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Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop

Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop is open to anyone interested in learning about or making sculpture. They support artists in many different ways, providing subsidised studios, open access to affordable workspaces and specialist facilities as well as training and professional development. ESW commissions new work, provides funding through a year-round programme of residencies and practically engages the public in making art through their learning and engagement programme. In addition to this they run a free public programme of talks, exhibitions and tours provide other ways to get involved and meet artists.

What's On @ Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop

Unconquered Natures – Tropicalism: Camilla Ospina Gaitán
Camilla Ospina Gaitán’s new commission examines the logic of colonialism through the lens of orchid collection — an 18th and 19th-century practice in which collectors from the global north were sent to the West Indies, South America, the Indian Peninsula, and Southeast Asia- to plunder the most exotic and coveted specimens of these delicate flowers. In this installation, Gaitán transforms the space into a nursery of rare specimens, uprooted from their native soil. These moving sculptures intertwine history, fiction, and science to reflect on the enduring repercussions of colonial resource extraction in her native Colombia. Opening event is free. Exhibition is viewable 7am-7pm from the street.
Camila Ospina Gaitán: Unconquered Natures – Tropicalism
Camilla Ospina Gaitán’s new commission examines the logic of colonialism through the lens of orchid collection—an 18th- and 19th-century practice in which collectors from the global north were sent to the West Indies, South America, the Indian Peninsula, and Southeast Asia, to plunder the most exotic and coveted specimens of these delicate flowers. In this installation, Gaitán transforms the space into a nursery of rare specimens, uprooted from their native soil. These moving sculptures intertwine history, fiction, and science to reflect on the enduring repercussions of colonial resource extraction in her native Colombia.

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