c a m e r a – Infinity and Perspective
Glass cabinet inside wall, 140 Canongate, Edinburgh, EH8 8DDInfinity and Perspective
Marion Preez, Edinburgh, Keith Winter and Dongfang Gao, Belfast, Daniel Smernicki, Edinburgh and Julia Martin, Edinburgh/Berlin.
Infinity and Perspective is a series of four exhibitions by young international artists and architects. c a m e r a - the “small chamber” - is a new exhibition space curated by artist and researcher Julia Martin, in collaboration with the Museum of Edinburgh, t e n t gallery and Edinburgh College of Art. It consists of a small glass cabinet set into the wall next to the Museum’s entrance. Exhibitions will be viewed from the street; there is no access into the space.
The Museum of Edinburgh houses an impressive collection of carefully selected objects and drawings, a labyrinth of information. The glass cabinet will form a satellite observatory to this microcosm of knowledge.
c a m e r a ‘ s perspective in the context of the city will set a counterpoint to Edinburgh’s famous Camera Obscura at the other end of the Royal Mile. While the latter overlooks the city, the Festival, and the wider world in a sweeping panorama, the c a m e r a in Canongate may look closer into and through their infinite internal structures.
- Julia Martin Viewfinder, 2008, digital photograph
The invited artists engage with spatial stimulation and the body, manipulated perspectives, projections and their influence on reality, the construction of intricate spatial and conceptial systems and the possibility of implosion of these systems.
Also showing Reel 08: Infinity and Perspective
Exhibition series viewed from the streets showing work of invited international artists and recent graduates of Edinburgh College of Art, International artists include: Atsuo Hukuda, Kenzo Onoda; from 20 - 24 Aug.
t e n t gallery
Edinburgh College of Art, Evolution House,
78 West Port (ground floor)
07910 274923
31 Jul - 31 Aug
Closed 7, 15 and 23 Aug
24 hours Mon - Sun
Admission Free
Gallery event