Syncrasy: Upcoming exhibition at Edinburgh's Summerhall

Artist and researcher Beverley Hood, CDCS Lead for Edinburgh College of Art, will be featuring in a new exhibition at Edinburgh's Summerhall as part of the 2021 Edinburgh Science Festival.  

Opening on June 26th, Syncrasy is a contemporary art exhibition co-curated by Summerhall and ASCUS Art & Science. We began as part of the body by Beverley Hood is one of three exhibitions by artists working across the fields of art, science and technology, and comprises a series of works that play with scale to capture the fleeting lifespan of living cells. CDCS is proud to have helped support the early research out of which this project grew.

Visitors are invited to immerse themselves in a series of artworks that reflect complex human and ethical questions about our relationship between the body, science and technology. Inspired by the eczema genetic research laboratory of Prof Sara Brown, Beverley Hood’s experimental exhibition tells a story as seen from the point of view of the artificial skin cells, leading you through the cells journey, during their short, precious, three week long ‘in-vitro’ life from operating theatre to lab, and finally to disposal. These works are presented as a video projection, 3D prints and Augmented Reality App, alongside science engagement and historical materials.

Artist Talk: We began as part of the body - Beverley Hood & Professor Sara Brown

Saturday 26th June, 4:00 – 5:00pm (pre-recorded, presented on zoom)

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Syncrasy - Summerhall (War Memorial Room)

Sat 26th June – Sun 11th Jul, 2021 (Mon – Sun 12-5.30pm)
Mon 12th July – Sun 12th Sept, 2021 (days and opening times TBC)

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Presented by Summerhall and ASCUS Art and Science
Funded by Creative Scotland’s Open Fund, The Wellcome Trust, Arts & Ethics Research Group, Centre for Data, Culture & Society, and the University of Edinburgh.