National Museum of Scotland
Melvin Moti: One Thousand Points of Light
20 July – 21 October 2012
One Thousand Points of Light is Dutch artist Melvin Moti’s first UK solo show.
Working with UV light emitting rocks from the mineralogy collections at National Museums Scotland, Moti has made a stunning film that induces feelings of either flying through space or looking down a microscope, immersing the viewer in the uncanny beauty of these luminous objects by removing any sense of their physical scale.
Moti considers that rocks are in some way communicating directly by absorbing UV light, changing it and emitting visible light in vivid colours. Alongside his film, Moti has brought together an extremely diverse range of other objects from the museum’s collection, all of which communicate through their material qualities - including scent bottles made with Uranium glass, dried scorpions, millions of years old fossils and jellyfish suspended in spirit.
The exhibition is supported by Creative Scotland with additional support from the Mondriaan Fund.
Mon—Sun, 10—5pm
Free admission
Events
4 August 2012
Melvin Moti in Conversation
4pm—5pm
6 August 2012
Talk: Rose Watban of National Museum of Scotland
2–3pm
National Museum of Scotland
Catherine the Great: An Enlightened Empress
13 July – 21 October 2012
This exhibition, in its only showing in the UK, highlights the truly magnificent collections of one of Russia's most successful rulers.
Explore Catherine's reign through her collections, which vividly reflect her own interests and achievements and provide a fascinating glimpse of the dazzling wealth and magnificence of the Imperial Russian court.
The exhibition displays more than 300 objects and artworks by some of the most illustrious European and Russian artists of the 18th century.
The exhibition is presented in partnership with the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg and is sponsored by Baillie Gifford Investment Managers.
Mon—Sun, 10—5pm
Adults £9, concessions £7.50, child £6 (under 12's free)
Events
4 August 2012
Melvin Moti in Conversation
4pm—5pm
6 August 2012
Talk: Rose Watban of National Museum of Scotland
2–3pm
National Museum of Scotland
A Sense of Place: New Jewellery from Northern Lands
18 May – 16 September 2012
This exhibition will showcase new work by a group of emerging and established jewellery artists from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Scotland.
Mon—Sun, 10am—5pm
Admission is free