This event at the Fruit Market in Edinburgh on Earth Day celebrates two concurrent exhibitions that explore our place in geological time.
** A recording of this event is available here **
James Hutton’s radical geological act is just as relevant today as it was 300 years ago. As we try to comprehend what the future might look like, might be like – in 50 years, 100 years, more – we would not be able to without glancing backwards into a time that far predates us.
Join us for Earth Day to celebrate two concurrent exhibitions that explore our place in geological time – Ilana Halperin: What Is Us and What Is Earth (Fruitmarket) and Earth Matters (Inverleith House Gallery, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh) – in the context of the tercentenary of Scottish geologist James Hutton (1726-1797).
Artists Ilana Halperin and Louise Bennetts, writer and performer Karine Polwart, and soil scientist Colin Campbell (Chief Executive of the James Hutton Institute) discuss Hutton’s legacy in the context of contemporary creative practice. The conversation is chaired by Susanna Beaumont, curator of Earth Matters.
Free – booking www.fruitmarket.co.uk/event/panel-discussion-glancing-backwards/
