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Rowan Walker: ‘Foreign Objects’ Artist Talk

Anatomy Lecture Theatre Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Rowan Walker, the artist behind ‘Foreign Objects’, currently exhibiting as part of the Summerhall Arts inaugural exhibition season FORM: a season of exhibitions by female contemporary artists, will give an illustrated presentation on their inspiration, creative practice and current exhibition. Between 11:00 – 12:00 there will be a chance to view the galleries and meet

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Event Series Edinburgh Science Festival
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Edinburgh Science Festival

Microscopy Workshop with Dawn Felicia Knox

Summerhall 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Explore the microscopic world of fern rhizomes in this artist-led workshop. Investigate the intricate microscopic worlds found just below the ground in the rhizomes of ferns. Learn to use various microscopes and polychromatic stains to identify different cellular structures. Join artist Dawn Felicia Knox in her intercellular search to learn how plants navigate the pollution humans have

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Event Series Edinburgh Science Festival
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Edinburgh Science Festival

Let’s Play

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Get your game face on and extend your reality as we explore how creative technologies and on-screen innovation are changing how we play and experience the world around us – and worlds we can only imagine. Virtual production is one of the most exciting new technology areas and Scotland has a global reputation for game,

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Event Series Edinburgh Science Festival
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Edinburgh Science Festival

Artist Talk: We Pretended It Wasn’t Green

Anatomy Lecture Theatre Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

A talk from the artist about his exhibition, We Pretended It Wasn’t Green. James Stephen Wright will discuss his work We Pretended It Wasn’t Green, a generative animation showcasing a frog and enchanting mushrooms intricately woven into a constantly changing narrative influenced by real-time earth data from satellites spinning above us.As climate change continues to affect our

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Event Series Edinburgh Science Festival
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Edinburgh Science Festival

Morality Calculus Tasting Event

War Memorial Gallery 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Alongside the artwork of yeast-human bread, a tasting event will be held to provide a theatrical genetic dining experience for the participants to explore their personal morality calculus by eating food fermented by fictional hybrid organisms with a variety of DNA fusions. Through ordering, tasting and becoming with the food, we invite you to calculate

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Event Series Edinburgh Science Festival
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Edinburgh Science Festival

Morality Calculus Tasting Event

War Memorial Gallery 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Alongside the artwork of yeast-human bread, a tasting event will be held to provide a theatrical genetic dining experience for the participants to explore their personal morality calculus by eating food fermented by fictional hybrid organisms with a variety of DNA fusions. Through ordering, tasting and becoming with the food, we invite you to calculate

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Event Series Edinburgh Science Festival
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Edinburgh Science Festival

Artist Talk: Post-Industrial Ecologies

Anatomy Lecture Theatre Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

A discussion with artist Dawn Felicia Knox about her exhibition, Post-industrial Ecologies. Artist Dawn Felicia Knox will discuss her exhibition, Post-industrial Ecologies, grown from a decade of research moving through geology, industrial archaeology and ecology across one plot of land. Dawn has been exploring ferns found in the fossil excavated when the site was a coalmine as

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Event Series Edinburgh Science Festival
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Edinburgh Science Festival

Morality Calculus Tasting Event

War Memorial Gallery 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Alongside the artwork of yeast-human bread, a tasting event will be held to provide a theatrical genetic dining experience for the participants to explore their personal morality calculus by eating food fermented by fictional hybrid organisms with a variety of DNA fusions. Through ordering, tasting and becoming with the food, we invite you to calculate

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Event Series Edinburgh Science Festival
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Edinburgh Science Festival

Morality Calculus Tasting Event

War Memorial Gallery 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Alongside the artwork of yeast-human bread, a tasting event will be held to provide a theatrical genetic dining experience for the participants to explore their personal morality calculus by eating food fermented by fictional hybrid organisms with a variety of DNA fusions. Through ordering, tasting and becoming with the food, we invite you to calculate

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Event Series The Woolly Good Gathering
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Talk: Creating a New Interpretation of Traditional Techniques in Handknitting: from Cabled Fair Isle to Knitweave, Intarsia and Gansey

Anatomy Lecture Theatre Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Di and Sheila will explore the design process using 4 examples of reinventing knit in new ways through a slide show and samples. They will discuss the journey from inspiration, through colour, shape, form and stitch.

