Edinburgh College of Art Tent Gallery
Collins & Goto: Spirit in the Air, CO2Edinburgh
1 – 22 August 2013
Collins & Goto, Plein Air: The Ethical Aesthetic Impulse, 2010
Spirit in the Air is a development of the Eden3 project; an art-based climate initiative developing critical methods and artwork that encourage new, empathetic ways of thinking about the inter-relationships in our changing environment.
For the festival, the artist partnership Collins & Goto will work with colleagues in the Art Space and Nature MFA programme, using the Tent Gallery as a base of operations and performance to explore the actual rate and flow of CO2 in the environment in Edinburgh. This project asks the question If humans produce gas in cities and there are no trees around to breathe it, does anyone care?
The artists will approach the problem as one of hot air (sourced through indoor gallery goers, performers and the politicians at Scottish Parliament) and hot smoking air from cars, taxis and buses in the city.
Supported by Creative Carbon Scotland, ecoartscotland and Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh.
Mon—Fri, 12—5pm or by appointment
Free admission
Edinburgh College of Art: Tent Gallery
Evolution House
78 Westport, EH1 2LE
0131 651 5800
Events
2 August 2013
Exhibition Preview: Spirit in the Air, CO2Edinburgh
10 August 2013
Parley Discussion: Is all this hot air worth it?
1.30–4pm
Free admission. Book tickets.
14 August 2013
Discussion: Environmental monitoring
3–5pm
Free admission, booking not required
21 August 2013
Discussion: Going beyond the material
3–5pm
Free admission, booking not required