STONE project and Milestone Exhibition: An introduction – Professor Jake Harvey and Joel Fisher

19 Aug
6.30pm. Approximately 1 hour
FREE
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Edinburgh College of Art, Main Building, Studios C26-C28 (first right off Sculpture Court)
Talks will take place in the Milestone exhibition space, with seating provided.

STONE project is a three-year research project, funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council, based at Edinburgh College of Art and led by Professor Jake Harvey (Head of Sculpture), Professor Noe Mendelle (Head of Film and Television) and Joel Fisher.

The project involves researching relevant stone craft skills in a global context – a rich repository that, like the material itself, has accumulated over a long timescale. Many traditional stone working techniques are in danger of being lost. Is the material of stone destined to become culturally peripheral, or can it be revisited and invigorated in new ways?  Professor Harvey and Joel Fisher will expand on some of the research so far undertaken by STONE project and introduce the reasons behind holding Milestone.