of Stills next season of exhibitions and events we are
pleased to announce that you can now register for:
Designer Bodies: Towards The Posthuman Condition
An International Symposium presented by New Media Scotland and Stills
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art: Gymnasium | 75 Belford Road,
Edinburgh
Saturday | 3rd April 2004 | 10:30am – 6pm
£15 | £10 concessions (includes refreshments and buffet lunch)
Early registration essential due to limited seating.
Please register using the form available to download from the New Media
Scotland web site:
http://www.mediascot.org
For further enquires please contact Stills: 0131 622 6200
The symposium aims to unravel the aesthetics, ethics and future of
biosciences. Do works of art inspired by new scientific insights into
genetics explore the posthuman condition? Do biomedical science and
genetics have a similar creative impact on contemporary art to that of
anatomy during the Renaissance? What are the implications for artists
using DNA and genetically modified organisms as their media of choice?
How do we view today's alliances of science and art?
Speakers include:
_award-winning artists Christine Borland, Gina Czarnecki, Gair Dunlop
_Jens Hauser, Curator of L'Art Biotech, France - the first festival of
biotechnological living art
_Steve Kurtz, Critical Art Ensemble, USA – an artists' collective
dedicated to exploring the intersection between art, technology,
politics and critical theory
_Dr. Keith Skene, a scientist working in Environmental and Applied
Biology, University of Dundee
_ Dr. Warren Neidich, USA - a neuroscientist and Lecturer in
Neuroaesthetics, Goldsmiths College, London
_Dr. Alan Bleakley, Psychologist and Senior Lecturer in Medical
Education, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro & Peninsula Medical School,
Exeter
_Hannah Redler, Energy Project Leader, Science Museum, London
_Bronac Ferran, Director of Interdisciplinary Arts, Arts Council
England.
The related exhibition, Designer Bodies: Unravel the future of human
genetics shows at Stills from 3rd April – 6th June 2004. Artists
Christine Borland, Gina Czarnecki, Jacqueline Donachie and Gair Dunlop
use photography, film and digital media to explore the implications of
genetics for disease treatment, human bioderversity, social perceptions
and species boundaries. The resulting works spark excitement, fear and
awe.
Symposium organised by New Media Scotland and Stills, Edinburgh.
Curated by Iliyana Nedkova. In association with the Scottish National
Gallery of Modern Art; Edinburgh International Science Festival; London
Science Museum and Arts Catalyst - the Science and Art Agency.
Supported by the Scottish Arts Council, Arts Council England and
Edinburgh City Council.
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