362/6 Easter Road
0131 467 1417
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3 Aug – 3 Sept
Thur – Sun
3 – 9 pm
By Appointment
Admission Free

open studio ~ in the fields

~ in the fields was founded in 2005 in Edinburgh by Stefan Baumberger and Nicole Heidtke, German new-media artists. Their work is based on research into the growth of plants and the metamorphosis of creatures. They realise interactive computer-supported augmented environments, installations and artefacts.

~ in the fields is exhibiting interactive light objects, influenced by the tableaux vivants (living pictures) of the 18th century. As tableaux vivants brought paintings to life, the ‘storylights’ narrate short poetic moments, the minute movements that relate to a specific physical gesture. ‘Creature lights’ are derived from “ima flue (k) – Hybrid Lifeforms”. These computer-based objects are unified by the idea of a mutual relationship between living plants, virtual lifeforms which are integrated in a robotic system and the actions of human beings.

The latest work comprises revolving images of plum blossoms in the form of thaumatropes provided by solar cells.

Artists: Nicole Heidtke & Stefan Baumberger

www.in-the-fields.org