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Event Series Edinburgh Science Festival
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Edinburgh Science Festival

Morality Calculus Tasting Event

War Memorial Gallery 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Alongside the artwork of yeast-human bread, a tasting event will be held to provide a theatrical genetic dining experience for the participants to explore their personal morality calculus by eating food fermented by fictional hybrid organisms with a variety of DNA fusions. Through ordering, tasting and becoming with the food, we invite you to calculate

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Event Series The Woolly Good Gathering
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Talk: Finding My Identity Through the Art of Knitting

Anatomy Lecture Theatre Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Knitting can be a way of preserving cultural records and passing them down through generations. In this presentation, Sylvia shares her creative journey and how she communicates her sense of identity through hand knitting and embraces the art of storytelling through her designs.

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Event Series The Woolly Good Gathering
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Talk: Shetland Lace Haps

Anatomy Lecture Theatre Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Elizabeth will talk about Shetland lace knitting and the Shetland Hap. In Shetland dialect a hap is a shawl, these have been knitted for centuries in the islands. They are used for everyday wear, weddings and also christenings. She will be showing examples of her own and her mother’s lace knitting and haps.

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Event Series The Woolly Good Gathering
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Talk: Scottish Merino: Transforming a Family Farm to Work with Nature

Anatomy Lecture Theatre Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Balmerino Farm in Fife are developing Scottish merino sheep especially for their fine, luxurious wool, so soft it can be worn next to the skin. Hear farmer Rachel Crawford share the story of how this family farm is being transformed from intense arable to organic livestock farming with a deep rooted ambition to boost insect and bird populations.

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Event Series Edinburgh Science Festival
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Edinburgh Science Festival

Morality Calculus Tasting Event

War Memorial Gallery 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Alongside the artwork of yeast-human bread, a tasting event will be held to provide a theatrical genetic dining experience for the participants to explore their personal morality calculus by eating food fermented by fictional hybrid organisms with a variety of DNA fusions. Through ordering, tasting and becoming with the food, we invite you to calculate

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Event Series The Woolly Good Gathering
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Woolly Good
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Talk: Botanical Dyeing on a Budget

Anatomy Lecture Theatre Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Sarah will present a 60-minute talk with a Q&A session, covering all that you need to know to start plant dyeing small amounts of yarn in your kitchen on a limited budget. A workbook will be available to purchase as part of the talk for you to take away and use as your own dyeing diary.

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The European Movement in Scotland

Meet the Maakers: Nest Box Making – Scotland’s first International Festival of Europe: Talking Europe

Courtyard 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

For access information please contact the venue directly. As part of Scotland’s first international Festival of Europe come ‘Meet the Maakers’. “Help Ma’ Boab, that’ll save ye 5 quid” David Rogers will demonstrate how you can save a tree and utilise recycled timber to make nest boxes whilst Birds, Bats & Bees still retain Freedom

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The European Movement in Scotland

Meet the Maakers: Quilt-Making – Scotland’s first International Festival of Europe: Talking Europe

Courtyard 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

For access information please contact the venue directly. As part of Scotland’s first international Festival of Europe come ‘Meet the Maakers’. Patricia Baillie Strong will share with you her love of quilts stitched together with care, a craft of infinite variety and tapestry, and on display will be one of her works ‘Europe Quilt’. Scotland’s

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Lighthouse

FIRST DATE ROMANCE FESTIVAL 2024

Summerhall 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Now in its second year, FIRST DATE serves up a dazzling variety of romance books, events discussing genre boundaries, subversive politics, queer joy, and feminist pleasure, *and* an all-day marketplace to find your next (or maybe your first?) romance read.

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Discover Your Flare

FLARE* Festival: Summer of LOVE

Summerhall 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

FLARE* Festival is a community focused wellness event that showcases all the unsung heroes in the local small business space, who have a service or product which is for the benefit of YOUR well-being! Think yoga, breath work, neuroscience, fitness, meditation, nutrition, cold water therapy, massage, tarot reading, sound baths, dance etc all under ONE

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Na Gabh Dragh

Library Gallery and Old Lab

Learn Gaelic then party with some of the best artists based in Scotland. First, a Gaelic course geared towards language used on a night out, then put your new skills to test on the dance floor. Created by two loved Scottish music/club nights Baile Baile and Slainte Mhath

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