18th to 31st March 2011, Tues to Sun 12-8pm.
Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB

Material Rites presents new work in diverse media by a group of established and emerging Scottish sculptors. The exhibition explores artists’ engagement with materials and the creative opportunities and conversations afforded by new media and information technology.

Gemma Coyle, FOUND, Scott Laverie, David McAllister, Lyndsay Mann, Gordon Munro and Ewan Robertson, Bill Scott, Derek Sutherland.

23rd February to 15th March 2011, by appointment.
Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB

Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB
5th Dec 2009 to 10th Jan 2010, Wed to Sun, 10am-6pm.
Closed 24th/25th Dec 2009 and 1st/2nd Jan 2010.

Much of what defines humanity is the product of cultural transmission. Language, music, and art arise from an endless cycle of observation, learning, and copying by generations of humans. We are all engaged in a huge game of Chinese Whispers, and our unique behaviour is the result.

Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB
5th Dec 2009 to 10th Jan 2010, Wed to Sun, 10am-6pm.
Closed 24th/25th Dec 2009 and 1st/2nd Jan 2010.

For artist Brian Hewitt life is data. His work 'Endosymbiont (Life is a Sexually Transmitted Disease)' references genetic mutation in bacteria. The DNA sequences on display at Inspace are changing over the course of the exhibition as the simulated organisms are evolving.

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Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB
5th Dec 2009 to 10th Jan 2010, Wed to Sun, 10am-6pm.
Closed 24th/25th Dec 2009 and 1st/2nd Jan 2010.

The Black Estate artist collective uses new technology to rationalize, readjust and re-envision the meaning of ‘being’ in this time of profound global change. Darkly evocative landscapes, mutated flora and fauna serve as a reminder of the sacredness of nature.

Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB
5th Dec 2009 to 10th Jan 2010, Wed to Sun, 10am-6pm.
Closed 24th/25th Dec 2009 and 1st/2nd Jan 2010.

The 'Perpetual Storytelling Apparatus’ by Julius von Bismarck & Benjamin Maus illustrates a never-ending story by the use of patent drawings. Seven million patents, linked by over 22 million references form the vocabulary, allowing new visual connections and narrative to emerge.

Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB
5th Dec 2009 to 10th Jan 2010, Wed to Sun, 10am-6pm.
Closed 24th/25th Dec 2009 and 1st/2nd Jan 2010.

In the work ‘One’ by Erick Oh, Yoon Chung Han, Gautam Rangan & Mubbasir Kapadia, you can assume the role of a god. The microcosm evolving before your eyes reflects and subverts the natural systems in which we live. The work listens and responds to your actions, producing complex and intricate reactions.

Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB
5th Dec 2009 to 10th Jan 2010, Wed to Sun, 10am-6pm.
Closed 24th/25th Dec 2009 and 1st/2nd Jan 2010.

Free Admission

Julius von Bismarck & Benjamin Maus, Brian Hewitt, Simon Kirby, Erick Oh, Yoon Chung Han, Gautam Rangan & Mubbasir Kapadia, Tanja Vujinovic and The Black Estate

Our opening season at Inspace has paid homage to the work of Charles Darwin, starting at the beginning, with the evolution of complex behavior in lifeforms and ending by examining how, 3.4 billion years later we are here, in an informatic age.